Be part of history: Design Cumbria’s first Community Flag!

Closed 25 Apr 2025

Opened 24 Mar 2025

Contact

media@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk

Overview

Thank you for your interest in designing a flag for Cumbria! Please complete the form below to submit your design.

About the Competition:

The Lord-Lieutenant and the High Sheriff of Cumbria, with support from, Cumberland Council, Westmorland and Furness Council, Carlisle Cathedral, the University of Cumbria, and the Flag Institute invites individuals, schools, community groups, and organisations to create a design that reflects the pride, heritage, and identity of Cumbria.

Your design should:
✅ Express pride in our local community
✅ Raise recognition and awareness of Cumbria nationwide
✅ Celebrate the heritage and culture of our region
✅ Complement, not replace, the existing historic county flags


Submission Deadline: 12 noon on Friday 25 April 2025

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • Anyone from any background

Interests

  • Aboroculture
  • Access
  • Adoption and fostering
  • Adults social care
  • Age
  • Arts and Culture
  • Black and Minority Ethnic
  • Business
  • Children and Young People
  • Childrens social care
  • Communications
  • Community Safety
  • Consultation
  • Contaminated Land
  • Corporate Services
  • Council finances
  • Council tax
  • Cultural Services
  • Director of Finance
  • Disability
  • Economic Regeneration
  • Elections and Democracy
  • Emergency planning
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Equalities
  • Financial Services
  • Fire & Rescue
  • Gender
  • General housing
  • General interest
  • Health & well-being
  • Housing Enablement
  • Housing Research
  • Human Resources
  • Jobs
  • Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender
  • Licensing
  • Local Strategic Partnership
  • Local Taxation
  • Museums
  • Neighbourhood Planning
  • Nursery education
  • Older people
  • Other emergency services
  • Parking
  • Parks and open spaces
  • Parks and Open Spaces
  • Performance
  • Pest Control
  • Policing
  • Policy
  • Policy & Performance
  • Primary schools
  • Recycling & Environment
  • Religion/Faith
  • Revenues & Benefits
  • Road safety
  • Roads & highways
  • Rurality
  • Secondary schools
  • Sixth form/FE colleges
  • Spatial planning
  • Supported Housing
  • Technical Services
  • Tourism/Tourism Networks
  • Tourist Information Centres
  • Trading Standards
  • Waste management