The appointment of a climate change officer to support Bassetlaw businesses is one of the things which the council says it will spend more than £3 million of government money on. Six new community hubs and new street furniture are also among the projects contained in Bassetlaw District Council's investment plan.
High crime rates, low life expectancy and the suffering of high street businesses are among the issues which the council says it prioritised when putting the plan together. It sets out how the council will spend the £3,391,320 that it was provisionally allocated as part of the Government's UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).
The fund was launched in April to succeed old EU funding and to support the Government's stated ambition to 'level up' the UK's deprived areas. Councils were awarded money based on a funding formula and had to submit their investment plans by August 1.
