Case Studies

Community owned and managed affordable homes, since 1926.

Successful Air Source Heat Pump retrofit.

Remote control FIR heating and insulation improvements.

A well-informed plan for refurbishment.

Affordable homes in Keswick.

A festive intergenerational celebration.

Taking action on climate change one parish at a time.

A successful community centre refurbishment in Hunsonby.

Affordable housing for older people in Windermere.

‘Kindness is Contagious’ in Greysouthen.

A community and emergency support group in Ulverston.

Stainton's Virtual Village Hall in response to Covid-19.

Increasing exercise and reducing loneliness.

Community Led Housing and creating a legacy for future generations.

Making a range of nutritious food available to local villagers.

Improvements and income earning ideas to help fund the refurbishment of the Village Hall.

Special thank you event for the funders of our village renovation project.

Parish Council led Community Fibre Partnership to build a customised fibre solution, bringing broadband to homes and businesses.

Getting active in village halls.

Process of a Plan developed by community members.

Community projects encouraging people to be more physically active.

Village hall supporting a range of activities which help people to socialise locally, without having to pay transport costs to nearby towns.

A Village Hall's journey to The Hallmark Quality Standard, the only quality mark available for village halls.

Community run partnership project building new housing for locals.

Volunteers who live and work in the local community - trained and activated by North West Ambulance Service to attend emergency calls.

Newly refurbished hall after the floods.

Newly formed Village Hall committee that saved a derelict hall.

Reuse of waste food to offer free lunches to people in need.

Refurbishment works to improvement Dalton Community Centre.

Improving village Hall Health and Safety.

Supporting people in Kirkby Stephen and the surrounding area.

Highlights Rural Touring Programme - Lazonby's Got Talent

Refurbishment of a Village Hall.

Volunteer residents’ scheme for checking on vulnerable neighbours in their locality in extreme weather.

Community bus service to meet the needs of communities isolated by lack of transport.

Not for profit social care organisation for people in Coniston and the surrounding area.

Installing a line, to create a wireless broadband link (Wi-Fi) in the Hall.

Fit 4 Life weekly Healthy Living Courses.

Handyman Scheme offering gardening, domestic and personal help.

Sedbergh People’s Hall refurbished Scheme.

Community Conference to consider community responses and preparedness to emergencies.

Provision of banking and post office services and a hub for local residents.

Affordable housing scheme of Eleven three-bedroom properties.

Creation of a Community Interest Company.

Working with young peoples to meet needs through recreation and sports facilities.

Rural Revival Initiative Project.

Volunteer established Western Dales Bus (WDB) service.

Community Exchange that runs every month at the Nicholforest Village Hall.

Information and Services Days, organised to including switching energy suppliers and energy efficiency.

Establishing a ‘Friends of Tebay Church Group’.

Drop-in events to shape the Tebay & Orton Distinctiveness Project.

Production of information they could use to provide a focus for visitors and to encourage new visitors to the area.

Installation of solar PV (Photo Voltaic) panels to generate electricity.

Programme to support retailers in rural Eden.

Refurbishment and upgrading of Garrigill Village Hall.

Community Asset Transfer from Cumbria County Council to Dalton Community Association.

Set-up of a local oil buying syndicates scheme.

Parish Council run public toilets Ambleside and Chapel Stile.

Melbreak Communities Community Action Plan.

Lamplugh Village Hall improvements.

Bootle Community Plan.

Renewable Energy Village Hall Project involving a ground source heat pump, a wind turbine, and exceptional levels of insulation.

Biodiversity Project involving the creation of a diverse selection of habitats.

Parish council appointed part-time Village Hall Development Officer to work with all seven village halls.

Community Led Plan initiated by the Parish Council.

Community Led Plan for the parish groupings in Upper Eden, Heart of Eden and Lyvennet Valley focusing on rural transport.

Community Led Plan for the parish groupings in Upper Eden, Heart of Eden and Lyvennet Valley focusing on rural broadband.

Community Led Plan for the parish groupings in Upper Eden, Heart of Eden and Lyvennet Valley to fit with the strategic objectives and priorities being developed for the wider area.

Community Led Plan for the parish groupings in Upper Eden, Heart of Eden and Lyvennet Valley focusing on renewable energy.

Village Hall coffee shop “the Exchange”.