A total of 33 grant awards totalling £1million were made to local organisations during the third year that Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership has been part of the Geological Disposal Facility programme.
This means the Community Partnership has now awarded £3million in three years to a variety of local projects as discussions progress around what a facility could mean for the Mid Copeland area.
Much of this funding over the past three years has now been spent and new facilities provided.
Grants awarded in year three:
West Cumbria Domestic Violence: £10,000, towards a counselling project, to benefit people in Mid Copeland.
Seascale Events: £2,190 for Seascale Gala Week.
Gosforth Parish Council: £12,000 towards Gosforth Public Hall refurbishment design.
Egremont & Area Regen Partnership: £24,360 for Florence Arts Centre to grow creative opportunities for Mid Copeland.
Calderbridge and Ponsonby Village Hall: £196,018 for renovation work, including a new roof.
Centre for Leadership Performance: £7,920 for a 12-week Bright Stars programme in four local schools.
Beckermet Village Association: £5,420 for the purchase and installation of a defibrillator at Beckermet Reading Rooms.
Lake District National Park Authority: £41,850 towards a Wasdale Valley community shuttle bus service.
Gosforth Agricultural Show: £5,764 for hire of Rural Enterprise marquee and show equipment.
Cumbria Addictions, Advice and Solutions: £41,884 towards the Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service (CADAS) to support to young people and adults in the Mid Copeland area who are struggling with an addiction.
Cumbria Rungwe Community Link: £3,000 towards cost of local young people taking part in a cultural exchange programme with Tanzania.
Cumbria Riding Club: £5,000 towards replacing their 20-year-old show jumps.
Seascale Parish Council: £7,000 to fund free multi-sports events for young people.
Beckermet Reading Rooms CIC: £9,995 for delivery of youth sessions for 12 months at the venue by Egremont Youth Partnership.
1st Beckermet and St Bees Scout Group: £2,000 towards replacing and updating camping equipment.
West Lakes U3A: £48,017 for a 3-year programme of activities to help address social isolation via educational activities, fitness and recreational events.
Friends of Gosforth School: £6,377, for improvements to outdoor areas including gym equipment for younger children and a low-level ‘traversing wall’ climbing wall.
Beckermet Village Association: £7,909 for further community centre activities including coffee, cake and chat events and cinema nights.
Windscale Rifle Club: £29,019 towards enabling works/feasibility study leading to planning application for a new base.
Seascale Parish Council: £21,310 for grass maintenance equipment for the upkeep of communal green spaces.
Liz Richardson Productions Ltd: £9,515 for two performances of a play and two theatrical workshops (for 14-17 year olds) plus workshops for four primary schools.
Wasdale Mountain Rescue: £97,347 for a minibus, stretchers, night vision drones and monoculars.
Gosforth Parish Council: £2,990 to provide a temporary mini-bus service from Gosforth car park to Seascale Co-op and return.
Gosforth Amateur Dramatic Society: £4,977 towards replacement/upgradeof lighting in Gosforth Public Hall, alsoavailable to other hall users.
Muncaster Microbus Ltd: £68,539, for a fully accessible replacement minibus.
Egremont Town Band: 1,065, towards room rental and insurance costs, based on number of Mid Copeland members and events.
Thornhill Football Club: £5,876 for replacement goals & flags and training tops.
St Mary’s Church, Gosforth: £7,784 to progress plans for developing and future-proofing the church and enabling effective display of its Viking artefacts.
2nd Seascale Scouts: £21,422 to replace old kit and buy new additional equipment.
Seascale Cricket Club: £69,126 to construct permanent practice nets, plus purchase 2 freight containers.
Cumbria CVS: £40,000 for a funding adviser to provide support to local community groups in Mid Copeland.
Hospice at Home West Cumbria: £14,149 for funding to support home care for adults in Mid Copeland.
Calderbridge and Ponsonby Village Hall: £47,417 for resurfacing car park and paths around hall.
This year also included two funding commitments awarded during Year 2 totalling £122,759 that were allocated from the Year 3 funding.
These are:
Shackles Off: £110,379 for new youth centre.
Mental Health North West CIC: £12,380, for the creation of wellness walks groups.