A homeless hostel in Egremont has had a bright start to 2018 after it received a big donation.

Calderwood House, based on the town's Main Street, was handed £1,500 by Sellafield and members of its supply chain.

A joint venture - ADAPT - between Areva, Doosan Babcock and Atkins has been impressed by the homeless hostel's work helping those who have had a difficult time to get back on their feet.

The group has donated £1,000 to the hostel with a further £500 coming from Sellafield.

Paul Terry, ADAPT's framework manager, said "The work that Rachel Holliday and her team do is an inspiration and our joint venture board were very keen that ADAPT support Calderwood House and their residents.

"We hope that our support will help Calderwood House continue their great service to the community in 2018."

ADAPT and Sellafield originally decided to contribute £500 each to Calderwood House to celebrate achieving significant milestones on one of their projects.

But the venture board decided ADAPT would add another £500 to the total.

Rachel Holliday, founder of Calderwood House, said. "Winter is always our busiest time for those in need. Our staff work around the clock to make sure we move people out of the cold and into Calderwood House as quickly as possible.

"This donation of £1,500 made to us through ADAPT came completely out of the blue! We need to help those who have nowhere to call home get back on their feet. This huge donation will do just that.

"Sellafield and the supply chain have always been such a huge support to Calderwood House, we just couldn't keep going without them."

ADAPT is one of the six organisations supporting Sellafield in decommissioning operations through the Decommissioning Delivery Partnership Framework.

The majority of the ADAPT Joint Venture's workforce are based in West Cumbria.