Nearly £1 million is being earmarked to help build stronger communities across Dundee.
A report to the policy & resources committee outlines community regeneration funding allocations for the new financial year covering all eight council wards.
Council leader and committee convener Councillor John Alexander said: “These allocations are extremely important way of allowing communities to influence spending within their local area.
“This funding is intended to help in the drive to improve people’s lives and helps build a strong sense of pride and belonging in our neighbourhoods.
“We are committed to tackling poverty across the city and these funds help us to promote inclusion and community wellbeing.”
The report also describes how the Dundee Decides 2018 programme helped give people choices over a £1.2 million community infrastructure fund.
Meanwhile, 40 environmental improvement projects have also been carried out at play areas, community growing sites and cemeteries over the last two years in schemes worth more than £2 million.
The committee, which meets on Monday April 22, will hear that the community regeneration funding allocations for the next year in worth £866,935.
Councillor Alexander added: “This funding is an important part of the jigsaw in our efforts to improve the city and make it a better place for everyone.
“I was pleased to see that 995 of people who responded to our citizen survey felt that their neighbourhood was a good place to live.
“But we cannot be complacent and it is through ongoing efforts like community regeneration funding that will help to make all the difference.”
Dundee City Council
Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.
