Support hub set up for services access

SEFTON Council has launched the Sefton Support Hub, designed to be an easy way of signposting vital services for those communities and residents who need them the most.

As part of its continued commitment to putting residents at the heart of what the local authority does, Sefton Council is working with partners and ward councillors from all parties to produce a useful guide to what support services may be available and how people may be able to access them.

Cllr Trish Hardy, Sefton Council’s Cabinet member for communities and housing, said: “From emergency financial support to Covid-19 advice and to tips and resources for living a healthier lifestyle, the Sefton Support Hub is here for you.

“Within Sefton we have so many different areas of support, advice and financial aid packages in place and they are all well used by our residents, communities and businesses.

“As with any form of support, it’s far easier when you can go to one place and quickly be signposted exactly where you need to go, which is why we have created the Sefton Support Hub.

“The Hub is a flexible and ever growing project, designed to advertise the services we know from intelligence and data that residents most need to access at that time and we also have a live chat facility for people to be able to speak with a member of our contact centre should they need further help.”

NEARLY a quarter of a million pounds is being committed to developing a new Enterprise Arcade in Southport this year, while two and a half million pounds is earmarked for the new Marine Lake Events Centre.

They are among a number of schemes which are due to receive funding from Sefton Council, as the exciting regeneration of the town continues following on from last year’s £38.5 million in Town Deal funding which was secured from the Government.

Almost a third of a million pounds is on its way to progress the Ainsdale Coastal Gateway ambitions.

Capital spending due to happen in Southport this year includes:

£244,000 Southport Arcade

£2,470,894

Events Centre

£50,000 Southport Theatre and Convention Centre essential maintenance

£292,704 Dunes Splash World essential repairs

£80,000 Victoria Baths essential works

£20,039 Southport Market redevelopment

£124,117 Southport Pier project

£891,859 Strategic acquisitions - Ainsdale for Sandway Homes

£320,488 Ainsdale Coastal Gateway.

The figures are being put before Sefton Council’s Cabinet this Thursday (February 3) as part of its Capital Programme in the new financial year (2022/23), as it looks to set its annual budget this February.

Southport Enterprise Arcade will be situated in Crown Buildings on Eastbank Street in Southport town centre.

The town’s first ever purposebuilt workspace for start-up businesses aims to further

Marine

Enterprise

Lake

The proposed design of the new Marine Lake Events Centre in Southport. Inset: The site of the new Enterprise Arcade

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