Cumbria County Council and Active Cumbria are supporting the latest Change4Life campaign from Public Health England and Disney which aims to promote fun activities for children and families.

Cumbria County Council is set to launch its latest countywide campaign to encourage people considering adopting to take their first step.

An event next week in Penrith (3 July) is set to help young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities from around the county take the next steps after leaving school.

Eden District Council is the latest employer to sign up to Cumbria County Council’s Fostering Friendly Employer initiative.

In its latest foster carer recruitment campaign Cumbria County Council is keen to highlight the many different types of fostering, which can fit with different lifestyles.

Changes to how children with special educational needs and disabilities are educated in Cumbria are being proposed in a new consultation launched today by Cumbria County Council.

Cumbria’s collective commitment to meeting the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) is being reaffirmed today following publication of a new joint inspection report from Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission.

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).