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Beacon receives £900,993 grant
Published: 28/01/2015
Release date: 26 January 2015. For immediate release
Plans to expand the Beacon Museum are a step closer today (January 26) thanks to the Coastal Community Fund grant of £900,993 being awarded to the museum and visitor centre.
The grant, together with the £400,000 received from Copeland community Fund last year provides the funding to create a new fourth floor gallery space and conference/visitor centre.
Budget recommendations for Copeland Council
Published: 28/01/2015
Release date Thursday 8 January 2015. For immediate release
FOLLOWING Copeland Borough Council’s six-week budget consultation, the council’s executive has been considering recommendations for the 2015/16 spending today (January 8).
Copeland faces one of the largest budget cuts in the UK, following Government changes in how funding is allocated. This means the council needs to make savings to bridge an estimated gap in funding of £1.484 million in 2015/16.
Civic Hall welcomes new tenants
Published: 28/01/2015
Release date: 20 January 2015. For immediate release
Whitehaven Civic Hall reopens this week as the first new tenant hosts a careers event and takes up office space in the centre of the town.
Copeland Borough Council is securing new tenants for the building, raising additional income to invest in services.
The Civic Hall closed in October 2013 as due to Government funding cuts the £250,000 subsidy was unaffordable. However in November Copeland Borough Council announced plans to find new tenants to raise income from the hall in the short term.