Man given hospital order after dramatic Kendal hostel blaze
Carlisle Crown Court
A mentally ill man who started a fire in the bedroom of a Kendal hostel which contained more than a dozen residents has been made the subject of a hospital order by a judge.
Carlisle Crown Court was told today (February 24) how Polish national Patryk Bernas, now aged 26, had initially been involved in an exchange with the manager of Town View Fields, on 27th March last year, just days into the countryâs first national Covid lockdown.
Bernas then went to his room and began a blaze before heading outside. As police attended, smoke was seen billowing from the Town View building. Firefighters from the town station just across the road were swiftly mobilised and managed to prevent the incident escalating.
Extra accommodation for rough sleepers to be created in South Lakeland
18/12/2020
Extra bed spaces for rough sleepers or people at risk of rough sleeping are to be created in South Lakeland thanks to a successful £388,987 funding bid to government.
South Lakeland District Council’s Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme will create an additional 12 move-on bed spaces, including four complex needs spaces.
These will be hosted by Home Group, utilising their housing stock around the district.
The grant, to be used over the next three years, came from the MHCLG’s Next Steps Accommodation Programme announced in August.
It will assist the council in meeting its priorities set out in the Homeless and Rough Sleeping Strategy for South Lakeland for which there are four key priorities:
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