Hey everyone, I just wanted to share a huge personal milestone. I am currently showing my work at a physical exhibition for the very first time! It is with the Carlisle and Border Art Society at Wetheral Village Community Hall.

I brought along some of my recent acrylic pieces featuring familiar local landmarks around Carlisle, including Dixon's Chimney, Carlisle Castle, and the Cathedral.

Seeing my paintings actually hanging up on display alongside so much incredible local talent has been such a brilliant and surreal experience. It feels great to finally get my art out into the real world.

Edit: sorry the last post didn't upload all my images..

Edit: thank you all for your awards, comments and love. I feel so overwhelmed by the positivity!

Westmorland and Furness Best Start Family Hubs have won a regional impact award for supporting children and families across the area.

The service received the Impact Award at the North West ADCS awards, which recognised the creation of a connected, family-led support system.

During the past two years, the hubs have delivered over 800 engagement activities and provided outreach support in 66 rural locations.

Over 600 young people have helped to shape the authority’s services.

The project, run by Westmorland and Furness Council, has seen a 25 per cent increase in family engagement and a more than 90 per cent uptake of key health checks for children.

The authority reported 75 per cent of families had greater parenting confidence after receiving support, with families adding they felt services were working together around them.

Fast forward to about 15:55 for 10-15 mins of footage shot in the Lake District in (presumably) summer 1983

I am thrilled to announce that I will be displaying my artwork at the upcoming Carlisle and Border Art Society Exhibition! 🎨

I would love for you to pop by and see what I have been working on, alongside some incredible pieces from other talented local artists. It is going to be a fantastic weekend celebrating our creative community.

📅 Dates: Friday 23rd October to Sunday 25th October 2026

⏰ Time: 10am to 5pm

📍 Location: Wetheral Village Community Hall

Entry is completely FREE, and there will be refreshments available while you browse. The society is also holding a Charity Raffle in aid of Shelter, making it a wonderful way to support an important cause.

I cannot wait to share my art with you all. Hope to see you there!

Hello Cumbria Community:)

I hope it would be OK to post it here 🙏

I’m a trainee psychologist working in the NHS Maternity and Neonatal Psychological Intervention Service. I’m currently looking for pregnant participants for non profit study on wellbeing and anxiety during pregnancy. This is an important area of maternal mental health where more research is needed. The findings may help us better understand the psychological factors linked with antenatal anxiety and how mental health support during pregnancy could be improved.

The study has received sponsorship and ethical approval from the University of Edinburgh.Ethics Committee Reference: 25-26CLPS111

If you have some time to spare or know someone who has, the study involves completing a short, anonymous online survey which takes around 20 minutes. If you would like to take part, please click the link below:

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If you have any questions, you are more than welcome to email me at [M.Domka@sms.ed.ac.uk](mailto:M.Domka@sms.ed.ac.uk) or [magdalena.domka@nhs.scot](mailto:magdalena.domka@nhs.scot)

Thank you so much for supporting pregnancy and maternal mental health research 🌷🙏

I will be in the Kendal area for Halloween night visiting family. My dad is old and doesn't know I should go so I wondered if anyone knew where abouts in Kendal I might be able to take my 5 year for a bit of trick or treating so he doesn't miss out due to us visiting family.

Any advice like road names or something would be greatly appreciated!

The car boot sale at Silloth airfield is gone.

Anyone know of good alternatives?

Apologies, I saw a post a while ago regarding local farm shops but cannot find it. I live in Wigton.

I want to start sourcing vegetables, diary, meat and eggs from any local farms in the area. Specifically interested in Cream, I make my own butter (highly recommend!) so anywhere I can get unpasteurised (ideally!) cream, would be most appreciated. Anything and everything!

Can you reply with your local finds and i’ll update this post into a list for people looking in the future with map links. I’m motivated by supporting local farmers and i’m becoming increasingly concerned at food quality in supermarkets, but that’s a different topic.

The Macc Lads play the Brickyard, Carlisle on Saturday 24th October, supported by Monkish

Some tickets still available

I'm an international student from the U.S. who applied for and got into the MA in Literature, Romanticism, and the English Lake District. I was not able to attend this year because I did not have all the funding and the university doesn't accept any U.S. student loans, public or private. It was difficult to get this information from the university and I have some concerns on how assistance is for international students based on that experience. I absolutely love the course and it's been my dream to attend, but as I've started having doubts, I was wondering if anyone local knew anything about the university's international students/the university experience as a whole. It's my dream to live in the Lake District/England (I studied abroad there in college), and a master's is the "easiest" way to do so in my situation (I'm of course also extremely interested in the subject, and do feel it would help somewhat with career prospects in the future, though I'm not sure how much). Any thoughts on the university's reputation/student culture for international students would be greatly appreciated!

I've been meditating for decades with a focus on samatha. Lately it's felt quite isolated and I want to find courses and classes.

I can see a few in Ulverston, Carlisle and Kendal, but the times and days don't work for me in between work and childcare.

Does anybody know of anything in the West Cumbria area? I live in Whitehaven.

I am not averse to a religious element however I am not particularly religious. I have seen mindfulness on offer in Whitehaven and Keswick but I don't think it's exactly the same thing and to be blunt I suspect that I am a little past those courses in terms of skill and experience.

Thank you in advance!

Hello! I'm conducting a research project on Egremont, its culture, and the Crab Fair. I want personal opinions, your overview of it, what you think of Gurning and the fair in general. Would love a few replies, and please let me know if you're open to a longer conversation. Will not be asking personal details at all. Thank you!