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• HS2 Ltd announced the milestone at the PACCAR scouts camp in Buckinghamshire, where HS2’s funding has helped build a new state-of-the-art climbing facility: (https://visual.library.hs2.org.uk/p/share/fGV9ZxPXFMWY)
• Since 2017, HS2 Ltd has now funded over 200 local community and business projects through the Community & Environment Fund (CEF) and Business & Local Economy Fund (BLEF).
• Over £12m in CEF & BLEF funding has now been awarded to local community projects and businesses that are impacted by the construction of Britain’s new high speed railway.

• Two of the rare Roman heads from busts uncovered at St Mary’s Church in Stoke Mandeville have been loaned to the Discover Bucks Museum in Aylesbury
• They are available to view by the public from 16^th July until the end of October
• More details are available on the Bucks Museum website here: https://www.discoverbucksmuseum.org/

An awards ceremony, hosted by HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson MP, was held in Parliament today (Monday 4 July) to recognise the outstanding achievements of individuals and businesses supporting the construction of Britain’s new railway.

25-year-old Divine Makondele from Islington has been crowned HS2 Apprentice of the Year at an awards ceremony held at the Houses of Parliament today (Monday 4 July).

HS2 today revealed updated designs for the Amersham vent shaft headhouse – one of five structures that will provide ventilation and emergency access to the high-speed rail line’s 10 mile-long Chiltern tunnel.

Project Management apprentice Sam Arrowsmith, from Stratford upon Avon, has been crowned HS2’s Apprentice of the Year at an awards ceremony held at the Houses of Parliament today (Monday 4 July).