Three towns in South Lincolnshire to receive up to £20m to restore pride and boost growth

Three towns in southern Lincolnshire are set to receive a share of the £1.5 billion designated to improve communities across the UK.

As part of the Government’s Plan for Neighbourhoods scheme, high streets, local parks, youth clubs, cultural venues, health and wellbeing services will be regenerated.

It is hoped that these improvements will create growth for local areas and new opportunities. A total of 75 areas will each receive up to £20 million of funding and support over the next decade through the plan.

But there is nothing for Grantham.

The East Midlands will be receiving £200 million, which will be split between Boston, Spalding and Skegness in Lincolnshire, as well as Worksop, Newark, Mansfield, Kirkby in Ashfield, Carlton and Clifton in Nottinghamshire and Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

Ministers vow that the funding will help transform areas which have been “left behind” and allow vital community services to be improved whilst also tackling local issues like crime.

The changes are expected to be long-term and sustainable so that meaningful change can be made in the day to day lives of people.

Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Angela Rayner MP said: “For years, too many neighbourhoods have been starved of investment, despite their potential to thrive and grow. Communities across the UK have so much to offer – rich cultural capital, unique heritage but most of all, an understanding of their own neighbourhood.

“We will do things differently, our fully funded Plan for Neighbourhoods puts local people in the driving seat of their potential, having control of where the Whitehall cash goes – what issues they want to tackle, where they want to regenerate and what growth they want [to] turbocharge.”

The Government will support the establishment of a new ‘Neighbourhood Board’ in each area, which will bring together residents, local businesses, and grassroots campaigners to draw up and implement a new vision for their neighbourhood.

These boards will decide how to spend the funding and support they receive, such as repairs to pavements and high streets, to set up low-cost community grocers providing low-cost alternatives when shopping for essentials.

South Lincolnshire towns to receive up to £20m to restore pride in neighbourhoods and boost growth

Three towns in southern Lincolnshire are set to receive a share of the £1.5 billion designated to improve communities across the UK.

As part of the Government’s Plan for Neighbourhoods scheme, high streets, local parks, youth clubs, cultural venues, health and wellbeing services will be regenerated.

It is hoped that these improvements will create growth for local areas and new opportunities. A total of 75 areas will each receive up to £20 million of funding and support over the next decade through the plan.

But there is nothing for Grantham.

The East Midlands will be receiving £200 million, which will be split between Boston, Spalding and Skegness in Lincolnshire, as well as Worksop, Newark, Mansfield, Kirkby in Ashfield, Carlton and Clifton in Nottinghamshire and Chesterfield in Derbyshire.

Ministers vow that the funding will help transform areas which have been “left behind” and allow vital community services to be improved whilst also tackling local issues like crime.

The changes are expected to be long-term and sustainable so that meaningful change can be made in the day to day lives of people.

Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Angela Rayner MP said: “For years, too many neighbourhoods have been starved of investment, despite their potential to thrive and grow. Communities across the UK have so much to offer – rich cultural capital, unique heritage but most of all, an understanding of their own neighbourhood.

“We will do things differently, our fully funded Plan for Neighbourhoods puts local people in the driving seat of their potential, having control of where the Whitehall cash goes – what issues they want to tackle, where they want to regenerate and what growth they want [to] turbocharge.”

The Government will support the establishment of a new ‘Neighbourhood Board’ in each area, which will bring together residents, local businesses, and grassroots campaigners to draw up and implement a new vision for their neighbourhood.

These boards will decide how to spend the funding and support they receive, such as repairs to pavements and high streets, to set up low-cost community grocers providing low-cost alternatives when shopping for essentials.