Through creating a community vision, we can identify and plan for significant long-term benefits that align with local aspirations and regional development strategies.
With the GDF siting process spanning several years, communities have time to carefully consider and plan how this facility could benefit their area for generations to come. The community vision process helps identify what matters most to local people and how the GDF project could support these priorities.
A community vision could:
A GDF project brings substantial infrastructure investment opportunities:
The project encourages broader economic development through:
A GDF creates sustained employment opportunities spanning over 100 years, including:
The government has committed to providing multi-million-pound Significant Additional Investment to the community that hosts a GDF.
This investment could include improved local education and skills capacity, enhanced transport infrastructure, or improved recreational facilities.
The investment would help to bring a community vision to life.
Some of the work that has been taking place so far:
A water sports centre, pop-up cinema and virtual reality gaming area are just some ideas emerging from a group of young people in Seascale. The 2nd Seascale Scout Group was asked what their future community could look like as part of a project with Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership and careers guidance provider Inspira […]
A FREE bus service, cinema, food outlets, sports teams and sheltered youth area are just some of the ideas young people said were important to them as part of the Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) process. A group of 25, aged 12-16, have been giving their views around what a GDF could mean for the Mid […]
Working with Mid Copeland GDF Community Partnership, Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has started some initial work to begin to understand the suitability of hosting a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) in the area. The desk-based studies will look at the feasibility of delivering a surface facility connected to the geology of interest off the coast. A […]