Egremont and Area Regeneration Partnership Projects
N1 Rural Corridor Improvement Scheme
Physical and environmental projects improving links, footpaths, car parks and landscaping, including cycle ways, self guided walks and village gateway enhancements
N2 Town Centre Enhancement Scheme
Business and built environment improvements including shop frontage, signage, street furniture and public realm enhancements
N3 Tourism/culture support initiative
Appoint Tourism and Culture Development Officer to support, consolidate and promote growth of Egremont product for visitors and investors (dependent link to project 4 below)
N4 Egremont Tourism Development
Egremont tourism positioning exercise and audit of existing accommodation stock, with development of visitor package
N5 Florence Mine
Safeguard key staff and create a new position to manage facility and enable further expansion of key element of Egremont's tourism offer.
N6 Basic Skills Training Provision
Establish outreach service providing access to basic skills development training
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N7 Youth Support Initiative
Support the development of a social enterprise coordinating youth activities in Egremont, with two dedicated staff developing current activity
N8 Egremont Employment Access
Develop employment access service and develop local volunteer skill levels
N9 Egremont Business Network
To support and grow confidence in key business sectors: retail and service, tourism and engineering and technology, by nurturing local supply chains and through the transfer of good business practices
N10 Egremont Inbiz
Community based business support and guidance given by qualified business advisor through Pathfinder and Look before you Leap and Asset Marketing Courses
N11 Wheels to Work
Provide access to scooters for young people to use as transport where no practical alternative is available
N12 Community Pot
A funding pot administered by the Egremont Regeneration Partnership to support community based initiatives with economic activity providing employment, training or business / social enterprise growth
N13 Town Centre and Market Study
Study of successful market towns to identify how best practice can help Egremont. The study will identify a range of actions to be undertaken to improve retail experience.
N14 Entrepreneurs in Business
To engage pupils in a range of personal, social and business development workshops to build self confidence and entrepreneurial skills working with regeneration agencies to provide support towards real projects
N15 Administration and Financial Management
Copeland Borough Council officer input, including secondment of part time FO.
W1 CAFÉ Community Resource Centre
Provision of new centre to house key delivery agents and community functions
W2 Florence Mine
Upgrade of visitor centre / museum and underground tours
W3 Town Centre Gateway Improvements
Focusing on signing in various ways the town from roundabouts at North and South, as well as landscaping, public art, selected building improvements
W4 Infrastructure Development to Bridge End Industrial Estate
Development to meet requirements, particularly of NDA related businesses of NWDA owned estate
W5 Building Reuse Strategy
Resource Centre, Crab Fair Archive
W6 Tourism Projects
Individual projects to be developed from those identified in the tourism study
W7 Town Centre Projects
To improve car parking facilities and to develop excess capacity
G1 Arts and Cultural Programme
To develop strategy tying together all arts commissioning and development work
