Stoke-on-Trent will receive up to £20 million to transform Bentilee and Ubberley through regeneration projects led by the local community.
The money - announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves as part of today’s Comprehensive Spending Review - will support to drive forward the changes they want to see over the next decade.
Bentilee and Ubberley was chosen as one of only 25 “trailblazer” neighbourhoods across the UK which will receive the funds.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) will now work with partners in the trailblazer areas to develop schemes and provide a direct route in to Whitehall.
MHCLG said the money would “support improvements people can see on their doorstep, champion local leadership, foster community engagement and strengthen social cohesion”.
The city council will provide support to the community to bring forward proposals, align them to ongoing council work, and ensure benefits are felt across the wider city.
Councillor Jane Ashworth, leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, said: “This is a truly transformational sum of money which will make a real difference to people’s lives for decades to come.
“It is also recognition of the work we have already been doing to empower communities to have more control over the places where they live.
“We will support the people of Bentilee and Ubberley to secure the maximum benefits from this investment, and ensure that those benefits are felt as widely as possible by the people who need it most.”
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