£66,000 is to be spent on new council projects in Scarborough and Whitby.
The North Yorkshire council funds are to be used to help fund four projects as Economic Development Service Manager - Amy Thomas - explains
The money will be used to fund a scheme to help maintain beach access points at Cayton Bay. Also to develop an action plan to look at offshore economic opportunities, run a pilot project to prescribe active travel and help fund a feasibility study on staging celebrations for Scarborough's 400th anniversary.
Each of North Yorkshire Council's local area committees have been allocated £50k a year for last year and this year to "commission works they feel appropriate for their local area”.
The council says that the purpose of the fund is to
"support activities that help to deliver the North Yorkshire Council ‘Council Plan’, Economic Growth Strategy, Destination Management Plan and other locally important plans and strategies. It aims to stimulate and directly support a pipeline of locally important economic, regeneration and tourism destination development projects that will benefit from existing and future funding and delivery opportunities (whether core or external funding) within the area covered by the respective Area Constituency Committee"
The four projects being take forward include:
Coastal Access at Cayton Bay - £20,000
Undertaking work to maintain and extend the useful life of the two access points on NYC land will continue to allow access and potentially support any ambitions around the development of a Watersports Centre of Excellence.
Offshore Economic Opportunities - £20,000
A number of pieces of work have been undertaken over recent years – this would be an opportunity to combine these and develop a Strategy and recommended Action Plan to identify clear steps (and their estimated costs) that the Council can take to realise and maximise the benefits derived from offshore economic opportunities.
Active Travel Social Prescribing Pilot Project - £15,500
The pilot project proposed would be an opportunity for North Yorkshire Council to be one of a small number of Councils working to integrate active travel into social prescribing to address mental and physical health, and reduce disparities and / or health inequalities.
Scarborough 400 Commemorations - £10,500
This scheme is seeking funding to undertake feasibility and scoping activity around the original Scarborough Spa Pump to support the development of interpretation required for the 2026 anniversary of Scarborough becoming a spa town. This will be part of a wider programme of activity commemorating this milestone for Scarborough.
Economic Development Service Manager - Amy Thomas - says a number of other projects haven't been allocated funding but will be looked at again later in the year.
The area committee now have £34,000 remaining from their allocation to allocate to projects before the deadline of March 31st 2025.
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