Supporting businesses, town centre regeneration and rural communities

Trudy has praised the borough’s small-business owners for the service they offer their customers and community. Trudy spent Small Business Saturday visiting small businesses across Copeland, meeting the management and staff of: Make New and Mend in Market Square, Millom – a fabric and haberdashe

Trudy has welcomed the announcement that five organisations in the constituency will received over £900,000 in the latest round of Culture Recovery Fund grants. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has today (Friday) announced that 925 organisations will receive a share of £107 mill

Trudy is encouraging Copeland’s farming community to apply for newly-launched Government grants. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is inviting applications to the £27 million Farming Investment Fund, launched this week, which offers grants for equipment, technology and

Exporters in Copeland are invited to access free Government support to help them take advantage of international opportunities and tap into the huge global demand for British products. Trudy is promoting an online session next week to give businesses the opportunity to speak to and hear from speake

Volunteers from a Cumbrian motor club have been the driving force behind the creation of a new headquarters. Wigton Motor Club’s new base at Moota was formally opened by Trudy this week, and is the culmination of a three-year labour of love for members who have given up their time, skills and energ

Trudy has praised the “can-do spirit” of a village’s residents following the transformation of a 100-year-old community centre. The Borrowdale Institute in Rosthwaite, in the centre of the Borrowdale Valley, has undergone an extensive renovation into a modern multi-purpose community hub. The three

The Minister for Farming joined with Trudy and members of her local faming community farmers in Nether Wasdale this month.

Trudy has welcomed the launch of the Government’s new Build Back Better High Streets Strategy – which sets out how high streets across Copeland will be transformed into thriving places to live, work and visit after the pandemic. The regeneration of the great British high street was a key part of Pr

The community of Millom are celebrating today as it is announced the town is set to benefit from a multi-million pound Government investment.

The effects of climate change and restoring wildlife was the focus of a visit to Ennerdale this week, when Copeland’s MP joined Forestry England for an update on the Wild Ennerdale Partnership. Trudy Harrison MP met with Forestry England to hear progress on the Wild Ennerdale partnership, a pr