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22                                                                                    Issue 58  •  March 2022

                CHANGING FACE OF WORCESTER

             Next step in £19.6m



             investment in Worcester






             City councillors have
             backed the first of
             five business cases for

             projects that will bring
             £19.6m of Government

             investment to
             Worcester.


             The City Council has secured the
             funding from the Towns Fund, after
             drawing up proposals to support
             five major schemes to boost
             Worcester’s economy, promote
             active travel and provide new skills
             training for local people.


             The first business case to be
             approved is for the Severn Centre
             for Health and Wellbeing, which
             will now benefit from a funding
             installment of £2.5m released by the
             Department for Levelling Up, Homes
             and Communities.
                                                  contribution to training up the      “This completely re-purposed building
                                                  health experts that the NHS and      will create new specialist clinical
             That money will support the          other local services need.”          education facilities which will enable
             development of the University of                                          us to educate many more nurses,
             Worcester’s new £20m learning        Professor David Green CBE DL,        doctors, paramedics, physiotherapists,
             centre in Hylton Road, already       the University of Worcester’s Vice   occupational therapists and other
             under development at the former      Chancellor, says, “The University is   health professionals who are so badly
             Worcester News building.
                                                  very grateful to the City Council for   needed by the NHS and the people of
                                                  this vital financial support.        the city and surrounding areas.”
             This contribution from the Towns
             Fund will boost the capacity of the
             new centre, ensuring it delivers
             training to 1,500 students each year   What’s next?
             and creating 100 new jobs.
                                                    The £19.6m Towns Fund will support   between High Street, the Cathedral
             TRAINING HEALTH EXPERTS                four other initiatives. Councillors   and the riverside
             Councillor Marc Bayliss, Leader of     will be looking at business cases for   • Community level skills and training
             Worcester City Council, says, “The     these in the coming weeks.          - providing new facilities to offer
             near £20m of investment that the       • Active travel – new and improved   high-quality training in the heart of
             Towns Fund will bring to Worcester      walking and cycling routes, a bike   deprived communities, including
             represents a major boost for            hire scheme, and a significant     Worcester’s second ‘Building Block’
             our city.                               contribution to the new Kepax      construction skills centre located in
                                                     bridge across the Severn           Dines Green
             “The Severn Centre for Health          • Heritage and riverside –         • Shrub Hill – the first phase of a
             and Wellbeing is the first of five      improvements to visitor attractions   plan to regenerate the wider area,
             projects to come forward and, at        at Worcester City Art Gallery &    linking the city centre with Shrub
             a time when health services are         Museum and The Commandery,         Hill and bringing new employment
             at the forefront of our minds like      and improved pedestrian links      and residential development.
             never before, will make a significant




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