HOSPICE at Home West Cumbria are raising awareness of Lymphoedema as part of the national Lymphoedema Awareness Week 2023.

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23352862.west-cumbrian-charity-supports-lymphoedema-awareness-week/?ref=rss

Kerry Carruthers, who created the West Cumbria Eating Disorder Parent and Carer Support Group runs the weekly meetings from Tot Spot in town.

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23229331.whitehaven-charity-supports-local-business-helps-run/?ref=rss

Marianne Birkby, from Radiation Free Lakeland, said she feared exploratory drilling by West Cumbria Mining may have had an impact on the "fragile honeycomb of mines and opened the floodgates of contaminated mine water that was previously static".

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-64540263?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Set against the backdrop of Cumbria's spectacular countryside, the course starts with a 2.4 mile swim in Derwentwater, followed by a 112-mile cycle around West Cumbria before finishing with a gruelling 26.2 mile marathon.

Source: https://www.nwemail.co.uk/sport/23604695.relief-local-cumbrian-wins-ladies-lake-district-lakesman-triathlon/?ref=rss

West Cumbria Rivers Trust (WCRT) have teamed up with The Woodland Trust and a local timber supplier to complete a project at Bridge House near Wanthwaite Bridge in St. John’s in the Vale.

Source: https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23614998.organisations-community-join-forces-1000-tree-project/?ref=rss