Natland Parish Council - Agenda for next meeting.

Click here to see the range of items to be discussed on Monday the 30th October at the meeting in the Village Hall at 7pm. There is a vacancy for another councillor so if you would like to see what happens at these meetings do come along for the first part, which is open to the public.

Pancreatic Cancer Research Fundraising Coffee Morning.

Norma and Paul Singleton would like to thank all those who attended and helped to make this such an enjoyable and worthwhile day. Extremely generous giving has enabled us to make a donation of approximately £1100 to the above charity, in memory of our late daughter. This amount has now been increased to £1370. 25/10/17
Many thanks to everyone.  Norma and Paul Singleton.

The Women's Institute - October meeting.

President Kirsten Cannon welcomed 31 members and 3 visitors to the meeting.

A thank you letter from Pam Mansfield had been received informing members of the recent coffee day held at Natland Tea Rooms which had raised in excess of £1500 for the defibrillator fund.  President Kirsten expressed her thanks to members and friends for raising £100 from the September open meeting also in support of the defibrillator fund.

Entry forms for the Craft Exhibition to be held on 4 November are available from Elspeth Jayne and donations of cakes/bakes would be welcome.

President Kirsten then welcomed Pam Hetherington a podiatrist from The Foot Clinic, Kendal.  Pam gave an interesting talk on her role in diagnosing and treating conditions of the lower limbs and feet and stressed the importance of foot care.  Following her talk, she welcomed questions from members on various foot conditions. 

Kate Toms gave the vote of thanks.

The competition for a silly pair of socks was won by Jenny Butler with Janet Greenhalgh in second place.

The raffle was won by Pauline McDonald.

Date of next meeting is November 15th at 7.15pm in Natland Village Hall which will be the AGM.

Improvers Guitar

Have you learnt the basics of playing the acoustic guitar?
Would you like to keep it going and develop your skills with a small friendly group of people at a similar stage?

We meet with a teacher two evenings each month in the village hall to learn new songs and strum together.

To find out more phone Rob on 015242 72309

Music on a Sunday Afternoon

Casual Vacancy on Natland Parish Council

A vacancy has arisen on Natland Parish Council due to the resignation of Councillor Joan Lind.  The period of public advertisement (during which electors could claim a poll) has now expired, therefore the Council is free to fill this casual vacancy by co-option.
The co-option would be until May 2018, when the next full election of the Council will be held.
Anyone who is interested in taking on this valuable public service should contact the Clerk or the Chair or any Councillor – contact details are on the notice board or by clicking on this link.  Or just come and observe the Council’s next meeting on 30 October 2017.
There’s plenty of information about what parish councils do on the websites of the National Association of Local Councils and the Cumbria Association of Local Councils – just google NALC or CALC Cumbria and explore.


David Peters - Chair of Natland Parish Council – 13 October 2017

Coffee Morning for St. John's Hospice

Thank you to everyone who came to the Coffee Morning in the church vestry on the 19th October. We had coffee/tea, biscuits, a raffle and a card game and a stall, and altogether nearly £100 was made for the Hospice. There were plenty of St. John's Hospice own goods for sale as well, and they raised around £150.

Natlanders enthusiastically support defibrillator project

The defibrillator committee thank everyone who came and supported their appeal. Over £1,000 was raised at the Thursday Coffee Day at the Post Office. Read more by clicking here.

Natland Parish Council - Minutes of the last meeting

Highway and planning matters were discussed at the meeting on the 11th September. Click here to read all about it.

Church Magazine for October

Click here for a full account of the many church and community activities that are taking place this month.

September In Natland - wet and warm.

                                            2017               2016
Temperature at 8 am            11.6c 13.5c
Minimum Temperature (Av)  10.2c 12.2c
Maximum Temperature (Av) 16.2c               16.6c
                                           mm in               mm    in
Rainfall                              223    8.9     169.5   6.8

Rainfall in September was well above the average of 115mm. It was quite warm : the minimum temperature only falling below 10c on four nights, two of which were at the start of the month.    John Dobson.

Monday Club Meeting

On 16th October Monday Club will meet in the Village Hall, Natland, at 2pm to hear a talk from Susan Rowley on "The Gardens of Sizergh"
Following will be tea and biscuits and time to view the Book Stall.