PAGE 2 | TRANSFORMING WEST CUMBRIA TRANSFORMING WEST CUMBRIA | PAGE 3 Contents PAGE 6-7 PAGES 8-15 PAGE 16-17 PAGES 20-22 PAGES 32-34 PAGE 18-19 PAGES 23-24 PAGES 25-28 PAGES 29-31 PAGE 5 PAGES 4 PAGE 3 Foreword Introduction UN Sustainable Developement Goals The West Cumbria Challenge How To Get Involved Foreword Launched in 2020, the Transforming West Cumbria social investment programme has focused on helping West Cumbria’s communities. Funded through the Sellafield Ltd social impact, multiplied (SiX) programme, Transforming West Cumbria has already made a positive difference to hundreds of organisations and thousands of people. Delivered by Cumbria Community Foundation, Transforming West Cumbria addresses West Cumbria’s most entrenched social issues and inequalities. Vitally, it has achieved significant impact by encouraging a partnership approach to delivery and demonstrated that impact can be multiplied through collaboration. Addressing community needs identified in the West Cumbria Opportunities and Challenges Report, the Transforming West Cumbria programme initially focused on: building the resilience and capability of third sector organisations, inspiring social enterprise, nurturing young entrepreneurs, making community activism the norm for young people, improving family wellbeing and improving financial education. Responding to additional needs arising from the coronavirus pandemic and cost of living crisis, the programme was further developed. These unprecedented events exacerbated existing hardship and created new challenges for many in our communities. With further investment we have provided comprehensive mental health and wellbeing support through the West Cumbria Mental Health Partnership, supported financial hardship advice services, and enabled third sector organisations to make better use of digital technologies. Importantly we have seen our supply chain partners support Transforming West Cumbria projects and community groups, through the provision of staff time, expertise and match funding. Further demonstrating that we can achieve more by working together. Achieving transformational change takes time, commitment and relies on effective collaboration. This report provides a summary of what we have achieved to date. by Gary McKeating, Head of Development and Community "Achieving transformational change takes time, commitment and relies on effective collaboration. This report provides a summary of what we have achieved to date." Gary McKeating
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