Pride in Place to share £5 billion between 250 areas

The Pride in Place Programme will deliver £5 billion to nearly 250 areas. Each area is to receive up to £20 million of funding and support over the next 10 years to make long-term improvements.

The Programme aims to give power to local people and partnerships, bringing together residents, the local MP, the council, businesses and community organisations to decide how they would like to shape their area.

Each area will form a ‘Neighbourhood Board, bringing together residents, local businesses, grassroots campaigners, workplace representatives, faith leaders, and community organisations. The Board will generate a vision for the future of their area and set out a pathway to deliver that over the course of the 10-year programme.

One of the areas to receive funding is Bootle South, in Sefton, in the Liverpool City region. Deb Blakemore, Living Well Sefton Manager said: “The people know their community incredibly well, and they have a lot of knowledge and a lot of skills that could really be utilised to improve the area.

“There’s a lot of organisations in the community that do really good work helping people with social determinants of health, things like finance, benefits and debt.

“There are organisations that support people with employment and training, with neurodiversity that I think would be really beneficial to the community.

“I think they are the people that I would like to see, really being able to have a say in where that funding is spent and how it’s spent.”