Councillors call for funding pot to be used for projects communities want

Councillors are calling for the Government's Pride in Place cash in two Sunderland neighbourhoods to be used to benefit the community.

- by Katy Wheeler

Lib Dem councillors for Thorney Close Margaret Crosby, Paul Edgeworth and Stephen O'Brien.

This week, it was announced that Hendon and the East End, along with Thorney Close and Plains Farm, are among a select number across the country chosen to benefit from the new project and will receive £20million each over 10 years.

The funding will be invested in each of the two communities over the next decade, with local people and key partners playing a major role in deciding how the money is best used to breathe new life into their area and deliver lasting change for everyone who lives and works there.