Levelling Up Partnership funding projects revealed
Five areas in England and Scotland have agreed with the UK government the details of their Levelling Up Partnership funding.
Boston, Stoke-on-Trent, Wakefield, the Scottish Borders and Tendring were previously announced as areas which would receive the funding to “turbo charge” regeneration in their areas.
In Boston, £13m is being invested in regeneration and improving access to community sports facilities, including £7m for Boston Leisure Centre and £3.2m to complete Boston United’s community sports complex, which will include 30 affordable homes.
Five areas in England and Scotland have agreed with the UK government the details of their Levelling Up Partnership funding.
Boston, Stoke-on-Trent, Wakefield, the Scottish Borders and Tendring were previously announced as areas which would receive the funding to “turbo charge” regeneration in their areas.
In Boston, £13m is being invested in regeneration and improving access to community sports facilities, including £7m for Boston Leisure Centre and £3.2m to complete Boston United’s community sports complex, which will include 30 affordable homes.
A further £1.5m will be spent on projects to support community groups and to boost tourism and £2.8m will allow Boston College to acquire and develop the Haven Wharf site for a digital and creative campus.
In Stoke-on-Trent, some £6.5m will be spent to regenerate the city’s historic and heritage buildings while £2.5m will be spent improving recreational facilities and creating a new wellbeing campus.
Some £10m of funding in Wakefield will be used to renovate the Grade II listed Crown Court, £3.2m will be spent on film studios at Production Park, with further funds for building a new voluntary and community sector hub in the city centre.
In the Scottish Borders, the government will invest more than £11m to support local economic development, including hotel development in Galashiels, Crook Inn Bunkhouse, purchase of business units in Eyemouth, and a brownfield fund pot for Hawick. Some £2.3m will support the bus network, and £6m will support refurbishment and retrofitting of buildings, youth services and village halls.
Subject to local cabinet approval, Tendring’s Levelling Up Partnership will likely include £3m to redevelop Clacton Leisure Centre, £2m to unlock the delivery of an urgent treatment centre and primary care facility at Clacton Hospital, and £2.5m to provide a new walking route across Tudor Fields, alongside other interventions to support regeneration.
