Cumbria Strategic Partnership

This Focus On... event was split into 2 key parts - 

• Focus On... Delivering the Climate Change Strategy
• Focus On... Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse in Cumbria       

Focus On... Delivering the Climate Change Strategy

The Climate Change event saw CSP Partners organisations signing up to the Cumbria Climate Change Commitment, and further details of this can be found by following this link:

Climate Change

This event saw a wide range of Partners collectively seeking solutions to Alcohol abuse in Cumbria. The information collated at this event has been fed into the Big Drink Debate which took place on 23 April.  The workshops were based around the key commitments found in the Alcohol Action Plan. Further details of the day and links to the feedback from the four workshops held can be found below:

• Your Invitation to 16 March Focus On... events
• Time to Call Time Alcohol Strategy
• Alcohol Action Plan
• Presentation given by Cathy Wynne on 'The National Perspective - The Big Drink Debate'
• Presentation given by Paul Musgrave on 'Time to Call Time'
• Workshop 1 - 'Reduce alcohol related crime and improve community safety' feedback
• Workshop 2 - 'Reduce the harm to health' feedback
• Workshop 3 - 'Safeguard children and young people' feedback
• Workshop 4 - 'Reduce economic and social harms' feedback

Focus On... Regional Engagement and Influence took place on 26 June at Carlisle Racecourse. The event attracted over 40 delegates and it was a great suceess. The presentations given at the event can be found below, and the workshop notes and feedback will be put on here in due course. 

• Focus On... Regional Engagement & Influence Flyer
• Focus On... Regional Engagement & Influence programme
• What is the Regional Strategy and how is the Strategy being developed in the North West? - a presentation by Stewart Swift
• Why is the Regional Strategy so important for Cumbria and what are the implications and sphere of influence for Cumbria? - a presentation by Paul Feehily
• What do we want the Regional Strategy to reflect and support? - a presentation by Simon Sjenitzer

This event saw a wide range of Partners collectively seeking solutions to Aspirations in Cumbria. Students from Southfield College, Workington, attended to give their views, as well as Richard Horton, a West Lakes College student. Links can be found below to the presentations given as well as other useful information which was included in the packs given out. The summary note from the workshops is shown below. 

• Focus On...Aspirations flyer
• Focus On...Aspirations programme
• Aspiration and attainment amongst young people in deprived communities - a presentation by Willie Slavin
• The facts and the challenge and how it can be addressed - a presentation by Mason Minnitt and Caroline Vernon
• Presentation given by Southfield College students
• Presentation given by Richard Horton
• Presentation given by Bob Churchill, NDA
• Facts and figures - produced by the Cumbria Intelligence Observatory
• Aspirations and attainment in deprived communities paper (this link will take you to the Cabinet Office website)
• Europe Direct Cumbria - Helping raise aspirations, a presentation by Katie Hornby
• Summary of Workshops