- Do you want to sustain the high quality of life in your area?
- Are you passionate about improving the rural economy?
- Do you want to support opportunities for growth and employment?
The Heart of Wessex Local Action Group (LAG) has recently received £1.74m of European Union funding to invest in rural businesses and community initiatives to improve the rural economy throughout the LAG area. Come and help us celebrate the opportunities that this funding programme offers at:
A Launch Event
Wednesday 17th June 2015
Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, Frome, Somerset BA11 1BE
Hear how the programme works, how you can get involved through the Local Action Group and help decide where the money is invested, and how projects can apply for funding. It’s an open meeting, so everyone is invited!
The Local Action Group forms the central part of the programme, it’s an open group, and all the members have a fair and equal say on which projects should be supported, as well as giving overall guidance on the direction of the programme. The Local Action Group will officially launch at the 17th June meeting. Don’t miss it!
The funding will be available from June 2015 to the end of 2020. It is really important that the programme makes a real difference – leaving a legacy that everyone benefits from, this means the programme needs to be very focused on what it wants to achieve.
Your Interim LAG Executive Committee continues to work on achieving this focus to ensure the programme gets off to a flying start. The Interim Executive Committee is made up of a range of key organisations and individuals from across the Heart of Wessex area, all who have been working really hard over the last few months on your behalf! Decision making powers are delegated to this Committee and formal elections to form the Executive Committee will be held at the launch event. If are interested in standing for election on the Executive Committee, please get in touch.
Timings
There will be refreshments from 6pm onwards and the meeting will kick off at 6:30pm. There is plenty of parking at the Cheese & Grain and it’s free after 6pm! If you know you are coming, please book your place; it will help plan for catering.We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 17th June.
To book your place, please use the Eventbrite link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-the-heart-of-wessex-local-action-group-tickets-16081569407
