INTERVIEWS: Pride in Place officially opens offices in West End of Morecambe

The team responsible for a £20m government scheme to regenerate the West End of Morecambe have opened their new offices.

Pride in Place West End Morecambe is a programme injecting funds into the area over the next decade.

The team are based in an office at 37 Alexandra Road - a former launderette - which is now fully open.

The office is open for drop-ins Monday to Thursday 10am - 2:30pm. Staff are available to meet with residents or groups outside of these times by appointment by emailing info@prideinplacewestend.org.uk

Locally, the money is being administered by a board made up of local people, chaired by Helen Bingley OBE, former High Sheriff of Lancashire.

How the money is spent is determined by local residents and businesses.

More than 150 guests gathered together for the official opening of the base on Friday, and Beyond Radio was there too for a special broadcast, which you can listen back to in full via the Listen Again button on the homepage of this website.

Greg Lambert chats to Phil Sykes from Pride in Place West End Morecambe and Ian Bond, owner of the Alhambra, The Battery and the former Trinity Methodist Church:

Helen Bingley OBE, Hazel Bishop and Joanna Young chat to Greg from the new Pride in Place West End Morecambe offices:

Greg speaks to Lizzi Collinge, MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, about the Pride in Place West End Morecambe scheme:

Pride in Place is currently inviting applications for grants of up to £15,000 from the 'Early Wins' scheme, with a total pot of £260,000 available.

Grant applications opened on September 1 and groups can apply HERE.

Pride in Place ‘Early Wins’, the first round of the programme, focusses on fast, visible improvements to the West End that build trust and community engagement, and which can be delivered within six months.

The money has to be allocated by March 2027.

Read more: https://www.beyond.radio/news/local-news/community-groups-invited-to-bid-from-260k-cash-pot-to-boost-west-end-of-morecambe

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