The funding Eastbourne has received from the EU – revealed

By Ginny Sanderson
Published 28th Feb 2020, 11:17 BST
Updated 4th Mar 2020, 09:30 BST
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Eastbourne projects have benefited from European Union (EU) funding to the tune of around £16.7 million in just the last few years.

That is according to new figures released this week, which show a number of programs in our community have benefitted financially from EU cash.

Among the recipients was Sussex Downs College – now part of East Sussex College Group – which received a portion of £1,792,431 funding for 18 projects between 2014 and 2018.

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And The Grand Hotel received a slice of around £3.1 million funding for 19 projects between 2014 and 2018.

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Half a million pounds of that went into an erasmus project it was a part of called MOBY DICK – short for MOBilitY for Development of International Competences and Knowledge.

Meanwhile Breakaway Agency Ltd, which supports French students with work experience in a number of industries in town, received the biggest portion of funding.