Erewash MP secures £20m for Cotmanhay

Erewash MP Adam Thompson has secured £2 million a year for ten years for Cotmanhay and its people.

As part of the new Plan for Neighbourhoods fund, Cotmanhay is one of the areas around the country that has been chosen to pioneer a new way of deciding how to spend public money on local projects. 

The money can be spent on anything from upgrading local parks to fixing up empty shops, or reviving long lost community pubs. Crucially, what it’s spent on will be decided by local people living and working in Cotmanhay. 

People in Cotmanhay will be brought together to submit ideas on how to spend the £20 million. Very soon, calls will be put out for people to volunteer and sit on a Cotmanhay neighbourhood board – which will decide, coordinate, and hold the funds for whichever projects people choose. 

Adam said: “People who live in Cotmanhay know it best, and know what it needs to be better. This is our chance to improve Cotmanhay and make the big decisions ourselves – not wait for the council or London civil servants. 

"£20 million, that’s £2 million a year for ten years, is an enormous and exciting investment in Cotmanhay. Local people will be able to choose how it’s spent and what on, so all ideas are very much welcome.”