A COMMUNITY council could give power back to the residents of Denton Holme.

A residents’ forum to consider setting up a community council is to take place at Denton Holme Community Centre at 7pm on Wednesday as a way of bringing pride, and power, back into the area.

The meeting, arranged by resident Colin May, will aim to give those living in Denton Holme ideas on how to set up a community council and highlight key issues.

“By getting the community council going, we take control of Denton Holme’s future,” Mr May, 39, said.

He hopes it will “bring power back to the people of Denton Holme, to give them a say because right now they feel that they have no say, that they’re just lost in the big city of Carlisle”.

It is a subject that Mr May, a member of the Putting Cumbria First party, feels passionate about. lamenting what he sees as a lack of positive action in his community.

“It’s hard when you’re walking around the city all the flowers have been done but in Denton Holme nothing has been done.

“The streets are falling apart. There is no pride left. They took away the Christmas lights, they took away the flowers, but we’ve paid our taxes and there is nothing going on.”

Before any of that can happen though, there needs to be a consensus from residents that a community council is something they would like.

Feedback from the community has so far been positive although there are some who believe that things won’t change.

“People are so fed up that in Denton Holme nothing is happening and there’s no change,” Mr May remarked.

They are still trying to work out the boundaries for the council but Mr May expects it to be limited to Denton Holme not the entire Denton Holme and Morton South ward.

Mr May added: “If you look at the plans for Denton Holme and Morton South, the Denton Holme area ends halfway through Denton Holme - it doesn’t even go to Junction Street, which is really part of the old school Denton Holme.”

A community council is another name for a parish council so residents will be able to vote on councillors.

Mr May is supported by Putting Cumbria First and Jonathan Davies, the party leader.