Monmouthshire to benefit from £1.5 million investment

Monmouthshire will benefit from £1.5 million of new investment as part of the UK Government’s Pride in Place programme.

The funding will be used to boost local pride by supporting high street revitalisation and community regeneration projects across the county.

Catherine Fookes, MP for Monmouthshire, welcomed the news:

“I’m delighted to have secured £1.5 million for Monmouthshire through the Pride in Place programme.

One of my key priorities as your MP is boosting our local economy and breathing new life into our high streets. This funding will help us do just that — making Monmouthshire an even better place to live, work and visit.

I know from speaking to residents right across the county how important it is that we invest in our towns and villages, and I look forward to hearing ideas from the community about how they would like to see this money spent. I will not stop advocating for greater investment in Monmouthshire’s economy.”

This new funding takes the total from UK Government programmes for Welsh communities to over £300 million - alongside the work already being delivered by the Welsh Government through schemes such as Transforming Towns and Placemaking.