What is Pride in Place?
Manchester has been given £100 million from the UK Government’s Pride in Place programme.
It is a 10-year programme that gives struggling neighbourhoods the funding and power to improve their local area.
The programme is shaped by:
- local leaders
- local priorities
- local voices.
Where the investment is happening
Over the next 10 years, five areas in Manchester will receive up to £20 million.
The five areas are:
- Benchill South and Wythenshawe Central
- Clayton Vale (parts of Clayton, Openshaw, Newton Heath and Miles Platting)
- Gorton South (parts of Longsight, Gorton, Abbey Hey and Levenshulme)
- Harpurhey South and Monsall (parts of Harpurhey, Moston and Crumpsall)
- Moss Side West (parts of Moss Side and Whalley Range).
Neighbourhood Boards and Independent Chairs
Resident-led Neighbourhood Boards in each of the five areas decide how funding is spent, ensuring local people shape the future of their area.
Boards will:
- Create a 10-year plan for the area
- Decide how funding should be spent
- Make sure plans reflect real community needs
- Work with local people and groups
- Track progress, providing challenge and guidance as the programme develops
- Speak up for the neighbourhood as an advocate and ambassador.
Independent Chair
Each Neighbourhood Board has an Independent Chair who supports local people and promotes the area.
The Chair helps:
- The board make fair decisions
- Ensures residents have a strong voice
- Encourages people from across the community to get involved.
We will oversee delivery of the programme and ensure all funding meets legal requirements.
