Members of Bewcastle Hub with local policing representatives
Bewcastle Hub meets monthly at Roadhead Hall and provides residents from isolated rural communities with social activities, information sharing and opportunities to speak with their local Neighbourhood Policing Team. PFCC Cumbria supported us with a grant from The property fund. The grant helped us to improve the services we offer and support local businesses, many of which are rooted in the farming community. We are very grateful to Susan Holliday, Mike Johnson and everyone else that has made this funding possible.
The PFCC property fund re-invests money seized from criminal activity and distributes it into local projects, aimed at providing activities that help to reduce crime in communities across Cumbria.
Speaking about the Bewcastle Hub, DPFCC Mike Johnson comments: “It was clear to see how the whole community and surrounding areas are benefitting from the Bewcastle Hub monthly meetings.
“Clubs like these would not be possible if it wasn’t for all the support and help from local people volunteering each month. Their enthusiasm and commitment are a credit to the community.
“The hub gives local people living in remote and isolated areas, a chance to feel part of something and a sense of belonging. Bringing together people and local Police from rural communities can only be a good thing.”
Bewcastle Hub received funding from Cumberland Council through the ‘Borders, Fellside and North Carlisle’ Community Panel.
Community Panels are made up of the ward councillors for that area. The panels meet four times a year to decide what their communities need, and to direct investment towards projects that tackle those priorities.
They are helped in that process by Community Networks. These are made up of residents, businesses, partners and third sector organisations. They engage with residents through events, consultations and other methods to find out exactly what investment is needed in each neighbourhood. That is then fed back to the Community Panels to inform their spending.
The funding meets the aims and objectives of Cumberland Council to put health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do and to be collaborative and to empower local communities to be ambitious, compassionate and innovative.
We’re The Cumberland and we’re owned by you. Unlike banks, we don’t have public or private shareholders which means we can invest 100% of our profits back into our business. As a result, our business is purpose-led, financially strong, socially responsible and always focused on our people, planet and communities.
In practice this means we can help our region to be financially strong, inclusive and welcoming for our current and future generations, creating exceptional experiences that are kinder for everyone who banks with us and those that work for us.
Our purpose is to deliver ‘kinder banking’ by ensuring we uphold the following three commitments.
Bewcastle Hub would like to thank The Cumberland for their supporting our local community.
