Events
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09.12.2025.
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03.12.2025.
We've had some festive fun today at The Watson Institute, Castle Carrock, making foraged wreaths with the help and support of the talented Sophie. we're definitely doing this again next year!
01.12.2025.
A Huge Thank You to Galliford Try for Transforming Our Digital Log Cabin at Heathlands
We’re absolutely thrilled to share that our wheelchair-accessible Digital Log Cabin at Heathlands has had a fantastic makeover—thanks entirely to the generous support of Galliford Try. And what a difference it’s already making!
Heathlands, proudly run by The Laurie Brewis Trust, is a dedicated service that supports adults with autism, acquired brain injuries, mental and physical disabilities, mental health needs, and age related conditions. The Log Cabin is one of our most cherished spaces—a place where people can get creative, and grow in confidence.
Now, after its refurbishment, the cabin feels open, brighter, more welcoming, and more inspiring than ever. offering an environment where individuals can learn, connect, explore digital skills, and build confidence through meaningful activities.
It’s not just a lovely space—it’s our digital hub through our Living Better Together Digital and Outreach Projects. From here, we deliver much-needed digital sessions and outreach support across the rural communities of Cumberland and beyond, reaching people who often face barriers to connection, learning, and support. This upgrade means we can do even more for those who need us most.
We were delighted to welcome Rachael Land from Galliford Try to officially open the newly refurbished cabin. Having her with us made the day even more special, and it was wonderful to show her the life-changing impact this space will continue to have.
A huge, heartfelt thank you from The Laurie Brewis Trust, Heathlands, and everyone who uses our services: thank you, Galliford Try—and thank you, Rachael.
Your kindness has transformed a space that truly changes lives, and its impact will be felt for many years to come.
We’re absolutely thrilled to share that our wheelchair-accessible Digital Log Cabin at Heathlands has had a fantastic makeover—thanks entirely to the generous support of Galliford Try. And what a difference it’s already making!
Heathlands, proudly run by The Laurie Brewis Trust, is a dedicated service that supports adults with autism, acquired brain injuries, mental and physical disabilities, mental health needs, and age related conditions. The Log Cabin is one of our most cherished spaces—a place where people can get creative, and grow in confidence.
Now, after its refurbishment, the cabin feels open, brighter, more welcoming, and more inspiring than ever. offering an environment where individuals can learn, connect, explore digital skills, and build confidence through meaningful activities.
It’s not just a lovely space—it’s our digital hub through our Living Better Together Digital and Outreach Projects. From here, we deliver much-needed digital sessions and outreach support across the rural communities of Cumberland and beyond, reaching people who often face barriers to connection, learning, and support. This upgrade means we can do even more for those who need us most.
We were delighted to welcome Rachael Land from Galliford Try to officially open the newly refurbished cabin. Having her with us made the day even more special, and it was wonderful to show her the life-changing impact this space will continue to have.
A huge, heartfelt thank you from The Laurie Brewis Trust, Heathlands, and everyone who uses our services: thank you, Galliford Try—and thank you, Rachael.
Your kindness has transformed a space that truly changes lives, and its impact will be felt for many years to come.
01.12.2025.
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the Heathlands Festive Open Event! 🎄✨
It was wonderful to celebrate together, share some festive cheer, and showcase the incredible work happening at Heathlands.
Your support means so much to all of us at The Laurie Brewis Trust. 💛
It was wonderful to celebrate together, share some festive cheer, and showcase the incredible work happening at Heathlands.
Your support means so much to all of us at The Laurie Brewis Trust. 💛
27.11.2025.
Our Maintenance Group have been very busy, getting creative and making some amazing fairy doors that will be available to buy in our festive open event on Monday 1st December.
24.11.2025.
A lot of hard work and festive creativity happening in the Purple Bubble today in our Arts & Textile Groups. Amazing work guys! Well done!!!
24.11.2025.
21.11.2025.
This week, our Discovery Group have braved the cold to visit Oak Tree Animal Refuge
19.11.2025.
Thank you @coopuk Members for supporting Laurie Brewis Trust. The funding will help us ensure that our much loved seated aerobics sessions with cake will continue to run at Currock Community Centre, benefiting the local community and wider Carlisle area. #coopcelebration
14.11.2025.
NEWS UPDATE!
Due to the upcoming December festivities, we've had to make a few changes to our Friday Shake & Cake sessions.
Please see the schedule below for more information.
Due to the upcoming December festivities, we've had to make a few changes to our Friday Shake & Cake sessions.
Please see the schedule below for more information.
13.11.2025.
This month, James Rennie Sixth Form have been following along with our Art Live Sessions. Look at all the Fab work they have created. Thank you so much for sharing all your lovely creations
11.11.2025.
📣News Update📣
Our Festive open afternoon will be held at Heathlands on Monday, 1st December from 12:30 to 2:30pm.
Everybody is welcome
11.11.2025.
A Massive thank you to Steve Sliney from Collecteco and Cumberland FA. This furniture donation will greatly assist us with a current project that we're working on. More updates to follow.
07.11.2025.
Heathlands Cumbria on CRFM!
Heather, Michael and Chloe paid a visit to the CRFM studio back in October. Here's their interview all about Heathlands Cumbria, that was aired yesterday night on CRFM's mental health matters slot.
Heather, Michael and Chloe paid a visit to the CRFM studio back in October. Here's their interview all about Heathlands Cumbria, that was aired yesterday night on CRFM's mental health matters slot.
04.11.2025.
Have a deek's at what our Textile group have been up to this week!
Amazing work guys well done!
A BIG thank you to all our amazing staff who share all these wonderful photos to share with you all
Amazing work guys well done!
A BIG thank you to all our amazing staff who share all these wonderful photos to share with you all
04.11.2025.
03.11.2025.
This week our guys have been volunteering for the Royal legion poppy appeal at our local Asda store
31.10.2025.
The Laurie Brewis Trust would like to say a massive thank you to Co-op members for supporting us over the past year.
Your funding will ensure that our much loved seated aerobics sessions with cake will continue to run at Currock Community Centre, benefiting the local community and wider Carlisle area.
Thank you so much to all the Co-op members who chose us! The Laurie Brewis Trust - Living Better Together can continue to provide this much needed community activity that provides a safe social space for vulnerable adults who would otherwise be isolated at home.
Your funding will ensure that our much loved seated aerobics sessions with cake will continue to run at Currock Community Centre, benefiting the local community and wider Carlisle area.
Thank you so much to all the Co-op members who chose us! The Laurie Brewis Trust - Living Better Together can continue to provide this much needed community activity that provides a safe social space for vulnerable adults who would otherwise be isolated at home.
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17.10.2025
Heathlands Rocks Update!:
This week Mark G has been out around Carlisle hiding his very own painted creations
16.10.2025
15.10.2025.
A wonderful moment of togetherness caught by the staff at Currock Community Centre with iCan Wellbeing group CIO
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1341278147405788
14.10.2025
14.10.2025
14.10.2025
14.10.2025
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06.10.2025
Heathlands Rocks Cumbria is a group to share the rock art creations from our members here at Heathlands. The rocks are hidden, found, re-hidden and travel too!
Find out more on our Facebook page in the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/730501186702707/
Find out more on our Facebook page in the link below:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/730501186702707/
06.10.2025
06.10.2025
06.10.2025
30.09.2025
SITE NEWS!!!
24.09.2025
SITE NEWS!!!
24.09.2025
Our Discovery Group is back!
Last week the weather held up long enough for the guys to enjoy a trip out to Hammonds Pond
22.09.2025
12.09.2025
12.09.2025
08.09.2025
It's Suicide Prevention Day today and I wanted to share the amazing work created by our Better Together Monday Craft group and local textile artist Helen Walsh at Harraby Community Centre.
"It's a 'comfort blanket' made of upcycled fabrics and decorated with a tree covered in leaves and flowers made by the group and it has a soft fleecy back". Which has been made to commemorate the Baton of Hope on Sunday 7th September. The blanket now lives in the community centre, "ready to give a hug to anyone who needs it".
"It's a 'comfort blanket' made of upcycled fabrics and decorated with a tree covered in leaves and flowers made by the group and it has a soft fleecy back". Which has been made to commemorate the Baton of Hope on Sunday 7th September. The blanket now lives in the community centre, "ready to give a hug to anyone who needs it".
27.08.2025
It was fab to show Rachael Land from Galliford Try around our site to give her a real sense of what The Laurie Brewis Trust offers to the Heathlands community, Carlisle and it's wider rural communities.
This funding will go along way to open up the digital cabin and expand its uses in continuing to bridge the gaps of unmet social and support needs both digitally and physically.
This funding will go along way to open up the digital cabin and expand its uses in continuing to bridge the gaps of unmet social and support needs both digitally and physically.
21.08.2025
12.08.2025
Choose Laurie Brewis Trust as your Local Community Fund cause on the Co-op app and enter @coopuk Member Prizes for a chance to win £500 for you and £5,000 for us. Find out more on the Co-op App.
https://membership.coop.co.uk/causes/90911
23.03.2025
23.07.2025
Here's all the latest updates for our LBT Digital and Outreach Sessions
14.07.2025
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10.07.2025
A MASSIVE thank you to the amazing staff at Carlisle College who volunteered their time with Give a Day Carlisle to transform our outdoor space into a welcoming, vibrant, safe space for everyone at Heathlands to enjoy.
Massive thanks and shout outs go to:
Joseph from JBF Landscaping.
Alice from Brampton.
Neil from Wicks Carlisle
Robbie from Johnstones decorating centre Carlisle.
Our members are absolutely thrilled by all your generous donations that have all contributed making this transformation possible.
https://www.giveadaycarlisle.org/
09.07.2025
03.07.2025
Our Maintenance group has finished their latest project. What will they take on next?
25.06.2025
Our Discovery Group have had a deek's about Dock Park in Dumfries today and enjoyed a game of crazy golf.
20.06.2025
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09.06.2025
04.06.2025
A BIG thank you to all at the Royal Mail sorting office in Carlisle for teaching our Discovery Group all about the delivery service
20.05.2025
A BIG Thank You On behalf of Linda, The Strive group and everyone at Heathlands to Aero Nurseries Garden and aquatic Centre for donating the compost and plants for this project.
And another BIG Thank You to bell's decorator's for donating the paint used to brighten up the tyres/raised planters
And another BIG Thank You to bell's decorator's for donating the paint used to brighten up the tyres/raised planters
15.05.2025
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Last week the Discovery Group did some research a head of their up and coming visit to the Royal Mail main sorting office on junction street in Carlisle.
06.05.2025
The Strive Group are out making the most of the beautiful weather today. Painting used tyres ready to be turned into raised planter beds
06.05.2025
Here's some more photos from last week's Boccia tournament
29.04.2025
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23.04.2025
A BIG Thank You to everyone at Castle Chocolates for the fantastic show around and demonstration given to our Discovery Group last week.
16.04.2025
Music Mayhem have had a blast this week rehearsing their song list as well as doing musical course work, cross words & word searches
16.04.2025
A Massive THANK YOU to Carlisle East Fire Station For the Amazing show around that you gave our Discovery Group a couple of weeks ago.
Everyone had such an amazing time.
And another MASSIVE THANK YOU to the Heathlands staff would sent all these wonderful photos in to share with you all
03.04.2025
It's been a fab 4 weeks at the Sociability Group in Longtown. A gentle reminder that after todays 5th session these Sociability will be taking a break over the Easter Holidays
A gentle reminder that our Easter Fair is tomorrow 12:30pm till 02:30pm
Choose Laurie Brewis Trust as your Local Community Fund cause on the Co-op app for a chance to win £500 for you and £5,000 for us. If you win, so do we! Every time you spend £5 @coopuk, you’ll be entered into the Winners Share It All prize draw. Start swiping your membership card today.
31.03.2025
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14.03.2025
Have a deeks at all the beautiful work happening in our Arts & Crafts group
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25.02.2025
Music Mayhem is back in full effect after their term time break.
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24.02.2025
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14.02.2025
12.02.2025
Discovering Supermarkets. This week the Discovery group have continued their learning about the 'Big Shops'. |
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Music Mayhem10.02.2025
This week the group have embraced Musical Theatre A massive thank to our amazing staff for taking these photos to share with you |
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The Laurie Brewis Trust is collaborating with The Happy Mums Foundation who are hosting a special peer support group with a difference.
For more info please contact The Happy Mums Foundation
For more info please contact The Happy Mums Foundation
Maintenance Group06.02.2025
Some amazing work happening in the Maintenance Group this week A BIG Thank you to our staff for taking a moment to take a photo and send these images so we can share all the fab work happening across the site |
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05.02.2025
The Heathlands Discovery group have been looking at the differences between smaller family run businesses compared to the larger commercial supermarkets A BIG Thank you to our staff for taking a moment to take a photo and send these images so we can share all the fab work happening across the site. |
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Art Live News!03.02.2025
The James Rennie Sixth Form students have been joining along to our Art Live sessions with Helen Tuck. Have a look at the fab Squeegee Paintings they shared with us! Click the link below to learn how to make squeegee paintings www.facebook.com/Heathlands.Cumbria/videos/1540095963344422 03.02.2025
Last Week Music Mayhem continued their learning about Pop Music!
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29.01.2025
A massive THANK YOU to Pioneer Foodstore for giving our Discovery Group such a wonderful experience this week Have a deek's at all the amazing photos taken by our awesome staff |
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Art Live News!27.01.2025
James Rennie Sixth Form students have been joining along with our Arts Live Sessions! Look at the wonderful lanterns they made! Click on the link below for Helen's paper lantern tutorial www.facebook.com/Heathlands.Cumbria/videos/941844204753544 Follow our Facebook page every Monday at 01:30pm for more Art Live tutorials www.facebook.com/Heathlands.Cumbria |
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Maintenance Group
23.01.2025
Lots of hard work happening in the maintenance group |
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22.01.2025
The Discovery Group have been learning and discussing where our food comes from. The group went on to explore and research Pioneer and made good preparations before their planned trip and tour at Pioneer Foods next week |
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We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from Fibrus Broadband’s #CommunityFund in 2024!
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20.09.2024
We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from Fibrus Broadband's #CommunityFund in 2024!
This money will go towards providing our members and community groups a couple of much needed new laptops. These will be used to promote digital inclusion for learning and the development of our exciting new digital outreach hubs starting in the very near future. Stay tuned for more updates
We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from Fibrus Broadband's #CommunityFund in 2024!
This money will go towards providing our members and community groups a couple of much needed new laptops. These will be used to promote digital inclusion for learning and the development of our exciting new digital outreach hubs starting in the very near future. Stay tuned for more updates
Heathlands
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Live Better Together
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Heathlands are in the Final 6 to recive £1000 from The Lanes Carlisle Community Fund, vote for us on Facebook voting ends 03/09/2024
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LBT's Better Together has updated its Activaties Schedule for 2024
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Better Together 2024 Start Dates
Better Together
Community Activities, Carlisle 2024
Better Together dates for diaries 2023-24
Craft Harraby Finish Mon 18th December Start Back Mon 8th January
Mon Bowls & Boccia Finish Mon 11th December Start Back Mon 8th January
Tue Boccia Finish Tue 12th December Start back Tue 9th January
Tue Upcycling Finish Tue 19th December Start back Tue 16th January
Tue Keep Fit with Cake Finish Tue 12th December Start back Tue 9th January
Thur Gaming Group Finish Thur 7th December Start back Thur 18th January
Fri Keep Fit with Cake Finish Fri 15th December Start back Fri 12th January
Mon Bowls & Boccia Finish Mon 11th December Start Back Mon 8th January
Tue Boccia Finish Tue 12th December Start back Tue 9th January
Tue Upcycling Finish Tue 19th December Start back Tue 16th January
Tue Keep Fit with Cake Finish Tue 12th December Start back Tue 9th January
Thur Gaming Group Finish Thur 7th December Start back Thur 18th January
Fri Keep Fit with Cake Finish Fri 15th December Start back Fri 12th January
“We’re looking forward to taking part in the Cumbria Preparation for Adulthood Virtual Fair from 5-9 October. We’ll be one of over 50 organisations involved and full details of who’ll be there and the online events taking place can be found now at https://cumbria.gov.uk/preparationforadulthood/webinars.asp. We’d encourage any young people and families thinking about the future to take a look!”
Mencap Carlisle's latest film!
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Our good friends at Mencap Carlisle, have been making some amazing and informative films. The latest of which is about internet safety (Think First its Real!), have a watch and if you like this film you can find more of Mencap Carlisle's films on their YouTube page.
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Click on the YouTube logo below to be taken to Mencap Carlisle YouTube page.
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Better Together get lottery funding!!!!
The Better Together group received a cheque from the National Lottery to continue and expand their activities for those living in and around the city yesterday.
A special party was held at Harraby Community Centre on Edgehill Road to mark the windfall - which will enable the group to run for another two years.
Please click on the News & Star logo below for the full article.
A special party was held at Harraby Community Centre on Edgehill Road to mark the windfall - which will enable the group to run for another two years.
Please click on the News & Star logo below for the full article.
Improvement of Heathlands site 2020
We have some exciting and ambitious plans for the Heathlands site over the next few years.
Early in 2020 we hope to secure planning permission and start phase one of the site development. Phase one includes the refurbishment of a large learning area, demolition of dilapidated buildings and creation of a new carpark.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone visiting the Heathlands site is of utmost importance and we will be working closely with our contractors to keep everyone safe while the development is underway.
Early in 2020 we hope to secure planning permission and start phase one of the site development. Phase one includes the refurbishment of a large learning area, demolition of dilapidated buildings and creation of a new carpark.
The health, safety and wellbeing of everyone visiting the Heathlands site is of utmost importance and we will be working closely with our contractors to keep everyone safe while the development is underway.