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Council set to launch new business grants fund

Published: 28/05/2020

COPELAND Council is set to launch a new discretionary grants fund to support businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The scheme is designed to help small businesses who have not been able to access other sources of Government funding, including the Small Business Grant Fund or the Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Grant Fund.

Copeland Council, in line with other district councils in Cumbria, will launch the Small Business Discretionary Grant Fund on June 1, 2020.  

Rising star in Copeland’s ranks

Published: 28/05/2020

MITCHELL McCombe, Copeland Council’s Nuclear Sector Development Officer, has been elected the prestigious position of co-chair of the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Futures Forum.

The Cumbria LEP Futures Forum, which was set up in January 2020, aims to make sure that the views of young people seriously influence Cumbria’s economic strategy and investment decisions. The Forum is made up of 16 young professionals, aged 18 to 35, from across Cumbria.

Bursaries available for Copeland's businesses

Published: 27/05/2020

BUSINESSES in Copeland can now take advantage of two subsidies to encourage employment.

Small-sized employers across the borough can receive a £3,000 subsidy towards a new apprentice’s salary, or a £2,500 subsidy towards wages and training costs of taking on a new recruit.

Copeland Work and Skills Partnership – led by Copeland Council and funded by Copeland Community Fund and Sellafield Ltd – has launched the subsidies to encourage employers to support individuals into employment.

Councillor Charles Maudling elected new Chair

Published: 21/05/2020

COPELAND Council has elected Councillor Charles Maudling as its new Chair for 2020/21.

Councillor Maudling was elected unanimously to the position at the council’s Annual General Meeting today (Thursday), and succeeds Councillor Joan Hully.

Councillor Maudling has served on Copeland Council since 2015; originally representing Harbour ward, and following a boundary review in 2019, now representing Whitehaven Central ward.

Felicity Wilson, Millom ward, will serve as Deputy Chair.

200 people supported to leave abusive homes

Published: 21/05/2020

COPELAND Council has supported 200 men, women and children to leave abusive homes, over the last two years.

The Council introduced a specialist role to support victims of domestic abuse and sexual exploitation in 2018. So far, its officer has provided vital help to 102 men and women, and 98 children who had nowhere safe to stay.

So far, during the pandemic, the Council’s Housing team has offered advice and assistance to eight sufferers and provided safe accommodation for two of these victims, and is urging more people to come forward.

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