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24/01/2025

Smoke free Westmorland and Furness
Get access to FREE support to help you quit smoking

If you live in the Westmorland and Furness area, we offer several forms of support to help you stop smoking for good.

Quitting smoking has many benefits, such as:

improved quality of life
financial savings
immediate and long-term health benefits

https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health/smoke-free-westmorland-and-furness

press release: https://www.westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk/news/2025/westmorland-and-furness-council-expands-support-people-quit-smoking

21/01/2025

Fantastic local business. Support local! Chris Wilson Dairyman

17/01/2025

Congratulations to our youth workers Emma Howarth and Naomi Carole Edwards on competing their Youth Work Qualifications.

They both work very hard to bring the opportunity of involvement and broadcasting on the local community radio station to local schools: St Pius X Catholic Primary School & Little Lambs Nursery St. Paul's C of E Junior School Barrow-in-Furness Newbarns Primary and Nursery School George Romney Junior School Official Chetwynde School Furness Academy Walney School UVHS

The programme "Better Tomorrows" has been made possible with funding via Cumbria Community Foundation

We are very proud of both Emma and Naomi

15/01/2025

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https://candofm.app.do/mikeparr-radio-talk

FREE COFFEE for 1st Fifteen registrations

A unique opportunity to chat and learn with a professional award winning radio presenter!

COFFEE D’ASH PORTLAND WALK
SATURDAY 1st Feb 11am - 1pm

Mike Parr has been working in radio for 40 years.

He’s worked as a journalist & presenter for both the BBC and commercial radio. He combined his music & speech skills by working on the highly successful Century Radio presenting mid morning hits followed by lunchtime phone-in. He’s worked in every time slot over the years but is best known for his award winning breakfast shows.

He’s the only person to have ever won the award for Best BBC Local Radio Breakfast Show for two different stations.

He’s been a BBC Presentation Coach & BBC Presenter Mentor.

He’s passionate about keeping grass roots radio alive & says there has never been a more important time to develop community radio.

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https://candofm.app.do/mikeparr-radio-talk

10/01/2025

Every Life Matters are hosting their inaugural Su***de Prevention Conference on the 3rd of April at the Rheged Centre, Penrith.

Cumbria has some of the highest su***de rates in England and Wales, with over five people dying by su***de each month—more than double the number of road deaths. To reduce these stubbornly high rates in the county and encourage societal change, everyone must get involved.
In response to this urgent need, Every Life Matters is hosting its first Su***de Prevention Conference on April 3rd, 2025, at the Rheged Centre in Penrith. This one-day event aims to equip participants with life-saving skills and resources to be active participants in su***de prevention and to help create a Su***de Safer Cumbria. The conference is aimed at anyone in the local community, from employers, schools, the public sector, and health services to our third and faith sectors, sports clubs, and interested individuals.
The conference will feature a powerful lineup of experts in the field of su***de prevention, including:
• Colin Cox, Director of Public Health and Communities for Cumberland Council
• Lindsay Graham, Advocacy Director at People First Independent Advocacy
• Nina Smith, Churchill Fellowship: Su***de Prevention & PhD Researcher, Edge Hill University
• Emma Shakespeare, Wellbeing Manager at AtkinsRealis
• Katrina Stephens, Director of Public Health, Westmorland and Furness
• More to be confirmed

Alongside these experts, the event will offer practical workshops led by the Every Life Matters Training Team. Topics will cover crucial aspects of su***de prevention, from Su***de Alertness to Understanding Self-harm and Su***de Bereavement, to Neurodiversity and Safety Planning, Su***de Safer Schools, Su***de Pre- and Postvention in the Workplace and many more.
Su***de really is everyone’s business. Everyone has a role to play in creating a society where su***de is openly talked about, where people feel able to seek help when all feels lost, and are properly supported when they do reach out.
The charity encourages all individuals, organisations, sectors, schools, and businesses to come together and act now to help build a zero-su***de society.
Ticket prices are £95 for the Private Sector and £75 for Charity, Community, and Public Sectors (lunch and refreshments included).
All profits from the conference will be invested back into su***de prevention and su***de bereavement activities in Cumbria.

Additional Info at:
Su***de Prevention Conference 2025 - Every Life Matters

Contact
For interviews, comment and more information about events contact
• Emily Lishman | Project Administrator | 07908 537541 | [email protected]
• Sarah Cameron | Su***de Safer Schools, Community Projects & Trainer |07577274505| [email protected]
• Chris Wood| CEO and Co-founder | 074434 79860 | [email protected]


Useful information
From Grief to Hope | The collective voice of those bereaved by su***de
Su***de facts for journalists and programme makers | Samaritans' media guidelines
Guidance for working with people bereaved by su***de | Samaritans' media guidelines
Guidelines for reporting su***des | Samaritans' media guidelines

31/12/2024

Just a little warm up drink whilst we wait to set up. Join us at Baha for New Years Eve

21/12/2024

20/12/2024

we had the pleasure of welcoming Michelle Scrogham MP for Barrow & Furness and Furness area, to the CANDOFM Studios for her first visit!
Michelle shared her thoughts with Andrea on some key local matters, including the ward closures at FGH, the exciting new investment into our area, and why she has defied the government on behalf of the WASPI womens’ campaign. It was a powerful conversation on the issues that matter most to our community.

20/12/2024

A bit of Christmas cheer from the Furness Young Farmers Club

Furness Young Farmers have made a Xmas song to raise funds o benefit our next generation of local young farmers. Check out the interview on CANDFOM with DJ Shamus. You can donate to this incredibly important cause at this Just Giving link https://tinyurl.com/5f637hpp