Summer outings – the Theatre By The Lake and a Derwentwater Lake Cruise   As a club we tend not to meet during the summer for club business, but this doesn’t prevent us from having some social meet ups and this year was no exception. We had two fabulous evenings in Keswick.   Two of our newer members organised a lovely evening on the Keswick Launch followed by a fish and chip supper. They even managed to organise a beautiful summer’s evening so that we could enjoy the views.   This was followed by an evening at the Theatre by the Lake, organised by club member Ros. We went to see The Thirty-Nine Steps.

SUSTAIN OUR FUTURES President Martha’s SINE Regional Conference June 27th 2023, The Auctioneer, Carlisle Some sixty members from across the Northern Region gathered for a day of information gathering, fellowship and a call to action around the theme of “Sustain Our Futures”. The Health Hazards of Climate Change and What We Can Do about Them Our opening speaker, Joe Human, truly challenged us with experiences of climate change in different parts of the world based on many years of work for Oxfam and as a Fairtrade campaigner. He highlighted not just extreme weather events but the long-term effects on people’s health and well-being. His presentation stimulated a great deal of comment, discussion and heartfelt feeling across the room (especially as the Region was experiencing a heatwave – though nowhere near the extremes of countries such as India). We must appreciate that heatwaves can kill! Is

Every 99 seconds someone takes their own life. In Copeland there is a suicide every 6 seconds. Stark Facts! Ian from the charity Every life Matters gave us a very interesting and informative talk on the training and awareness raising they are doing to build suicide safer communities as well as supporting those that have been affected. Please take a look at their website and amazing work they are doing https://www.every-life-matters.org.uk/