Hull City Council’s cabinet have agreed how £1.5 million Government grant will be spent to improve the city. The council has received the funding as a part of the Government’s Pride in Place Impact Fund.
In a bid to restore pride in local areas, the Government has selected 95 areas across the Great Britain which will each receive £1.5 million over two years. The Government say the areas have been identified by using a combination of ‘need’ metrics such as deprivation and community infrastructure.
At a meeting held on Monday, December 15, Hull City Council’s cabinet approved plans for how to spend the funding, which is split into two annual £750,000 blocks. The first £750,000, which is for the 2025/26 financial year, has been allocated to the council’s City Centre Grants Scheme.
A report presented to the cabinet explains that as of September 2025, the City Centre Grants Scheme has supported 44 businesses, over half being ‘micro businesses’ with fewer than 10 employees. This funding has, the report says, created 874 jobs in the city.
The second £750,000, which is for the 2026/27 financial year will, the council report says, go towards “meeting other community priorities through the Community High Streets Programme.” The programme seeks to invest in several high street areas across Hull to benefit both residents and businesses.
Cllr Paul Drake-Davis, the council’s portfolio holder for regeneration and housing told the cabinet: “It’s a sensible decision to apply these to two schemes we already have up and running.” He added: “There’s no point reinventing the wheel.”
The £1.5 million grant is in addition to the wider £60 million that Hull has also received from the Government through the Pride in Place Scheme. Three areas in Hull (Orchard Park, St. Andrew’s Quay, and Greatfield) are each to receive £20 million over ten years.
By: Andrew Spence, LDRS
