Visit Shropshire Hills Autumn Newsletter - Shropshire Hills & Ludlow

Welcome

The colours of Autumn are all around and the Northern Lights are lighting up our skies. We hope you’ve had a good season.

In this newsletter:

Powering Tourism in Shropshire event – 22nd October
Apply for a small business grant from Shropshire Council
Shropshire’s Great Outdoors website to be updated
Cycling UK to create a new Shropshire-based route – the Marcher Castles Way
Visit Shropshire Hills AGM – save the date.

Powering Tourism in Shropshire
Tuesday Oct 22^nd
Shrewsbury Town Football Club
9.30 am – 1pm

Shropshire Council, in partnership with Visit Shropshire, has secured funding from UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) to support visitor economy businesses across the Shropshire Council Local Authority area. Over the next six months, you can take advantage of free training opportunities, accessibility reviews and access a brand-new downloadable media library.

For more information about the fully funded opportunities & training available for YOUR business register for the event on 22^nd October.

Register Now

Apply for a Small Business Grant from Shropshire Council

The UKSPF Small Business Grant Scheme has re-opened for applications.

This grant scheme offers grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 to purchase new equipment or make improvements to business premises.

More information can be found here:
https://newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk/2024/09/ukspf-small-business-grant-scheme-reopens-for-applications/

Shropshire’s Great Outdoors Website to be Redesigned and Updated

Over the next 6 months the Shropshire Great Outdoors website will be updated and redesigned. Results of a recent survey on the site are being collated. We’ll let you know about any changes as and when they happen.

Cycling UK to create a new
Shropshire-based route:
The Marcher Castles Way

After the success of promoted off-road cycle tourism routes such as King Alfred’s Way and Traws Eryri. Cycling UK, formerly the Cyclist’s Touring Club, is proposing their next promoted route explores Shropshire and the Welsh Marches.

The Marcher Castles Way will be a circular route, approx 280 km long, beginning in Shrewsbury. The route will link together the best of existing promoted routes and heritage locations, offering an exciting new sustainable tourism offer in the area, and providing new opportunities for people to enjoy and connect with nature, landscape and local history. There’s also a taster routefor those who prefer a gentler challenge.

Click here for more details.

Upcoming Committee Meetings

Dates for 2024 VSH Committee meetings are as follows (all via Zoom at 14:30):
Tuesday 22^nd October
Tuesday 3^rd December.

AGM – SAVE THE DATE

The VSH Annual General Meeting will take place on
Thursday 14^th November (via Teams – time TBC).

If you have anything you’d like to raise please email info@visitshropshirehills.co.uk

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