NORTH Cornwall MP Dan Rogerson is urging community groups, charities, businesses and local organisations to make the most of millions of pounds of worth of Government funding designed to help coastal communities.

The Coalition Government's Coastal Communities Fund has already awarded over quarter of a million pounds to projects in North Cornwall, and has now opened for a new round of bids for a pot of over £27.8 million to help communities boost their economic development.

Mr Rogerson is calling on businesses, community groups, charities, local councils and other organisations in North Cornwall to bid for a share of the Coastal Communities Fund, which last year awarded over £150,000 to the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow and £100,000 to the Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network.

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