i Coastal Communities Fund Round 3 Stage 2 Application Destination Morecambe Bay Morecambe Bay’s Coastal Communities Scheme (Round 3) CCF3/E/170 Our Destination Morecambe Bay partners Contact Susannah Bleakley, Morecambe Bay Partnership Manager Morecambe Bay Partnership |The Factory | Castle Mills | Aynam Road | Kendal |Cumbria |LA9 7DE Tel: 01539 734888 | Mobile: 07552 063 607 | Email:
[email protected] Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary .............................................................................................................v 2. Organisation Summary ......................................................................................................10 2.1 Morecambe Bay Partnership .............................................................................................................10 2.1.1 Building on our experience .............................................................................................................10 3. Scheme Background ..........................................................................................................12 3.1 Morecambe Bay - Key Socio-Economic Issues ...................................................................................12 3.2 Morecambe Bay – Untapped Tourism Potential................................................................................13 3.3 A new Brand – new opportunities .....................................................................................................14 3.4 Challenges: Why the Bay economy is under performing...................................................................15