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Service to continue thanks to £170,000 funding
Published: 01/11/2019
A VITAL service to support victims of domestic abuse in Copeland will continue thanks to a £170,000 funding pledge.
Sellafield Ltd and Copeland Community Fund have awarded Copeland Council £60,000 and £58,683 respectively to fund Copeland Borough Council’s Prevention and Crisis Support Officer for a further three years. The remaining funding is being provided by other funders and in-kind support from Copeland Council.
Copeland Council - a great place to work
Published: 31/10/2019
Copeland Council is a great place to work, according to its employees.
More than 90 per cent of employees who took part in an annual staff survey said that they got job satisfaction for their role.
More than 84 per cent of survey respondents would encourage someone to work at Copeland Council and more than 81 per cent felt they had a good work life balance.
Colleagues welcomed the survey and the chance to have their say on how the how the organisation will progress in future.
St Bees School opens two new schools in China
Published: 29/10/2019
A UNIQUE educational partnership between West Cumbria and China has been strengthened with the opening of two new schools.
The historic St Bees School has this week opened two offspring schools in China – a primary school in Shijiazhuang in the Hebei Province and a high school in Dongguan in the Guangdong Province – both of which will take the iconic ‘St Bees’ name.
Events to be held to mark Remembrance Sunday
Published: 29/10/2019
EVENTS will take place around Copeland to mark Remembrance Sunday (November 10).
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From 10am, the parade will assemble outside Copeland Council’s offices, on Catherine Street. The parade to the cenotaph in Castle Park begins at 10.40am, where a service and wreath-laying takes place at 10.55am.
The parade will then proceed via Lowther Street, King Street and Market Place for a Service of Remembrance in the United Reformed Church at 11.30am.
List of applications determined w/e 25/10/2019
Weekly list of planning applications determined for w/e 25/10/2019
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List of applications received w/e 25/10/2019
Weekly list of planning applications received for w/e 25/10/2019
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Building control team awarded quality mark
Published: 28/10/2019
Copeland Borough Council’s building control team have been awarded an internationally recognised quality mark.
The team have received ISO 9001:2015 certification which is an accredited standard of managing business processes.
The high performing team has held Chartered Building Consultancy status, via the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), for more than 10 years, something only a few building control services in the UK have achieved.
Copeland staff help pupils with challenge
Published: 28/10/2019
COPELAND Council staff are supporting school pupils in a science and technology challenge.
The FIRST LEGO League competition asks groups of children to develop innovative solutions to problems using science and engineering. The annual global contest is co-ordinated in Cumbria by CSTEM (Cumbria Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and supported in West Cumbria by the REACT Foundation charity.
This year's theme is the built environment and planners at Copeland were asked to provide real-life challenges for the teams to solve.
