Carlisle Focus

Carlisle Focus is the City Council’s quarterly residents magazine published every Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter and includes information about City Council services, local events and partnership initiatives. Every edition also includes a local events listing, council meeting dates, city councillor contact details and Customer Contact Centre opening times and contact details.

In 2007, Carlisle Focus won the Silver Award for "Best Newspaper or Magazine", Chartered Institute of Public Relations (North West) and was a finalist for "Magazine of the Year" at the British Association of Communicators in Business (Northern Region).

Current issue - Summer 2009

• Questions and Suggestions
  Keeping Carlisle Clean questions answered
  Suggest your Best and WIN a £50 shopping voucher
• Focus on Sport
  Ways for you and your family to get active this summer Plus an update on plans to transform The Sands Centre
• Focus Feature
  Find out how to volunteer your spare time for others and help your local community
• Summer Events - Summer in the City An insight into this summer’s music and cultural events Plus WIN two weekend tickets to Brampton Live
• What's On
  Our extended Carlisle events listing. Including: music, community, exhibitions and the Monday Alternative film guide
• Summer Events Out and About
  A round up of open-air family events, including children’s activities
• Credit Crunch
  Helpful advice on how to get support from local agencies 
• Focus on Crime
  Crime-busting advice to keep you safe over the summer
• At your service
  How to apply for a local educational grant PLUS a reminder to renew residents' parking permits 
• Readers' Survey
  Your chance to WIN £200 of Wickes vouchers 
• Changing Carlisle
  We need to hear from you about what you think our new priorities should be.
• 3 Competitions - you can enter online!
  £50 shopping voucher
  Brampton Live Tickets
  £200 of Wickes vouchers 

 Download Summer 2009 Edition of Carlisle Focus (1.0Mb PDF)