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'Improve things for the kids' - Locals react to £20m investment in Low Hill and discuss hopes for how the money will be spent

Residents and workers in Low Hill welcomed news that the area will be boosted by £20m of government funding across the next decade.

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By Dan Stacey
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Communities Secretary Steve Reed were in the West Midlands on Thursday, September 25 to announce £100 million funding to revitalise five deprived neighbourhoods.

Friar Park in Wednesbury, southern Blakenall in Walsall, and Low Hill in Wolverhampton will each receive £20 million over the next 10 years, along with Birchen Coppice in Kidderminster and Woodside in Telford.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves meets volunteers at a creative group, during a visit to the Park Lane Centre in Telford to mark the launch of the landmark £5 billion Pride in Place programme. Photo: Darren Staples/PA Wire
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves meets volunteers at a creative group, during a visit to the Park Lane Centre in Telford to mark the launch of the landmark £5 billion Pride in Place programme. Photo: Darren Staples/PA Wire

The money will be paid to the local councils, but how it is spent will be determined by neighbourhood boards made up of residents and the constituency MP.

The Express and Star went to Low Hill and the surrounding areas to ask locals for their thoughts on the new funding, and to find out what they believe the money should be spent on.

Low Hill, Wolverhampton has been awarded £20 million over a ten year period
Low Hill, Wolverhampton has been awarded £20 million over a ten year period