Find out how £20 million could be spent in Grimsby

The public are being invited to find out exactly how £20 million could be spent on Grimsby as part of the Grimsby Together project.

The project is shaping the town for the better – led by those who live here, work here and believe in listening to the community.

Aided by Our Future – an organisation that invests itself in supporting communities to effect long-term change – working in partnership with the Greater Grimsby Board and North East Lincolnshire Council, Grimsby Together will look at how to best invest the Plan for Neighbourhoods grant funding.

The Government’s Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) last year changed the focus of the Long-Term Plan for Towns funding scheme.

Now called Plan for Neighbourhoods, 75 areas – one being Grimsby – were awarded a total funding pot of £1.5-billion (up to £20m for each area over 10 years) with a focus on involving communities in decision making of how and where the money should go.

Recently, the project concluded the latest round of working groups, focusing on key topics like business and housing.

With a range of opinions from 80 local leaders, teams have now fed these insights into the plan that will be submitted to Government in November, detailing what is to be done with some of the £20 million.

To find out more about the plan, recognise the work that’s taken place over the Summer and get involved in the next steps, make sure to sign up to the next public event.

For more information, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/join-the-grimsby-together-update-event-tickets-1813842966139?aff=oddtdtcreator

Councillor Philip Jackson, Leader of the Council and Portfolio Holder for Economy, Regeneration, Devolution and Skills, said: “This project is a great opportunity for our town. We are already undertaking one of the biggest transformations in the area’s history with the redevelopment of Freshney Place, and this can only be a positive addition to that.

“Grimsby Together will help shape the future of our town and it is great that investment will be led by the ideas of local organisations and people who are dedicated to improving the lives of residents and visitors.”