Sports facilities and public open spaces across South Glos will receive a total of £1,173,898.90 for new provisions and improvements thanks to funding secured by the council.
Among the local recipients are the Little Stoke Garden Society, which will receive £4,197.16 revenue funding towards the construction of female and disabled toilets at Bush Road Allotments, Little Stoke. And the Stoke Gifford Trust will receive £111,058.47 towards drainage improvements at North Road Playing Fields, Stoke Gifford.
Councillor Sean Rhodes, cabinet member for communities and local place at South Gloucestershire Council, said: “It’s important that housing developers contribute towards the infrastructure needed by growing communities, so I’m very pleased that South Gloucestershire Council has been able to negotiate this funding to support local sports facilities and improve open spaces in the area.
“We have funded everything from facilities for football teams to equipment for an archery club and improved toilets at allotments.
“These new facilities and public open space improvements will help ensure even more people in the area can be active and enjoy the outdoors.
“And as well as providing opportunities for improving our physical wellbeing, sports clubs also play a crucial role in our communities, improving our mental health and wellbeing by bringing people together to share those facilities.”