7 August 2024 | All News
We’re grateful to be helping more young people and work with more local communities across the East of England since our work took off there in 202 thanks to the UK Community Renewal Fund.
We’re looking forward to growing our reach to more young people and communities across Essex and Norfolk, thanks to funding from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. We’ll be working on new programmes with King’s Lynn and West Norfolk, Southend-on-Sea and Tendring Councils, all to help boost the employability of local young people, whilst renovating important community spaces too.
In King’s Lynn, we’ll be working on three local community venues at the heart of local villages there between August-October 2024, building on our previous work in the area like at Kaset Skatepark. We started at Docking Village Hall, improving the overall environment and first impressions to the popular hall hosting physical activity and local community activities. We’ve since completed this great project at North Wootton Village Hall.
In Essex we’ll be working on three community spaces across Southend and Tendring, our first project at Eastwood Community Centre in Southend taking place in August, our second at St Edmunds Hall in October.
Know of young people 16+ who would benefit from the VIY experience in this region? Get in touch here
Some projects will be match-funded by other VIY partners such as Sport England, where physical activity does or may be able to take place, supported with materials donated by our Trade Partners including Dulux.
Are you a local tradesperson interested in helping out?
About the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
