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Old Barrow Forum Area

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Community Activity

County Councillors and officers work in partnership with a number of agencies and residents groups including Police, Highways, Barrow Borough Council.

Residents raise various issues and the Forum takes up these issues and directs them to the appropriate authority or agency with feedback being given to residents.

The Forum is working in partnership with the Police to focus on the issue of youth on the Island and with West Lakes Renaissance and its partners regarding the Waterfront Masterplan Development.

Walney, Barrow Island, Risedale and Ormsgill have been allocated Neighbourhood Renewal Funding to spend on improving community facilities.  Community Unit have been working with the Community Partnerships in these wards to identify communities' priorities and to put together spend plans.  The team are currently working with each partnership to progress these plans.

Forum Meetings

This Forum holds issue-based meetings for both residents and partners/agencies. If there is no Forum meeting forthcoming, and an issue needs to be addressed urgently a Forum will be arranged to respond to such issue(s).

The Local Committee Public Participation Slot from 10.00-10.45 allows residents to gather informally over refreshments to raise issues with the local County Councillors.

Forum Area

Population figures for Old Barrow Ward are based on Cumbria County Council boundaries and therefore incorporate Central Ward and Barrow Island Ward.  Population figures for 2005 were 7238. The main area of this ward is based on Barrow Island which has a population density of 9.9 persons per hectare. Its population is only 0.6% of Cumbria's total population.  Households total 4665 for Barrow Island and Central Wards.

This forum area is in the heart of the shipbuilding industry and many of the houses are overshadowed by the BAE Systems buildings and workshops. All residents are aware of the emergency procedures required should there be a nuclear accident and are supplied with Potassium Iodate tablets.