Activities for city communities are given £200k help

City councillors have approved nearly £200,000 of funding towards community activities and youth provision in the east area of Sunderland.

- by Chris Binding

Sunderland City Council's East Sunderland Area Committee met earlier this week to approve and align funding from its neighbourhood fund.

The area committee is one of five across the city and the east area covers the council wards of Hendon, Millfield, St Michael's, Ryhope and Doxford.

At a meeting in City Hall, councillors on the panel approved £199,371 as part of the area committee's 2025-26 neighbourhood funding.

This included approvals of around £64,455 from the neighbourhood fund to support 'Fancy a Day Out', a scheme which provides activity sessions for children and young people during holiday periods.