Pembrokeshire has been successful in obtaining nine awards from the new UK Community Renewal Fund, totalling £2.92 million.
The scheme is administered nationally by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, who appraised the funding bids. It is administered at a local level by Pembrokeshire County Council.
“The nine projects will bring a raft of benefits to the economy and environment of Pembrokeshire,” said Gwyn Evans, Pembrokeshire County Council’s External Funding Manager.
“We are extremely pleased to have received a clean sweep in our applications to UK Government’s new funding stream,” he said.
“As a result hundreds of people will receive training, qualifications and targeted support to get them into jobs, and local businesses will receive help and support.”
All local authorities were able to submit a prioritised shortlist of bids from their area up to a maximum value of £3m for 2021/22.
Applicants were required to develop projects which addressed the following themes:
- Investment in skills
- Investment for local business
- Investment in communities and place
- Supporting people into employment.
Pembrokeshire was successful in receiving funds for all of the bids submitted. The following local applicants were successful in receiving the grant awards:
| Passion & Parking at Freshwater West | £60,000 | The National Trust |
| ESP – Enterprise & Skills Pembrokeshire | £1,347,672 | Pembrokeshire County Council |
| Climate Adaptation | £49,192 | Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum CIC |
| Ecosystem Enterprise Partnership | £140,140 | Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum CIC |
| Resourceful Communities: Towards a wellbeing economy | £507,377 | Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services |
| Developing the Pembroke Town Walls Management Plan | £117,038 | Pembroke Town Walls Trust CIO |
| Feasibility Study – Winter Tourism in North East Pembrokeshire | £236,614 | Pembrokeshire County Council |
| Pembrokeshire Open to All | £76,850 | Visit Pembrokeshire |
| Thrive Project
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£310,000 | Really Pro Limited |
