These are the 10 projects getting a share of £4m investment

Projects from across Charnwood have been picked.

Charnwood Borough Council has been allocated the funding under the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

Cllr Jonathan Morgan, Leader of Charnwood Borough Council, said: “We had some very difficult decisions to make to choose projects for the investment plan. We had to look at the benefits the projects would bring and how deliverable they are.

“It was not easy to choose the final projects as we had many outstanding applications. However, the ones we have chosen to put forward in the plan will have a long-lasting legacy for the community, environment and economy."

Ten projects have been included in the investment plan. The projects are:

• Improvements to Anstey community facilities

Anstey Parish Council wants to extend the Jubilee Hall in the village.

• New Multi-use Games Area in Birstall

Birstall Parish Council wants to install a multi-use games area on the School Lane playing fields.

• Sileby Memorial Park and Pavilion

Sileby Parish Council wants to regenerate Sileby Memorial Park and Pavilion to improve the community green space at the heart of the village.

• Expanding Mountsorrel sports facilities

Mountsorrel Parish Council wants to create new cricket and football pitches in Halstead Road to ease the pressure on the existing pitches there and at the War Memorial Fields. 

• Living Wall & Charnwood Growers Fair Project

Love Loughborough has proposed to transform a concrete façade in Loughborough town centre into a living feature.

The façade above a row of shops in Devonshire Square would be covered in a Living Wall which would see panels of plants added to the building to grow and bring nature into the town centre.

Also, a weekly Charnwood Gardeners’ Fair would be held in the summer to bring more visitors to the town centre.

• Regenerating Shepshed’s Market Place

Charnwood Borough Council is planning to transform Market Place in Shepshed by creating an open and more pedestrian-friendly space while retaining parking for shoppers.

• Re-imagining Loughborough’s iconic Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum

The floors of the tower will be transformed with purpose-built units and flexible display cases for the museum’s displays. The project will aim to inspire the next generation of Carillonneurs with the purchase of a practice clavier, the device used to play the bells in the tower. There will also be a learning programme developed for school and group visits. The project is being led by Charnwood Borough Council.

• Gorse Covert Youth Project, Loughborough

Gorse Covert Community Association has proposed a three-year programme of youth support, including the appointment of a dedicated youth support worker.

The programme would facilitate drop-in sessions, workshops and activities as well as develop opportunities to improve young people’s, confidence, and capabilities.

• Generation Charnwood

Youth Sport Trust, in partnership with Active Together, has proposed the Generation Charnwood project. It aims to improve the well-being, life chances and employability skills of young people – especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds - in the borough through sport.

• Nanpantan Scout Hut

Nanpantan Scout Group are planning to build a new scout hut . The new hut would also be available for use by the local community.

More details about the projects are available on the Council website: www.charnwood.gov.uk/futurecharnwood.