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Ørsted keeps The Bay running in Wyre for another year

The latest round of funding awards sees Ørsted’s Walney Extension Community Fund reach new heights as the total awarded in a single year hits a huge £692,918, the most it has ever awarded in a year.

248 individual projects in coastal communities in Cumbria and Lancashire have shared a massive £4,501,046 through the main Walney Extension Community Fund and it’s dedicated Skills Fund over the last seven years.

Fifteen organisations have been awarded funding in the latest round of funding sharing over £303,000. They join four groups who shared over £135,000 through the Skills Fund in June and eighteen groups who received over £253,000 in March.

Lancashire Wildlife Trust has secured £22,500 for The Bay. Funding will enable our Nature & Wellbeing sessions to run over one year for groups of people across Wyre who are experiencing poor wellbeing or social isolation.

Two people crouched by a fire bowl toasting marshmallows

Mike and Chloe from the Wyre Bay team

Rhoda Wilkinson, Head of Community Engagement at Lancashire Wildlife Trust, said: “It has been an incredibly challenging few years for both our communities and nature. This backing from the Walney Extension Community Fund will support Lancashire Wildlife Trust to run groups across Wyre that help to find a solution for people and nature; creating more opportunities to bring people together, and have really positive fun experiences whilst also being part of protecting the amazing wildlife of Wyre.”

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