Govt extends Pride in Place with additional 40 communities
In the North East, Newcastle neighbourhoods Fawdon South and Throckley & Newburn have been selected to receive £20m over the next 10 years to fund local improvement projects.
Pride in Place was started by the Conservative government under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, launched in 2023 as the Long-Term Plan for Towns.
The 40 neighbourhoods named today join the 244 already taking part, bringing the total to 284 communities across the UK.
The scheme aims to allow local people to decide how to spend the money, with projects ranging from saving youth centres, repairing playgrounds, and revitalising empty buildings among others.
Communities secretary Steve Reed said: “Across the country, people step outside their front door and feel like there is nothing for them: no sense of belonging, no investment in their area, no feeling that anyone is listening.
“Pride in Place backs these people and puts the tools and the money directly in their hands to change that, because strong communities aren’t built for people, they’re built by them.
“These new neighbourhoods are joining a movement that is bringing people closer together, and this government is backing them to do it.”
