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Flood recovery in Morpeth wins top market town award

A project which aimed to boost community morale following the floods in Morpeth just over a year ago has been named the winner of the North East Market Town awards.

The Greater Morpeth Development Trust (GMDT) set up a Morpeth Arts and Flood Recovery project in a bid to bring the whole community together through a range of arts and culture activities, creating a better social environment and meanwhile raising money for flood victims.

The North East Market Town Awards - part of the National Market Town Awards run by Action for Market Towns - each year celebrate volunteer-led projects that are helping to regenerate and sustain small towns throughout the country.

Chief Executive Officer at GMDT, David Lodge, said: “GMDT is a development trust set up to work with the local Community across a range of activities.

“It is down to the hard work of the partners we worked with that have made the programme happen and we were delighted to play our role to bring everyone together.”

Funding for this project came from a liveability grant, Awards for All grant and various contributions from Northumberland County Council, Castle Morpeth Borough Council and One North East.

One North East’s Strategic Rural Policy Manager, Frances Rowe, said: “While all the work being carried out to lead the economic recovery of Morpeth was of course essential, this project played an extremely important part in raising morale and restoring pride once again with organisations across the board working together to tackle the aftermath of the crisis.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .