Fourteen Northern neighbourhoods to get £20m ‘trailblazer’ cash

A series of “left behind” places from Blackpool to Hull will get £2m a year for the next decade under plans from the government to drive community-led regeneration.

The fourteen Northern locations to benefit from the Trailblazer Neighbourhood cash are:

• Orchard Park – Hull

• Little Layton and Little Carleton – Blackpool

• Brinnington – Stockport

• Speke East – Liverpool

• Thorntree – Middlesbrough

• Batemoor and Jordanthorpe – Sheffield

• Benchill South and Wythenshawe Central – Manchester

• Birkenhead Central – Wirral

• Middleton Park Avenue – Leeds

• Walker North – Newcastle upon Tyne

• Bootle South – Sefton

• Pendleton – Salford

• Central Stockton and Portrack – Stockton-on-Tees

• Barrow Central – Westmorland and Furness

The announcement came as part of this week’s spending review. Details on how the money can be spent will be announced “shortly” but the government has said it will support “improvements people can see on their doorstep, champion local leadership, foster community engagement, and strengthen social cohesion.”

A government statement said: “The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will work with partners from across the sector to help crowd in investment and provide a direct link to Whitehall – making sure that places that have been too easily left behind are no longer ignored.”

Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett welcomed the cash injection for Pendleton, describing the initiative as “forward-thinking”.