The case for Grisedale Croft, in one place
We have brought the case for keeping Grisedale Croft open into one place — the documents the NHS and Cumberland Council have now disclosed, and the Working Group's letters to the Council.
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News & updates
From the working group.
Updates on the campaign to keep open Grisedale Croft, the wider future of community health on Alston Moor, and the work of Alston Moor Parish Council on both.
The Community Case for Grisedale Croft
The NHS has disclosed the documents behind the 2017–18 settlement, confirming in its own words the commitment to provide step-down beds at Grisedale Croft. This page gathers the Working Group's correspondence with the Council, including the letters of 22 May and 11 June 2026.
Read more →NHS records show Grisedale Croft's step-down beds were never properly commissioned
Freedom of information responses obtained by the Grisedale Croft Working Group confirm the home's role as NHS-funded step-down provision for Alston Moor — and reveal why those beds have stood largely unused.
Read more →Good news: W.F.Council has agreed to a public meeting on Grisedale Croft
We are pleased to share that Westmorland and Furness Council (WFC) has confirmed to Alston Moor Parish Council that, after listening to the feedback from its drop-in sessions, it will hold a public meeting on the future of Grisedale Croft Care Home in Alston.
Read more →Grisedale Croft: a full room and a clear answer — next drop-in Monday 15 June
A packed drop-in, a clear no, and officers who would not address the room together — here's what happened at Grisedale Croft, and how to add your voice.
Read more →Grisedale Croft: the consultation is now open — here is what you need to know
Alston Moor Parish Council — Grisedale Croft Working Group, 14 May 2026 Westmorland and Furness Council has today published its consultation on the future of Grisedale Croft Care Home.
Read more →Grisedale Croft — consultation update from Alston Moor Parish Council
Many of you have been asking when the formal consultation on the future of Grisedale Croft will open. Here is what we know so far.
Read more →Public consultation on Grisedale Croft opens
Westmorland and Furness Council's twelve-week public consultation on the future of Grisedale Croft is expected to open today. The Parish Council's response is being prepared with the Working Group.
Read more →Parish Council passes campaign resolutions on Grisedale Croft
At an emergency meeting on 28 April, Alston Moor Parish Council unanimously adopted fourteen resolutions formally setting out its position on the future of Grisedale Croft.
Read more →Council Cabinet votes to launch consultation
Westmorland and Furness Council's Cabinet, meeting in closed session on 21 April, resolved to launch a twelve-week public consultation on the future of Grisedale Croft.
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