INVESTING in our COMMUNITY

Erewash Borough Council will receive a £2.8m share of the Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund for community and business projects over the next two years.

Community Shuttle

A temporary and trial project for a vehicle to carry passengers up Bath Street - this would help to improve the accessibility of Bath Street for people with walking difficulties.

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pitch project at Rutland Sports Park

A third generation artificial grass pitch will be introduced to promote engagement with sport, especially youth participation in football. Rutland Sports Park, based on West End Drive, Ilkeston, is run by Legacy Leisure and includes a spacious gym, group exercise classes, sports hall and outdoor floodlit pitches.

Bennerley Viaduct Study

A project to establish options improving access to the viaduct. The viaduct, situated between Cotmanhay and Awsworth, reopened to the public after 54 years of closure. The Friends of Bennerley Viaduct are dedicated to restoring, conserving and celebrating the viaduct, which stands 20m above the Erewash Valley, and is a quarter of a mile long.

Golden Hello Scheme

This aims to encourage new businesses opening in empty shops by providing a start-up grant for new signage and marketing. The Golden Hello grant allows new, existing, and relocating businesses the opportunity to receive a grant if they decide to occupy a vacant unit in either Ilkeston or Long Eaton town centre.

Ilkeston Nature Reserve

Enhancement of the wildlife value and public amenity at the former Pewit Golf Course and Manor Floods LNR, including substantial tree planting to help address the impact of climate change.

Cultural Events Programme

Cultural Events

Increased awareness of and engagement with the Erewash Museum through a programme of enhanced events. Erewash Museum is a social history museum with exhibitions and displays reflecting the history of the borough. Dalby House is a late Georgian house with Victorian extensions. It was both a family home and school accommodation before becoming a museum in the 1980s.

Other projects, to be rolled out over the next two years, include an enhanced community grant scheme, a community carbon grant, a manufacturing Research & Development grant, and a project to back Erewash Partnership. Play equipment will be replaced at West Park, and a Visit Erewash Campaign will be launched - to promote recreational use of the Erewash countryside - also formed part of the successful bid.