Jarrow set for £20million cash boost as MP Kate Osborne gets regeneration plan green light

MP Kate Osborne has secured formal government approval of plans for Jarrow to receive £20million in Pride in Place funding.

The MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East revealed that the community-led 10-year regeneration blueprint unveiled by the Jarrow Forward neighbourhood board has been approved without conditions.

She said: “After decades of under investment and cuts to our vital services, this money is a welcome start to bringing much needed resources and investment to my community.

Kate Osborne wants ‘lasting change’ for Jarrow

“Pride in Place enables me as the MP for Jarrow and Gateshead East to bring Government money forward and coordinate local people, businesses and community organisations: to work together, and decide how we should use the money to create lasting change in Jarrow.

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“I am pleased that following my discussions with Ministers, the Government have accepted our neighbourhood board’s Phase 1 Plan without any conditions, meaning we do not have to change a thing. I will now continue working with Ministers to ensure the Jarrow Forward board uses this money to create lasting change in Jarrow.

“I want to thank everyone that engaged with the consultation. I will ensure that this investment is used to deliver real benefits for our community, especially for our children and young people and for the organisations that support them.

By the people of Jarrow, for the people of Jarrow

The Jarrow Forward neighbourhood board put together the plan after consulting with more than 1,000 residents and 500 young people, alongside community groups, businesses, schools, service providers and national funding bodies.

Jarrow Forward is made up of representatives from local groups and organisations, including Barbour, Bede's Helping Hands, the NHS Integrated Care Board, Tyne Coast College, Jarrow School, Nexus, Northumbria Police, Jarrow Sea Cadets and others.

Project leaders say the blueprint captures the pride residents have for their historic town and their ambition for rewarding local employment, cultural pursuits, leisure and sporting facilities, shops and cafés, plus activities that will motivate and enable young people to shape their own destiny

The Pride in Place scheme sees grants allocated for "locally-led solutions" in 280 neighbourhoods in England.