Grant Aid
Olympic gold medal-winning oarsman Ed Coode was the guest of honour when Hanson UK handed over a disused quarry to a charity set up by the Bishop of Truro to support disadvantaged young people in Cornwall.
For the past 17 years Goodygrane Quarry, near Penryn, has been leased to the Bishop’s Forum, which uses it as an outdoor activity centre for young people. However, in seeking to expand its activities at the 60-acre site, the Forum found it difficult to obtain grant aid because it did not own the freehold, so Hanson agreed to hand over the site, paving the way for a £190,000 grant from Natural England’s Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. Pictured are Hanson’s land and planning manager John Bown (right) handing over the deeds to the site to Tony Hogg, chief executive of the Bishop’s Forum Youth Activity Centres (left), watched by Ed Coode, who was born and raised in Cornwall.
For the past 17 years Goodygrane Quarry, near Penryn, has been leased to the Bishop’s Forum, which uses it as an outdoor activity centre for young people. However, in seeking to expand its activities at the 60-acre site, the Forum found it difficult to obtain grant aid because it did not own the freehold, so Hanson agreed to hand over the site, paving the way for a £190,000 grant from Natural England’s Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund. Pictured are Hanson’s land and planning manager John Bown (right) handing over the deeds to the site to Tony Hogg, chief executive of the Bishop’s Forum Youth Activity Centres (left), watched by Ed Coode, who was born and raised in Cornwall.
