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The planning application has been submitted, and the plans can be seen on the Carlisle City Council website, application number 16/0209.

Lots of junk has been cleared out, and the plans for the counter and cafe service area have been finalised. The structural engineer will be visiting tomorrow, and then we will submit our application for planning permission for phase I.

Bob the electrician came on Sunday 24 January to make sense of, label, disconnect and generally make safe the unbelievable jungle of wiring in the shop. Then we bashed out the horrible chipboard counter, and underneath it our Treasurer found treasure indeed: £10.16 in grubby pence, some sweeties, and this little person.  

On Thursday 7 January the first wave of volunteers swept in and cleared away the fixtures and fittings in the area of Phase 1. Only the shop counter was left in position until the electrician could disconnect the forest of wires. Many thanks to Sue, Edna, Alan, Jacqueline and Kathy for doing this dirty work.

We held a very successful volunteer event at Tindale on 17 December, over thirty people there and loads of excellent food and wine, enthusiasm and good chat. It was clear that the volunteer posse is ready to get cracking. Then we had to wait for a safety check on the electricity before people were let loose …

TINDALE SOCIAL EVENING Read More »

We are ready to get going on clearing out the shop, and your help is needed. All our known volunteers have been invited to the social evening at the Emporium in Tindale this Wednesday at 7.30pm. If you didn’t receive an invitation but would like to volunteer, please come along. There will be good food and …

CALLING ALL VOLUNTEERS! Read More »

As of today, we own the shop.  Eleven months on since that first public meeting in the Lacy Thompson hall, we have achieved the first goal: to have premises in which we can develop the vision of “more than just a shop”.  

Today at noon we signed the contract for the purchase of the shop premises. As soon as we have arranged insurance cover, within a day or two, we can exchange contracts and complete the purchase.

I think it is now safe to say that on 29 October we were awarded £70,000 by the National Lottery Fund under the Power to Change scheme. They have now made it public on their own website so there you are: http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/funding-awarded/ As soon as they let us have their logos etc we will be using …

WE GOT THE GRANT! AND YOU CAN STILL BUY SHARES Read More »

Last night the Farlam Parish Trust handed us a cheque for £13000 – the grant they had promised us back in March on condition we could raise the purchase price for the shop – which we have now done!