South Lakes Development Trust

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is calling on councils to work directly with local people to declutter their streets of surplus signs and obstructive railings.  Mr Pickles recommends the use of street audits – just like those successfully delivered by South Lakes Development Trust.
SLDT conducts on-street surveys with local people, to identify how their own streets [...]

South Lakes Development Trust have been awarded the contract to undertake an Economic Assessment of the  Village Improvement Scheme in order to demonstrate the economic and social benefits of the initiative  on the village centre.
The improvement scheme is being delivered in two phases, one commencing in July 2010 with completion around October 2010 and the second [...]

Following our recent and succesful move our only challenge remains lack of broadband connectivity.
As a consequence we are remotely picking up, and replying, to emails once in a morning and once in an afternoon. This is resulting in a slight delay in our response times for which we apologise.
Normal levels of communication will be resumed as quickly as possible.

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January will see the launch of our new  “When it comes to”   initiative to help extend delivery of our skills in
Connecting Communities, Finding Solutions

After extensive consultation and deliberation, a preferred option for change at Waterhead has been revealed.  The Steering group, comprising  Waterhead residents and businesses, Lakes Parish Council, the National Park, county and district councils and South Lakes Development Trust, has refined the original plans in the light of local opinion.  While these are much more acceptable [...]

This project’s aims are to improve Bowness Bay and The Glebe at Windermere for visitors and residents.
An exhibition of ideas is being held at the Bowness Bay Information Centre, Monday 9 November – Sunday 22 November. The centre is open daily from 10 am to 4.30 pm,. It will also be open later for people [...]

From November 9th you can have your say on the ideas proposed within the Masterplan which has been driven by the Lake District National Park Authority, the Northwest Regional Development Agency and the consultants BDP.
Follow this link to find out more about the Masterplan.
Exhibition at Bowness Bay TIC between  Monday 9th and Sunday 22nd.
TIC open [...]

Our AGM is to be held on Thursday November 26th at 3.00pm.
The venue is the Cecil Room at The Marchesi Centre, Windermere.
Although primarily a meeting for our members we would welcome attendance from anyone interested in finding out more about our wide range of activities and our aspirations for Connecting communities, finding solutions.

In this week’s Podium Piece in the Westmorland Gazette SLDT’s Paul Holdsworth argues that increasing public expenditure on improving ‘walkability’ offers a host of benefits to individuals and communities:Â
“There is a common misconception that promoting walking is ‘anti-car’ and that the only benefits of increased walking are to the environment and, perhaps, to our personal [...]

Consultations on draft proposals for Waterhead are running from Monday September 21 to Saturday October 3 in Ambleside Library.
Proposals are presented as three options, with a host of new features that can be mixed and matched.  The three options comprise: retaining the current road layout (with some footway widening); re-routing Borrans Road to take 10 [...]