Members of Carlisle’s Local Committee have agreed a £107,000 package of funding grants to help support several local organisations providing essential care and support to those in need.
Cumbria County Council have provided financial support to more than 35,000 people as the cost-of-living crisis takes hold.
Council Leaders welcome the news that Government is considering Cumbria as part of their new Investment Zone initiative, looking at Barrow in Furness and Workington, the Energy Coast.
Barrow Local Committee has begun allocating the £44,000 it had been awarded by Cumbria County Council to bulk buy food supplies and help people through the cost-of-living crisis.
A motion urging councillors to ask central government for additional cost-of-living support was passed at Cumbria County Council’s Full Council meeting yesterday.
Carlisle Local Committee has begun allocating the £43,500 it had been awarded by Cumbria County Council to bulk buy food supplies and help people through the cost-of-living crisis.
At a recent meeting of Cumbria County Council’s Local Committee for Carlisle, members agreed a package of funding grants to help support several local organisations providing essential care and support to those in need.
After careful consideration of the current economic situation and the financial challenges that many Cumbrian families and communities face, Cumbria County Council’s Full Council have today agreed to a 0% increase to this year’s council tax.