{"id":32122,"date":"2021-12-28T17:27:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T17:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32122"},"modified":"2021-12-28T17:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T17:27:20","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-high-streets-for-all-challenge-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32122","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: High Streets for All Challenge update"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-19454\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Oxford_Circus_London_W1_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_1604920-300x225.png\" alt=\"people\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Before COVID-19, London\u2019s high streets were already under a lot of pressure with empty shops and neglected public areas, but now the pandemic has highlighted the need for local neighbourhoods with a diverse range of local businesses and services.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: By \u00a9 David Illif, User:Colin and Kim Hansen\u00a0\/\u00a0Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=48935922<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 If we don\u2019t act now, London is at risk of losing the variety of businesses, organisations and local services\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Talk London<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Before COVID-19, London\u2019s high streets were already under a lot of pressure with empty shops and neglected public\u00a0areas.\u00a0The pandemic has highlighted the need for local neighbourhoods with a diverse range of local businesses and services.<\/p>\n<p>If we don\u2019t act now, London is at risk of losing the variety of businesses, organisations and local services that make our local areas unique and serve our diverse communities&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of London, Sadiq\u00a0Khan,\u00a0has announced a further\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/press-releases\/mayoral\/mayor-announces-2m-to-support-london-high-streets\">\u00a32\u00a0million\u00a0in funding to help revitalise high streets\u00a0as part of the\u00a0High Streets for All Challenge programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>High streets in 15 boroughs have secured funding to help them flourish and thrive.\u00a0Local businesses, councils and communities\u00a0will\u00a0work together\u00a0to transform their\u00a0high streets as we emerge from the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Projects\u00a0include plans to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>transform empty shops<\/li>\n<li>improve\u00a0public spaces<\/li>\n<li>build a night-time culture<\/li>\n<li>support local businesses<\/li>\n<li>create space for young people<\/li>\n<li>bring generations together<\/li>\n<li>create jobs in the environmental sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The High Streets for All Challenge is supporting projects across London to bring vacant buildings into use, protect cultural spaces and support jobs on the high street.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/talk-london\/updates-team-behind-high-streets-all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more and see the list&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before COVID-19, London\u2019s high streets were already under a lot of pressure with empty shops and neglected public areas, but now the pandemic has highlighted the need for local neighbourhoods with a diverse range of local businesses and services. image: &hellip; 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