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Coastal communities fund - good or bad?
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- Friday, 22 July 2011 09:43 Tamsin Morris Hits: 435
The UK government has announced a Coastal Communities Fund, which will distribute some of the money raised by the Crown Estate from activities such as off-shore wind farms.
The fund is scheduled to open in April 2012 and will have £1.85million available for coastal communities in the Highlands and Islands and £2.05million available for the rest of Scotland. However, the Scottish Government has criticised the move, saying that the amount of money on offer is 'paltry' and doesn't go far enough.
You can read more about the proposed fund here and see the Scottish Government response here.
