BURNLEY is to benefit from a further £1,346,624 of Euro funding - including cash for a project to make the town the Blues festival capital of Europe.

Sixteen projects have been approved to receive a total of £1,289,208 with a further £57,416 to provide wage subsidies for the unemployed.

The Regional Development Fund will provide £789,667 for roads, building and business development.

Another £499,541 will come from the Social Fund for training and other employment support.

The funds will go to Burnley Council, Burnley College, New Era Enterprises, Freshfields Training and South West Burnley Community Enterprise.

Many of the projects, including the wage subsidy scheme, will have financial support from the Challenge Fund.

Council projects include a co-operative development scheme in Stoneyholme and Daneshouse, to help people to establish community businesses.

College schemes include a design centre, technology projects and training courses for businesses. Key voluntary sector projects are a training and resource centre for people with disabilities and a centre in South West Burnley for environmental projects and community businesses. Details of the funding are: Burnley Council projects - investment infrastructure (£394,000), tourism and arts phase two (£56,780), co-operative development project (£60,087), Employment Charter, counselling (£46,034), training support, long term unemployed (£11,719), youth (£13,561), excluded groups (£17,136).

Voluntary sector: SW Burnley sustainable communities (£97,950), Morecambe's Lodge (£50,000).

Burnley College: environmental support services (£14,050), design centre (£30,800), targeted telematics toolbox (£27,000), tele-terraces (£59,000), training: small and medium enterprises (£99,477), business language training (£18,536), technology (£99,477), training to support job creation (£142,505), open learning for enterprises (£26,352), pre vocational and vocational training (£67,160).

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