Millions has been granted to Powys County Council to improve village and town halls.
Six Powys projects have received money as part Powys’ share of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund support.
A total of £4.59 million has been awarded in the last eight months to help build “resilient, healthy and safe neighbourhoods”.
The funds will see Community Hall Decarbonisation, £1,717,559, to Powys County Council’s Property Department, to work with 18 community halls to reduce their energy use and carbon footprints.
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Along with this £1,717,257 was awarded to Powys Association of Voluntary Organisations (PAVO), for the second phase of a scheme helping managers of community buildings to make them more self-sustaining, which will include installing electric vehicle charging points.
“Our objectives under the Communities and Place theme are to strengthen our social fabric and foster a sense of local pride and belonging, and to build resilient, healthy and safe neighbourhoods,” said Councillor David Selby, the council’s Cabinet Member for a More Prosperous Powys and Chair of the Powys SPF Local Partnership Board.
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The awards have been made by the Powys Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) Local Partnership Board, supported by Powys County Council’s Economy and Climate Service, under its Communities and Place theme.
The council have announced that a further £200,000, to Powys County Council’s Highways, Transport and Recycling Service, “for a grant scheme to help households that have been damaged by floodwater to become more resilient in the future” and that a further £12,999 has been awarded to Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority, “for a project delivering reduced energy bills and CO2 emissions for community buildings”.
As part of the same announcement the council confirmed that £687,999 has been awarded to Powys County Council’s Cultural Services, for grants to support organisations which failed to secure multi-year Arts Council Wales backing in 2023.
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