Cornwall's Good Growth programme has celebrated its first anniversary.
It was a year ago that the Government formally approved the £137.6m Good Growth Investment Plan put forward by Cornwall Council and the Council of the Isles of Scilly. Since then, a total of 134 projects valued at £193m and aimed at boosting communities, businesses and skills across Cornwall and Scilly have been approved for £130.7m of investment. Of those, 20 projects cover all of Cornwall and 37 all of Cornwall and Scilly.
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Approved projects range from small, community-led schemes to improve streets, villages and towns, through to multi-million-pound investments in culture, heritage and the future economy of Cornwall and Scilly, such as tech metal mining and offshore renewable energy.
The Good Growth programme is managed directly by Cornwall Council and funded with £132m from the Government’s £2.6bn Shared Prosperity Fund, which aims to help level up communities across the 海角视频, and £5.6m from the Rural Prosperity Fund.
Funded projects that have already been announced include £1.35m for Penzance-based charity Trelya to create a community skills hub at its Lescudjack Centre headquarters in the town. The award-winning charity helps local people overcome barriers to work, wellbeing and equality and works with some of the most challenged communities in England.
A £600,000 investment in Saltash-based high-tech company Secure Innovation which uses space technology to protect cash and high value assets for customers around the world has also benefited. The investment will support growth and create 20 jobs, and help the drive towards net zero with the installation of solar generation, electric vehicle charging points.
Plus £60,000 went to St Mewan Parish Council near St Austell to create the Queen Eilzabeth II Memorial Garden for all the village community to enjoy, promoting social inclusion and healthy living. The project was supported with a £60,000 investment by the Good Growth programme.