Lissie Sharp News Today

Eden District Council is urging community and voluntary groups in the area to apply for grants on offer through its Eden Community Fund.

A CHAT Room has been opened in Alston to offer people a space for a chat and a coffee.

THREE bins have been set alight in a suspected arson attack, damaging a WWI memorial structure in Penrith.

Eden District Council is making £20,000 available through its Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Fund 2022 to assist groups to organise events for the…

Eden District Council has approved funding towards the costs of improvements to Penrith Castle Park and a permanent home for Penrith Tennis Club.

People from across Eden invited to light up the district Light Up Eden Festival coming March 20 People from across Eden are invited to light up the district in a new project launched this week. The programme leads up to the Light Up festival at the March Spring Equinox on March 20 – and it is hoped individuals, businesses and schools to light up 1,000 windows, doorsteps or gardens with homemade lanterns. Highlights Rural Touring and Eden District Council are working together on the scheme....

Despite the difficulty caused by Covid, one group has made every effort to contribute to community projects – raising more than £6,000 for all to benefit from. After an appeal raised the impressive amount of vital funds, the Lodges of the East Lakes Freemasons nominated three charities to each benefit from a £2,000 grant. And Chairman Glyn Titterington was thrilled to recently present cheques to the Beep Fund Trust, Alston Recreation Ground Trust and Eden Valley Friends of Dementia in...