A new bridge in Burneside is set to open next week, reconnecting the community for the first time since it was closed to protect public safety in 2017.

Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service is recruiting up to 24 new full-time firefighters to help keep our communities safe.

Every year volunteers aged 13 to 24 help Cumbria’s libraries make the Summer Reading Challenge a success across the county.

Cumbrian people interested in helping their communities to get out and about are being encouraged to mark National Volunteers’ Week 2019 (1 - 7 June) by coming forward and teaming up with Cumbria County Council’s Community Transport service.

Chief Fire Officer Steve Healey and Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service are supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) National Sprinkler Week campaign this year. The campaign will run from Sunday 19 May to Friday 24 May.

Cumbria County Council’s Horticare in Kendal is hosting a plant sale between Tuesday 21 and Friday 24 May at their Wattsfield Road site (54 Wattsfield Road, Kendal LA9 5JN). A variety of gardening items, including summer bedding, hanging baskets, shrubs and perennials grown by the Horticare team, will be available.

Dozens of schools throughout Cumbria are encouraging children and their parents or carers to swap four wheels for two feet, and give walking, scooting or cycling a go during this year’s Walk to School Week (20 - 24 May).

Cumbria County Council is running a number of fostering information events across the county during Foster Care Fortnight, the UK’s biggest foster carer recruitment drive, which takes place this year from Monday May 13 to Sunday May 26.