15 years ago Casterton village hall set up the ‘100 club’ to help raise funds for our village hall and to give three prizes every month: £25, £15 and £10, plus a grand draw of £50 at New Year. Participants purchase one or more numbers costing £12.00 per annum each. Payments can be made by…
Casterton parish council has money from the Community Infrastructure Levy (or CIL) to spend on improvements in the parish, and wants your ideas. CIL is a general charge on new developments. The money given to the parish council came from new developments in Casterton, which was paid to the local authority though the planning process,…
The audience at Casterton Village Hall on Thursday night experienced humour, compassion, sadness and friendship, all in the performance of Beyond Caring, Christina Castling’s new play, which takes a frank, humorous and heartbreaking look at life behind the doors of a care home. For those who didn’t get along to the performance you can watch…
Simon Drakeford’s monthly articles, ‘Sketches’ of an aspect of Casterton, are primarily about locations within the village. Simon is happy to have received and to publish the first Guest Sketch, which has been written by Jean Hamlett. Jean and her husband Duncan bought their barn in 1973 and permanently moved into it in 1976 after…
A few weeks ago the granddaughters of John and Martha Roper visited the Village as part of a research trip into their family history. John Roper was a local solicitor who seemed to have retired early, while Martha was a very active pillar of our community who amongst other things was a founding member of…
Can you spare some time to help Casterton? Many ideas have been put forward for things that might improve the look of our village, or in some way make it a better place, such as: Identifying invasive species such as knotweed, what can we do about it? Checking on footpaths. Do any need attention? Is…
Reporting problems to the parish council Residents frequently ask the parish council about various matters and how best to deal with them, including problems on the roads and footpaths, planning matters and bin collections. The most common problems we are asked about and how you can report them can be found here
The community audit task group has been set up to start the task of preparing a community audit with the objective of establishing how the Church and the Village Hall fit into the community and how then it would like to make use of these spaces in the future. The task group met for the…
Casterton has been enhanced as a result of the grants made so far and the trustees would like to encourage residents to come up with ideas for projects with broad community benefit. Residents may wish to approach a trustee in advance of making an application to get an opinion as to whether their idea might…
Roadworks for resurfacing The A683 between the junction with Colliers Lane and Greenber Lane in Casterton will be closed from 26th July until 11th August for resurfacing. Overnight closures only (we think!) Further details can be found on the Westmorland and Furness Council roadworks webpage.