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Council scoops prestigious national award

Published: 07/10/2019

COPELAND Borough Council is celebrating winning a prestigious national award.

The council’s Recycle for Copeland campaign was named Communications Campaign of the Year at the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) Awards in Birmingham.

The campaign, launched to support the council’s new kerbside recycling service, has contributed towards recycling rates more than doubling in Copeland since the new service was launched in April 2018.

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SHLAA Methodology

Copeland SHLAA Methodology

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Council's Recycle Week a resounding success

Published: 01/10/2019

NATIONAL Recycle Week was a resounding success for Copeland Borough Council, which went out into the community to share the recycling message.

It was also a chance to celebrate Copeland recently collecting the 5,000th tonne of recyclable material through the kerbside scheme, which was expanded and relaunched 18 months ago.

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Apprentice subsidy available for Copeland firms

Published: 30/09/2019

BUSINESSES in Copeland can now take advantage of a new subsidy to encourage apprentice employment.

Small-sized employers across the borough can receive a £3,000 subsidy towards a new apprentice’s salary.

Copeland Work and Skills Partnership – led by Copeland Council and funded by Copeland Community Fund and Sellafield Ltd – has launched the subsidy to encourage employers to support young people (aged 18 to 24) into employment.

Copeland and Allerdale sign MoU

Published: 27/09/2019

COPELAND Borough Council and Allerdale Borough Council are proposing to establish joint working and collaborative arrangements for the communities they collectively serve in West Cumbria.

Under a jointly created and signed Memorandum of Understanding, the two councils are proposing to work together in order to:

· Drive, with a consistent message, the shared economic opportunities for West Cumbria as one place

· Create more efficient public service delivery

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Katie to lead Copeland’s tourism agenda

Published: 26/09/2019

MAKING Copeland “the place to be” for visitors is the aim of Copeland Council’s newly-appointed Tourism Sector Development Officer.

Katie Read, who has extensive experience in the tourism sector, took up the post last week and her role will see her work with the private and public sector, as well as community partners, to develop new products, activities and attractions in the borough to increase visitor numbers.

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