Community Resilience and Emergency Planning
In times of crisis, it’s essential that communities come together. Community resilience empowers local people to take charge—not only to help prevent emergencies, but also to respond effectively when they do happen.
Holme St Cuthbert Parish Council is playing its part. The HStC Resilience and Emergency Sub Committee has drafted a plan outlining how our community will respond in times of emergency. This plan is the result of valuable input from both parish councillors and parishioners, whose efforts and insights have shaped its development. Importantly, this is a living document. It will continue to evolve as more people get involved, new resources become available, and as we learn from practice exercises or real-life events. While we’ve done our best to anticipate a range of scenarios, no plan can cover every possible situation. Gaps may become clear over time—but with continued collaboration, we’ll keep strengthening our community’s preparedness.
HStC Community and Emergency Plan
Read our latest version: Download PDF: Holme St Cuthbert Parish Council Community Resilience and Emergency Plan (2025)
Resilience and Emergency Planning Meetings
The HStC Resilience and Emergency Sub Committee have involved local residents and businesses in the development of the plan and how we respond to emergencies. It will continue to hold an annual meeting in the Autumn to update the community and to discuss any concerns.
You can read more about our discussions by downloading notes and minutes of our meetings.
Minutes – Sub Committee May 2024
Notes – Community meeting June 2024
Update – to Parish Council November 2024
Update – to Parish Council January 2025
Notes – Community meeting February 2025
Minutes – Sub Committee June 2025
Things You Can Do
There are many things we can do at home to prepare for emergencies. The Sub Committee are researching useful information, website links and contacts that can help households to do this. We will update this page when we have the information.
In the meantime, visit the Cumbria Prepared “Preparing for Emergencies” webpage.
More Information?
To find out more or get involved please contact the Parish Clark. (see link below)