Eaglesfield Community Support Group

Dear Neighbours

Easter is nearly upon us and it looks like any decision to relax the present “stay at home” and social distancing restrictions is going to be postponed for some time to come. We will therefore need to keep supporting our neighbours and make sure we have a safety net in place for anyone who suddenly finds they need help.

I thought I would update you to news and information.

Easter Activities

Whilst maintaining social distancing,  we wanted to try and provide a little light relief for our community.

Easter Sunday Eaglesfield Teddy Hunt

On Easter Sunday, Paul Johnson has organised an event for children and their families. Families are invited to set off around the village and to see how many teddies they can spot in the windows of people’s houses. Once they have spotted as many as they can, they will make their way back to the village green to collect a chocolate Easter Egg, kindly donated by Sainsburys in Cockermouth, with help from Craig MacWilliam of Barkers Meadow.

A few tips and pointers.

• Set off at any time you want on Easter Sunday and stay in your family group.
• Remember social distancing rules with other families!
• Families should take their own pen and paper to make a record of how many teddies they see.
• Children can write down the house name/number where they see the teddies and how many they spot there.
• Children may want to vote on their favourite Teddy.
• Don’t forget to give a friendly wave to the teddies.
• Once you have finished head to the Village Green to collect your Easter Egg. One egg per child please. (We have some dairy free eggs for those that need them).
• Parents can then post the number of teddies seen and the address of their favourite teddy on the Eaglesfield Support Whatsapp group.

Shopping

For those amongst us who may require help with shopping, Tim Grisdale has provided all the latest information here.

Allerdale Area Support Team Update

The Area Support Team are co-ordinating help, support and resources within Allerdale during this pandemic. They work with Statutory and Voluntary bodies and have produced a Directory of Services for Allerdale and an updated Allerdale Newsletter Issue 3. The latter has details of ways to access help and support and other information including: childcare for key workers, grants and financial support, accessing food banks, counselling services, information about fraud prevention and much more.

Help and Support

If you need any help or support then please contact one of the following four volunteer coordinators:

• David Clarkson – 01900 827763
• Phil Wolstencroft – 01900 824742 or 07377 545097
• Keith Bailey – 01900 826539 or 07912 660064
• Tim Grisdale – 01900 823943 or 07850 654005

Thats all for now.

Happy Easter and don’t forget to put your teddies in your front windows!

David Clarkson