MORE than 70 people turned up to find out how they can get involved in a charity’s initiative to give people skills and improve their well-being.

Organisations, businesses, and individuals from across Cumbria are already pledging their support to the charity’s Good Lives initiative after it held an open day on Wednesday, July 27, at its project site near Whitehaven.

To showcase the potential of the initiative and the site, Home To Work hosted an Open Day, with visitors transported free of charge from Cleator Moor and the surrounding area by the charity’s own shuttle bus, donated to them by engineering firm Shepley. Calderwood House also donated coffee for all visitors. 

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Karen Jones, managing director of Home to Work, said: "The Open Day was an amazing success. We had far more people attending and saying they would like to get involved in Good Lives than I had ever dreamed of. We’ve had offers of everything from polytunnels to plants.

"Good Lives is such a wonderful initiative, it really seems to have resonated with people who can see both the immediate benefits, and the long-lasting, sustainable difference it will make to people’s lives across the community."

The next open day, which will be sponsored by engineering solutions specialist firm Forth, is due to take place on August 31, 10am-2pm at their site at West Lakes Science Park.