Forty more communities selected for Pride in Place, with local people choosing how £20 million is invested to strengthen their neighbourhood.
The government has today announced a major expansion of its landmark Pride in Place programme, backing 40 more communities with long‑term funding and real power to breathe new life into the places they call home.
Neighbourhoods will receive up to £20 million over the next decade, supporting locally-led solutions shaped by the people who know their areas best - not imposed from Whitehall.
From saving youth centres and repairing playgrounds, to bringing empty buildings back into community use and expanding affordable after‑school activities - the Pride in Place programme has been designed to deliver improvements that matter to residents. And in many areas, neighbours are coming together to protect vital local services and create new spaces that bring people together.
The 40 new neighbourhoods named today join the 244 already taking part, bringing the total to 284 communities across the UK where local people are deciding how investment is used in their area.
As funding now flows to the first communities, work is getting under way across the country to turn plans into action and deliver change people can see in their streets, town centres and shared spaces.
