Grant fund to support the modernisation and improvement of England’s village halls
In May 2022, Defra announced a £3 million Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund, (the Fund) to mark Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
IntoBodmin CIC has this week been announced as the first project in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly to receive a share of the region’s £132m Shared Prosperity Fund.
After much campaigning by MPs, the Government has set out changes to its ambitious Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that aim to rebalance the housing market towards local people in places like Cornwall.
Cornish MPs Sheryll Murray and Scott Mann have called on local groups and people to get their bids in for a chance to share Cornwall’s £132 million replacement scheme for EU funding.
Bude Town Council has secured £48,000 in seed funding for the regeneration of the town centre from Cornwall Council. The funding will go towards planning and preparing for a bid to the upcoming Shared Prosperity Fund to regenerate Bude town centre.
Cornwall will receive £609,639 to help local high streets reopen and attract shoppers and tourists.
Conservative Government investing a total of £56 million through the Welcome Back Fund to help councils prepare for the end of lockdown when it is safe to do so.
In response to ongoing and extended pressures on our fishing and seafood industry, MMO will launch the new funding support for UK fish and aquaculture businesses on behalf of Defra this week.
Furlough extended until the end of September. The furlough scheme has supported 11.2 million jobs across the UK, worth £53 billion. But to provide further certainty, we are today extending the scheme until the end of September.