Local links

What’s happening locally

Business/community enterprise support across Cumbria

• Bedrock Basics – offers various different types of support for third sector and non-for-profit organisations.
• Cumbria Chamber – offering a free county-wide business support start-up service.
• Cumbria Community Foundation – the Spark Programme has been co-created to inspire, encourage, and nurture both new and existing social entrepreneurs.
• Cumbria CVS  – offers help, advice, training, and support to third sector groups throughout Cumbria. They bring organisations together to form a powerful voice for our sector.
• Enterprising Cumbria – the newly established body working to boost economic development across Cumbria. Enterprising Cumbria will work to support the objectives of our local authorities, businesses, and local people, to make sure that Cumbria is seen as a great place to live and work. They will also deliver programmes of activity, whether they be business support activities to help our business community innovate and grow, or skills or activities to help upskill our current workforce, or ensure an enthusiastic and ambitious workforce of tomorrow.

Community organisations & resources – Allerdale

• Age UK North Cumbria expansion – to ensure older people across the whole of North Cumbria have access to their services, Age UK have recently expanded to encompass the whole of Cumberland.
  
• People First – impartial advice and support to help you if you are interested in, or currently receiving direct payments or Personal Health Budgets.
• West Cumbria Carers – supporting carers who look after a family member, relative, friend or neighbour.

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Community micro-enterprise project in Cumbria

If you’re thinking about working for yourself, helping older or disabled people in their own homes, contact your local community catalyst:

• Allerdale – Becky Goddard
  (becky.goddard@communitycatalysts.co.uk – 07503 928435)