Prince Charles is continuing to throw his weight behind Cumbria's fightback from the floods.

A fund headed by the Prince of Wales has pledged tens of thousands of pounds to help one community recover.

The Prince's Countryside Fund is giving £25,000 to Patterdale Parish Community Flood Group.

The money help the community with its continuing recovery from Storm Desmond and will back efforts to protect it from future disaster.

Prince Charles, one of Cumbria's highest-profile supporters, has seen for himself steps residents are taking to protect themselves.

In the wake of the floods he visited nearby Pooley Bridge to see how the wider area was affected.

Patterdale Parish Community Flood Group chairman Rob Shephard said: "The group has been working tirelessly since December 2015, both on the clean-up and also longer-term efforts to make the community more resilient to future extreme weather events.

"We are an entirely voluntary organisation and therefore totally reliant on both the dedication and goodwill of our volunteers, and on the generosity of others to enable us to achieve our ultimate aim of a safer community.

"Our volunteers are working with various agencies and organisations on a ground breaking project using a combination of natural and engineered flood resilience schemes.

"This generous grant will be instrumental in helping us deliver this."

The fund also sees £49,250 going to the Farmer Network to develop eight “Grassroots Innovation Clubs” in Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales.

Lord Curry of Kirkharle, chairman of The Prince ’ s Countryside Fund, said: " Rural communities need to be prioritised .

"It is easy to forget just how much we depend on rural businesses and family farms.

"With an ageing rural population and a shortage of new entrants embarking on rural careers, it is vital that we continue to support grassroots initiatives to ensure we maintain a thriving and sustainable future for our rural communities ."

Farmer Network project manager Veronica Waller added: " We want to develop an innovative method of engaging farmers in knowledge transfer by using their own knowledge to help other farmers develop their technical and business skills.

" At a time when there is a lot of uncertainty about the future of farm support, we hope this project will help farmers make their businesses more resilient to change."