Residents in Pendleton and Peel Green will decide how to spend £40 million of funding over the next ten years.
Last year, the government announced that both areas would receive £20 million each to improve living conditions in the area and bring about positive change as part of its Pride in Place regeneration programme.
And more details have been revealed about how the two schemes will be carried out, with two public consultations set to take place in the near future.
The council have begun to engage with local communities to ensure funding goes toward the projects that reflect local priorities that matter most to local people and has laid the groundwork to recruit new Neighbourhood boards.
The boards, which will be made up of local people, will devise a four-year investment plan to ensure that funding is spent in ways that best impact each community.
Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett has said: “By putting local people in the lead, we are building stronger communities, revitalising public spaces and giving residents the power to take control of their future.”
The people on the Pendleton and Peel Green boards will also draw up a 10 year visions outlining broad long-term aims for each place. Local MPs will work closely alongside the boards to enact change, with Salford City Council acting as an accountable body.
Mayor Dennett added: “This investment is a unique chance to truly elevate community voices, ensuring that everyone who lives and works here can share in the city’s continued success.”
In the summer of last year, Pendleton was chosen to take part in a government pilot where different local areas receive funding to address complex social, economic or public service challenges.
The area has been allocated £20 million as part of the ‘Plan for Neighbourhoods’ programme designed to improve the local area and promote social cohesion.
Similarly, Peel Green was selected in September to be a part of the ‘Pride in Place’ Programme, again for a boost to public spaces and help the economy, also enabling it to receive funding of £20 million.
