We’ve done it! We’ve secured £20 million long-term investment – £2 million per year over ten years – for Mirehouse, Kells, Woodhouse, Greenbank and Sandwith through Labour’s Pride in Place programme.
We’ve spoken to hundreds of local people over the last year and I know how angry you feel that it seems like your community has been forgotten. I’m not blind to it and I share your anger. And I’ve been working for months to do something about it.
This investment will make a real difference. It will:
- Support projects that create jobs and opportunities locally
- Improve community facilities, sports clubs, youth services and green spaces
- Strengthen the organisations and groups that bring our community together
I fought hard in Parliament to make sure Whitehaven was included in this programme, and I’m proud to be delivering for our area.
A new Neighbourhood Board has now been recruited from the community to lead the development of a Neighbourhood Plan to lay out what the money will be spent on and the Board will then be responsible for overseeing that delivery.
