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Alston Moor & Health

Established 2026 A community campaign archive

Documenting the campaigns to keep open Grisedale Croft and to secure the future of community healthcare on Alston Moor.

Share your experience

Share your family's experience.

If you, or someone you know, needed residential, nursing, respite or rehabilitation care on Alston Moor in recent years — whether or not the person was placed at Grisedale Croft — the Parish Council would like to hear from you.

Alston Moor Parish Council is gathering accounts of people from Alston Moor and the surrounding area who needed residential, nursing, respite or rehabilitation care but were not placed at Grisedale Croft. This helps make the case to Westmorland and Furness Council for keeping the home open.

Your account matters whether the person was being discharged from hospital, was struggling to manage at home, could not get home carers, or needed care for any other reason. Please share whatever you feel able to — most questions are optional, and even partial information is useful. If recalling these events is difficult, please answer only what feels comfortable.

Privacy: the information is held by Alston Moor Parish Council and used only for the campaign to retain Grisedale Croft, including representations to the Council, elected representatives and, where you give permission, the press. It is kept until the campaign concludes and then securely deleted. You can withdraw your contribution at any time by contacting the Parish Clerk.

About you

Just a few details about you, so we can come back to you if helpful and know how you would like your account used.

So we can confirm your account and, if helpful, come back to you.

Your relationship to the person who needed care (required)
May we contact you to discuss your account further? (required)
How may we use your account? (required)

About the person who needed care

If you are the person who needed care, please answer about yourself. These questions are optional.

Age or age band at the time

For example Alston, Nenthead, Garrigill, Leadgate, Slaggyford, or further afield.

Did they have close family or strong ties to Alston Moor?

What was happening

A little about what led to them needing care, and what kind of care was needed.

A month and year is fine — for example “around March 2024”.

What led to them needing care? (required — tick all that apply)
What kind of care did they need? (tick all that apply)
Was the placement expected to be short-term or long-term?

The decision about Grisedale Croft

This section is the most important for the case. Please answer as fully as you can.

Was Grisedale Croft offered or discussed as an option? (required)

For example: “told there were no beds”, “told it wasn't suitable”, “told it was closing”, “no reason given”.

Who made the decision about where they went? (tick all that apply)

Where they went instead

Where the person ended up — even if that was at home without enough support.

Name of care home, hospital ward, or “stayed at home with care”, and so on.

Roughly how far from Alston Moor?
What kind of placement was it?

The impact

What it meant for the person and for those close to them.

What is the situation now?

Anything else

Would you be willing to speak to any of the following if asked? (tick all that apply)

Letters, assessments, emails or photographs that support your account. JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, PDF, DOC or DOCX, up to 10 MB each. Held securely and seen only by administrators.

What you share is read only by administrators of the campaign archive. How we handle your details.