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Forest of Dean has received £20 million from the Levelling Up Fund.
The investment will help improve the areas sports and leisure offer by:
All 3 projects will help the Forest reach its Net Zero targets.
This investment will regenerate the Five Acres site. The land will be used for a £9 million leisure facility which will include:
Funding will support a university innovation, careers, and enterprise learning centre. Hartpury University and Hartpury College have teamed up to create this new development.
It will support young people to:
Andrew Collop, Vice-Chancellor, Principle and CEO for Hartpury University and College:
This bid is about a positive future for the Forest. Hartpury’s University Innovation, Careers and Enterprise Learning Centre will create a significant number of jobs and will help supercharge post-16 higher education attainment in the Forest of Dean.
Several listed buildings, including the former HSBC bank and Rheola house, will be transformed into:
Cllr Paul Hiett, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Communities of Forest of Dean District Council said:
Game-changing – that’s the phrase we keep coming back to. Our Levelling Up projects will improve leisure facilities, connect communities, and help provide a better future for young and old in the Forest of Dean.
Learn more about the Forest’s levelling up projects.
Find out more about levelling up.
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