Government\u2019s \u00a3214 million Pride in Place funding is reaching every local authority in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Government UK writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Residents across Wales will be able to save treasured pubs or libraries and clean up eyesores in their area through a multi-million Pride in Place programme, launched by the Prime Minister today. Alongside this record investment, there will be a revolutionary new approach to delivering the money, with communities calling the shots on where and how money is spent to clean up their communities and revitalise their high streets. It will give communities control, with the financial firepower to put right the things that matter to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This money will empower local people to tackle the issues that are blighting their communities \u2013 whether that\u2019s cleaning up graffiti or tackling anti-social behaviour \u2013 as well as funding to help support community cohesion. The Pride in Place programme will see nine more communities who are most in need receive up to \u00a320 million each. These areas will join five communities where work is already underway, taking the total to fourteen local authorities across Wales sharing \u00a3280 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The additional places to receive \u00a320 million each are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On top of this every local authority in Wales will receive a share \u00a334.5 million of capital funding to improve their public spaces, including fixing broken bus shelters, reopening park toilets, more bins to help stop litter and revamping run-down leisure centres. This new investment builds on previous announcements and takes the total funding from these funds for Welsh communities to over \u00a3300 million. This is on top of the work done by the Welsh Government\u2019s Transforming Towns and Placemaking Initiatives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said: \u2018We\u2019re investing in the UK\u2019s future, by backing the true patriots that build our communities up in neighbourhoods across every corner of the country. Because it\u2019s people who bring pride, hope and life to our communities. This is a huge investment, but what matters most is who decides how it\u2019s spent: the neighbours, volunteers and parents who know their communities best \u2013 the people with real skin in the game. We\u2019re choosing renewal over decline, unity over division. This is or Plan for Change in action \u2013 giving power and pride back to the people who make Britain great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secretary of State for Wales Jo Stevens said: \u2018The UK Government is laser-focused on delivering economic growth and providing opportunity for all and the Pride in Place programme is a key part of us doing that. More than \u00a3200 million of new investment will see improvements made to communities up and down Wales making them even greater places to live and work. We want to work with all our partners to make improvements that matter to local people and deliver jobs and prosperity.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Steve Reed said: \u2018Building pride in place starts with people, not politics. Local people know what they want to see in their neighbourhoods \u2013 and they don\u2019t need government to dictate it. This plan will spark an historic grassroots movement that will restore local people\u2019s power, boost national pride and help people get on in life across the UK as part of our Plan for Change.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Wales, local authorities will be invited to propose the communities within their areas to participate in the Pride in Place Programme for UK Government approval. This will be an inclusive process where the local authority will engage with local stakeholders including MPs, MSs and the Welsh Government to ensure local fit and alignment with existing schemes such as placemaking plans and the Transforming Towns initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n