From Mon 11th – Sun 17th October @TheFloodHub are holding a #FloodAware? ➡ Plan & Prepare Focus Week, highlighting the importance of being aware of your #floodrisk and sharing advice on ways to plan, prepare & become more resilient to #flooding! ☔️ Start your journey to becoming more #FloodAware by following @TheFloodHub’s campaign this week. They are sharing lots of advice on: ⚠️ Checking your #floodrisk 📝 Flood planning 💷 Insurance ☔️ Protecting your property www.thefloodhub.co.uk

The past 18 months have been really hard, many of our lives have changed and we are still feeling isolated and have been unable to undertake the hobbies and activities that we previously enjoyed. We have previously advertised the online wellbeing cafe (which is still running), however this is a new group that is being held at the Cricket Club - it may be of interest to you, or someone you know. Please spread the word.

info@applebyerg.co.uk – Appleby Emergency Response Group

Q: Free retrofit advice consultations now available

As autumn progresses, many of us think about ways to make our homes warmer, more comfortable and cheaper to heat. And this year, we might also be thinking about better levels of controlled ventilation. If you are wondering whether your home needs more insulation, improved ventilation and windows, or a new heating system, it is good to know you’re making the best use of your money to achieve your specific priorities. Cafs are offering FREE 30-minute consultation phone calls about retrofitting your home, to give you ideas about where you might want to target measures to make your property more flood-resilient, among other things. For more information please visit: https://cafs.org.uk/2021/09/27/free-retrofit-advice-consultations-now-available/

Q: The High Sherriff of Cumbria Visit

On 15 th July we spent a lovely evening with The High Sheriff of Cumbria and Cumbria Community Foundation (CCF) . We talked about the work of AERG during flooding and the pandemic response and gave a guided tour of the town to show the Sheriff the areas which are impacted by flooding. We are extremely grateful to be recognised by him for our work and also to CCF for the vital funding we have received over the years, without which we would not be able to continue running. The High Sheriff commented as follows: Lovely to meet some of the team at Appleby Emergency Response Group. Founded to help deal with floods but also helping during COVID. A dedicated group of volunteers caring for the Appleby community. Prepare, Respond, Recover. Well done and thank you to you all

Q: Wellbeing Reading Group

Rev Clive Hicks from St Lawrences Church in Appleby is involved with an online reading group that is centred around Wellbeing - it will run for 6 weeks starting on 20th April. They also hope to open a cafe following the same principles in the summer. Please pass onto anyone who you think might be interested in joining in. You can find out more information on the attached link: SLOW DOWN Big Church Read 200421

Q: New Vaccination Centre opens in Penrith - Recruiting for Volunteers

We are so very proud of our very own AERG Volunteer Rebecca Page who has volunteered to work at the new vaccination site at Penrith Auction Mart which opened yesterday. She features in this video https://www.facebook.com/nhscumbriaccg/videos/280830323483235 Rebecca joined our group in March last year to help with our pandemic response and has been a crucial part of our team. Well done Rebecca!! The vaccination centre is still recruiting for volunteers - if you would like to know more then please register an interest in making an application to: nuth.penrithrecruitment@nhs.net The Penrith Auction Mart Vaccine Centre is managed by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The volunteering commitment is currently until September & for a minimum of x2 4 hour shifts (mornings/afternoons, but not evenings) Tues-Sat (inclusive), however it is anticipated this will be expanded to include Sundays & evenings too in the near future.