It can be devastating to walk into a flood-hit home and see the damage waters have left - but there's a scheme than can help

For almost every volunteer who dropped everything to help Cumbria during the floods there is a boss who let them do it

Vet Andrew Robinson, one of those behind North Lakes Foodbank, played a pivotal role in getting supplies distributed

In the first 24 hours of the Cockermouth floods, the town’s mountain rescue team helped more than 200 people

When Debbie Keir became a volunteer reception centre manager, she never thought her skills would be in such demand

"He was getting very cold and weak and he couldn’t hold on. He kept saying ‘let me go’ and I said, if I let you go you’ll die"

They came from all over – answering the cry for help when Cockermouth was gripped by its floods crisis

An elderly woman who was determined to do her bit for the flood effort has been nominated as a floods hero

Rescue boat leader Mike Messenger admits he’s never seen anything like the scenes he witnessed in Cockermouth

Staff at one of Cockermouth’s biggest firms had the factory back up and running in just two weeks after the floods

Daniel Bancroft watched the River Cocker rise as he stood with a cup of tea at the door of his grandmother’s house

Overnight, on Thursday, November 19, businessman Phil Radcliffe’s world was turned upside down

As hundreds of people were forced to flee their homes, makeshift reception centres became a lifeline

With hundreds of people forced out of their homes by the floods, work was quickly needed so they could move back in

When Rev Ian Grainger realised there was the risk of flooding, he went to visit parishioners near Camerton churchyard

Cumberian policeman Bill Barker died a hero, saving others from the raging flood that wreaked havoc across Cumbria

Cockermouth GP John Howarth drew on his experience of working in developing countries and war zones when the floods hit

To the watching public it was one of the most dramatic rescues seen in Cockermouth - the moment four braved the torrent

Barepot and Camerton are not the types of places you would usually expect to see a lifeboat - but it was needed in November

Helping the flood-hit out of their homes and guiding helicopters to free the stricken

They were part of what is believed to have been the first rescue team to make it across the Main Street torrent

Staff were working so hard trying to salvage what they could in a Keswick care home the rising waters caught them unawares