{"id":915958,"date":"2026-04-24T18:49:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/915958\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:49:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:49:16","slug":"pride-in-place-aims-to-put-armley-back-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/915958\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride in Place aims to ‘put Armley back on track’"},"content":{"rendered":"

By John Baron<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she wants to see \u2018a Town Street that people are proud of again\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Leeds West and Pudsey MP was discussing the Pride in Place programme, which is set to pump \u00a320 million into the Armley and New Wortley area over the next ten years.<\/p>\n

Decisions on how the money will be spent will be made by a Neighbourhood Board made up of residents and people who want the area to do well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms Reeves visited Christ Church Upper Armley, Yum community pantry on Gelder Road and New Wortley Community Centre. She was accompanied by Steve Reed MP, Secretary of State for Communities. <\/p>\n

When asked about the outcomes she would like to see from the fund, Ms Reeves told WLD: \u201cI\u2019d like to see a Town Street that people are proud of again. A Town Street that\u2019s safe to go the shops. It\u2019s incredibly important.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning one woman put it really well to me. She said that \u2018Armley is like a person who is not having a good time at the moment. They need to get their confidence back and feel good about themselves again\u2019. I\u2019ve always had faith in Armley and its vibrancy. There are a lot of people doing good and positive things, but it has struggled.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope Pride in Place will help put Armley back on track. I\u2019ve always wanted that as the local MP but it always needed investment and now, as Chancellor, I\u2019m able to support that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Reeves was joined in her visit by Steve Reed, Secretary of State for housing, communities and local government. <\/p>\n

Mr Reed was last at New Wortley Community Centre ten years ago, when he heard about the community\u2019s achievements and how the centre \u2013 which was about to open an extension \u2013 had become a beacon of grass roots empowerment.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday was a chance for Steve to see what happened here ten years after his last visit,\u201d Ms Reeves added. \u201cHe\u2019s come back now when we\u2019re in a position to put into action what we were talking about back then.\u201d<\/p>\n

A recruitment process is under way for the community led Neighbourhood Board made up of local people. The Reverend Phil Arnold, from Christ Church, has been appointed as chair.<\/p>\n

Farnley \u2018East\u2019 will also receive \u00a320m from the Pride in Place programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By John Baron Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she wants to see \u2018a Town Street that people are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[81952,748,220109,393,4884,1860,206839,215635,60060,151720,619,16,15],"class_list":["post-915958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-armley","tag-britain","tag-christ-church-armley","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-leeds","tag-new-wortley","tag-new-wortley-community-centre","tag-pride-in-place","tag-pride-in-place-programme","tag-rachel-reeves","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116461185660759151","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}