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Council launches Pride of Place scheme

Published: 04/01/2018

COPELAND Council are launching a scheme to encourage residents and businesses to take pride in their borough.

The Copeland Pride of Place initiative aims to encourage locals to take pride in their area and work towards making Copeland a better place to live, work and visit.

The scheme will also help to tackle issues that blight the borough, such as fly-tipping, littering and dog-fouling, and will encourage businesses to improve commercial premises through the £1m Town Centre Regeneration scheme.

Council set to launch new recycling service

Published: 07/11/2017

COPELAND’S residents will soon benefit from a new doorstep recycling service.

Copeland Borough Council is preparing to launch its new kerbside service that will see crews collect five items from households; plastic, paper, glass, tins/cans and cardboard.

The service will start in April 2018, and residents can get a sneak preview of the type of new dedicated recycling vehicles the Council is going to use at two roadshows in Whitehaven and Egremont next month.

Hair chop for charity

Published: 25/08/2017

RECENT Bride Sarah Hodgson will be chopping off her long locks for charity.

Sarah, who recently got married to her partner of 10 years, decided she would donate eight inches of her hair to children who have lost theirs through cancer and other illnesses.

The Little Princess Trust provides wigs for children suffering with hair loss. Although the wigs are provided to those in need free of charge, they cost around £350 - £500 to produce.

Free market stalls for new traders

Published: 08/05/2017

AN EXCITING opportunity has arisen for budding stallholders to have a go at selling products at their local market - for free.

To celebrate the national ‘Love Your Local Market’ campaign, Copeland Borough Council is offering one free of charge pitch at Whitehaven Market on May 18, 20, 25, 27 and one at Egremont and Cleator Moor Market on May 19 and 26.

In addition, those who are selected to sell their products at Whitehaven Market will be provided with a stall, and all they need to do is bring along the products they wish to sell on the day.

Mayor issues statement on Moorside power station

Published: 03/05/2017

Copeland's mayor Mike Starkie has issued the following statement on the news that plans for the Moorside nuclear power station in West Cumbria are being paused while NuGen carries out a strategic review.

Mr Starkie said: "I have always fully supported NuGen's Moorside nuclear project.

"It is crucial to West Cumbria that this project goes ahead to ensure that we have jobs and prosperity secured for present and future generations, ensuring a lasting legacy.

Date for Copeland Council's Annual General Meeting

Published: 25/04/2017

RESIDENTS are invited to attend Copeland Borough Council's Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 9 at 2pm in Egremont Market Hall.

Members of the press are also invited to report and take photographs.

The occasion will include the appointment of the chairman and deputy chairman of the council for the forthcoming year, along with a look back at the previous year from the mayor Mike Starkie.

It will be followed at 3.15pm by an Extraordinary Meeting of the council.

New woman at the helm of Whitehaven Market

Published: 20/04/2017

THE new woman at the helm of Whitehaven Market is relishing the chance to bring "an injection of life" into the historic attraction.

April Garner started her new role this month, and says that the twice-weekly market can play a key role in attracting shoppers into Whitehaven. With a background in sales, April is "brimming with ideas" on how she plans to achieve her aims.

Scheme launched to help save residents money

Published: 10/04/2017

A FREE scheme to help residents save money on their energy bills has been launched by Copeland Council.

The Copeland Big Switch returns following a successful initial campaign earlier this year, in which a high number of householders saved large amounts on their bills.

The scheme involves the organisers creating a large group of customers interested in cheaper tariffs, who then offer their custom as a group to the energy firm offering the best deal.

Success for planning team

Published: 07/04/2017

THE planning team at Copeland Council is celebrating a remarkable turnaround in its fortunes over the last 12 months.

The team has surpassed a series of Government-set targets for the speed in which it processes applications, with a success rate of over 90 per cent in all categories.

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Copeland focuses on work and skills

Published: 21/06/2016

COPELAND Council is spearheading a series of projects aimed at boosting the borough's job prospects.

Supported through Copeland Work and Skills Partnership, projects will train advice workers, run courses to help people get into work, fund items like interview clothes or specialist work equipment, and subsidise traineeships.

The Partnership is part of the council's Social Inclusion Programme, and supports one of the organisation's main corporate plan priorities: Employment, Skills and Social Wellbeing.

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