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TWENTY young entrepreneurs will be setting out their stall at Whitehaven’s youth market on Saturday.

Copeland Council’s second Young Entrepreneurs Market will be held on King Street and follows the success of the launch market in June.

The market – open between 10am and 3pm – will see the number of young stallholders almost double from the first instalment, and the introduction of a local storyteller Debbie Haine at the Duke Street end of King Street, with four talented young singers performing in the Market Place at the other end.

COPELAND Council helped house 135 homeless individuals or families in the borough in the last year, new figures reveal.

A total of 449 people sought the council’s advice on housing and homelessness matters in 2020/21, and of the 135 who needed to be re-housed in the past 12 months, 103 have now moved into long-term accommodation.

The Housing and Homeless team works every day with individuals, families, support agencies and landlords to prevent people from having to leave their homes, and helps to find alternative accommodation for those that do have to leave.  

COPELAND Council has supported more than 130 residents to live safely and independently in their own homes during the last year, new figures reveal.

The council administered 133 Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) in 2020/21, to allow homes to be adapted to suit the occupant’s needs, often in response to a change in mobility levels, an accident or ill health.