Students in Year 5 at St James’ CofE Junior School in Hindpool, Barrow have helped design the branding for ‘Happy Hopeful Hindpool’ – part of the Home Office’s three phase ‘Clear, Hold, Build’ initiative.
The students were tasked with designing a logo and name that represented the aims of the initiative back in May and on Tuesday 9 July the winner and runners up were announced and given their prizes by officers from Barrow NPT.

PC Emmie Doughty said: “We really wanted the branding for the project to come from the community in here Hindpool so we approached St James’ Junior School to help us.
“We received lots of great entries from the whole class and it was a really tough decision to pick a winner.
“Phoebe’s design was chosen as the overall winner after much deliberation between us and our partners.
“We thought her design, which shows a Hindpool flower being watered, encompasses what we’re trying to do with ‘Happy Hopeful Hindpool’ – to build the community back up into a thriving area.

“Well done and thank you to our two runners up, Mason who came second, and Layla who came third.
“Coming into the school and working with the students in Year 5 has been an absolute pleasure and we will continue to work with the school as part of the strategy.”
Happy Hopeful Hindpool’ is a long-term project involving agencies such as Cumbria Police, Westmorland and Furness council and various other public sector organisations, working alongside voluntary organisations and community groups to build a better future for Hindpool.

A spokesperson for St James’ Junior School said : “It has been fantastic to work with Cumbria Police on their latest initiative.

“Our Year 5 children are currently finishing off a topic on ‘Improving our local area’ and had targeted the Urban Park and surrounding area of Hindpool as a stimulus.

“The Clear, Hold, Build scheme slotted into our plans perfectly and provided our pupils with added substance and meaning to their studies.

“We would like to thank the team at Cumbria Police for choosing us in supporting their project and look forward to supporting the future improvements within Hindpool.”