NDA Stakeholder Summit 2019 Main Highlights
16th July 2019
This was the NDA's third summit, and the inspirational setting of the new Coleg Menai facilities, on Anglesey in North Wales, perfectly reflected the NDA’s approach to building sustainable post-nuclear communities around its estate. Some £4 million of funding from the NDA’s socio-economic budget has been used to create a state-of-the-art educational facility at the heart of the island. Local community representatives left us in no doubt about the importance of the college to the island’s young people and its economic future.
Read more from the two days with lots of links at -
https://nda.blog.gov.uk/2019/07/15/summit-brings-people-together/
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