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AN ASPIRING mental health worker has spoken out, claiming his ambitions to support others are being hampered by the lack of help from authorities with his own challenges. Stanley Lace, 31, of George Street in Whitehaven has been involved with mental health support services in the area for 10 years. For some time he has struggled to come to terms with memories from his past and suicidal feelings. He believes that treatment from a psychologist would be the path towards a happier life for himself, enabling him to focus on his goal of working in the mental health support sector himself. Mr Lace said though that he had tried to access treatment by contacting the Community Mental Health Assessment and Recovery Team based at West Cumberland Hospital, but was told he had not been accepted on the grounds that it believed he had a drinking problem and that recent struggles were linked to the passing of his mother.
North Cumbria is “well on target” to meet the national ambitions of vaccinating all over-50s by the middle of April and all adults by the end of July, an NHS trust says. More than 120,000 vaccinations have been given in north Cumbria since the programme started in December, more than.
A unique chance has come up for a lucky uppies and downies fan to own a coveted ball from the game, without having to get wet or muddy. For the second year running, the players have taken the responsible decision to not play the game, to avoid creating a crowd in the middle of a Covid-19 pandemic. Robert Dagleish, sponsor of the ball that would have been used on the second game of the 2021 season - on the Tuesday following Good Friday, has kindly donated the ball to raise money for charity. Robert said on Facebook: “One of the great things about our game is that there is a group of absolute stalwarts and true Uppie and Downie players who have for quite a long time been raising a huge amount of money for various charities, many, many people have benefitted in the past. This year will be no exception.
Aaron Jordan, who is known as AJ, was given the good news having bravely fought liver cancer. The 28-month-old from Aspatria was diagnosed with the illness in September 2020 and has received six rounds of chemotherapy. It has been a hard battle for AJ, his mum Janine Scott is proud of how he has overcome the struggle. The West Cumberland Hospital has a bell that patients can ring in a symbolic moment when they are given the all clear. “We rang the bell on Tuesday, we could have done it a couple of weeks ago when he’d finished his chemo but we wanted to wait till his follow up MRI.”