Arnside Community Fireworks are pleased to announce the availability of modest funding now earmarked for distribution to projects and activities that demonstrate a benefit for the village community.
The committee will accept applications up to Friday, 6th December 2024.
If interested, please provide details of your request to arnsidefireworks@hotmail.com
Experts say copper demand is outstripping production – driven in part by sustainable energy projects and electric cars – and the mining process can have devastating environmental and social consequences.
An analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence found that better recycling of electrical goods could help meet that additional demand. “We need to start ‘urban mining’ and help protect the planet and nature from the harmful impacts of mining for raw materials by valuing and using instead what we have already. People often don’t realise that cables and electricals contain valuable materials which, if binned or stashed, everything inside them is lost. Anything with a plug, battery or cable can be reused and recycled and there’s somewhere near you to do it.”
The group is now urging everyone to check its recycling locator for their nearest facility. (Nearest to Arnside is Carnforth Recycling Centre which accepts Electrical Appliances, Batteries and Light bulbs).
Grant Sporre, senior analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, said the world was facing severe shortages of copper within the next five to 10 years. “The building of renewable power generation in the form of wind and solar farms, and the switch from petrol and diesel cars to electric, could keep copper demand growing at 2.5 to 3% per annum. Better recycling practices and efficiencies will be needed to close this gap.”
Cables represent one of the UK’s biggest e-waste challenges, according to research, with UK households throwing away or holding on to an average of 23 cables. Research by the Critical Minerals Association has identified that they contain at least 20% copper – meaning that across all UK households, cables alone could contribute 3,251 tonnes of metal.
The Royal Society of Chemistry [RSC] has calculated 347,000 tonnes of copper would be needed to build the required number of wind turbines and solar panels by 2030. “The UK needs to wake up to just how important copper is in achieving our greener future,” said Izzi Monk, RSC policy adviser for the environment. “We are potentially facing imminent and substantial supply concerns where we won’t be able to meet the global demand for this vital material. That’s why we’re calling for government to commit to a strategic, joined-up approach to materials that considers these supply risks.”
Taken from an article in The Guardian
Notice is hereby given that, to enable Lancaster City Council to carry out resurfacing of the footpath (“the Works”), Westmorland and Furness Council intends to make an Order the effect of which is to prohibit pedestrians from proceeding along Footpath No. 502009 in the Parish of Arnside between grid references: 344450, 477688 and 344481, 477581.
A suitable alternative route for pedestrians will be available via the adjacent field.
The Order will come into operation on 1 October 2024 as and when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed and may continue in force for a period of up to six months or until the completion of the works, whichever is sooner.
Any queries to the Countryside Access Team, Westmorland and Furness Council Highways Unit, Bouthwood Road, Sowerby Woods Industrial Estate, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4RD or Highways hotline 0300 373 3306 or via the Westmorland and Furness Council website.
Chief Legal Officer, Westmorland and Furness Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DQ
Heron Corn Mill are thrilled to have been awarded a grant of £192,000 from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, which will help facilitate a new three-year millwright training programme titled ‘Near Far Heron’!
Working alongside resident Millwright / Miller Stuart, trainee Steve will undertake a series of maintenance and condition surveys, and assist in the repair work at Heron Corn Mill and other watermills in the north west region.
There will also be ample opportunities for volunteers to get involved and learn new crafts and skills, so If you or someone you know would like to find out more please email info@heronmill.org for more information.
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are offering people the opportunity to take part in important research by completing the surveys below if they apply to you.
• Maternal Wellbeing and Mental Health – for 18 years and over who are pregnant or have given birth in the last 12 months. This survey aims to capture the effects that life events have had on your experiences of pregnancy.
• Trauma – for 18 years and over who have life experience of trauma in child or adult. This survey is trying to understand the impact of trauma on mental health.
The A65 between Crooklands roundabout and Nook will be fully closed to traffic overnight from Monday, 23rd September 2024 (Monday – Friday 8:00pm to 5:00am), for approximately 4 weeks.
There have been temporary traffic lights at the site for several months. The lights were installed in response to an incident involving a HGV leaving the carriageway, and overturning into the adjacent land. The accident caused significant damage to the verge, leaving the carriageway edge unsupported with a steep drop off into the adjacent land.
A contractor has now been appointed to undertake the works on behalf of the council. The scheme involves the construction of a new pre-cast concrete retaining wall, approximately 35 metres in length.
Regrettably, the closure of the A65 will cause unavoidable disruption. The construction of the wall will require heavy plant and machinery, which will take up both lanes of the usable carriageway. It is hoped that disruption will be minimised as much as possible by undertaking the works at night and reinstating the traffic lights at the end of each shift, allowing the road to reopen to traffic the following day.
The contractor has been instructed to place advance warning signs on site, advising road users of the upcoming night closures from 23rd September. Stagecoach and KT Coaches have confirmed the closure from 8pm will not impact upon their services.
Permission has been given by both Arnside Parish Council and Westmorland & Furness Council to plant bulbs and corms in jointly identified verges and open spaces around Arnside.
The residual funds from the now folded Arnside Horticultural Society have been spent on purchasing the bulbs and corms to enhance our beautiful village even more.
Over 2000 bulbs require planting in early Autumn so any assistance would be greatly appreciated, however small.
If you can help or would like more details, please contact Neville Jackson on 01524 761158.
Sustainable Arnside is starting up a Repair Cafe in Arnside this Autumn having recently been sucessful in being awarded a £1,580 grant by Cumbria Action for Sustainability to start up this social community event. Volunteer repairers will fix broken items brought in to the cafe, helping to reduce waste, consumption and carbon emissions.
The initial talk ‘What is a Repair Cafe?’ is on Wednesday, 18th September at the Arnside Educational Institute at 7.30pm.
On Monday, 30th September there is a meeting at the Community Cafe at the E.I.from 10-11am. This is for people wanting to find out more and who are interested in getting involved with Arnside Repair Cafe. They are looking for people who like to repair items and general volunteers to help run the sessions.
The first monthly Arnside Repair Cafe will take place Monday, 28th October at the Community Cafe from 10am-12 noon.
Arnside Repair Cafe is being funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and are part of the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership’s ambitious emission reduction programme to make Cumbria carbon neutral by 2037.
For further information, contact Alison Sandford on 07735851481 or email: ali@thesandfords.plus.com
The Parish Council has a policy for advertising on its property e.g. the railings on the promenade and landscaped areas and groups/clubs/organisations etc wishing to put up banners/advertisements must first seek permission from Arnside Parish Council. (see below) Sometimes planning permission may also be required from Westmorland and Furness Council.
Advertisement banners should be in place for no more than two weeks (unless otherwise agreed) and should be of a standard and size agreed with APC in advance.
Advertising promoting local businesses is not permitted.
The Parish Council are in the process of contacting clubs, groups, organisations who already have advertisement/banners, so, if they haven’t already been in touch, you’ll be hearing from them soon.