This will see up to £20m given to each neighbourhood, spread across 12 Scottish local authorities, over the next 10 years.

The local authorities chosen are those with both the highest deprivation levels and the weakest social infrastructure.

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The chosen neighbourhoods are:

• Aberdeen City — North Locality Priority Neighbourhood / Cummings Park, Heathryfold and Middlefield, Northfield, Mastrick
• City of Edinburgh — Bingham, Magdalene, The Christians and Niddrie
• Falkirk — The Forgotten Villages, Braes Villages and Hallglen
• Fife x2 — 1) West Fife Villages / Oakley Comrie and Blairhall, Valleyfield Culross and Torryburn, Kincardine, Saline and Gowkhall; and 2) Methil and Buckhaven
• Glasgow x2 — 1)  Springburn and Sighthill; and 2) Castlemilk
• Highland — North, West and East Sutherland
• North Ayrshire — Three Towns (Ardrossan, Saltcoats, and Stevenston)
• North Lanarkshire — Forgewood, North Motherwell and town centre
• South Ayrshire — Northern Ayr and Town Centre Regeneration Corridor
• South Lanarkshire — Hamilton Town Centre
• Na h-Eileanan Siar — Stornoway and Lewis
• West Lothian — Fauldhouse, Whitburn and Blackburn

Neighbourhood Boards, comprising representatives from the local community, will decide exactly what the investment will be spent on. These will now be established, with funding starting from April 2026.

Projects could include revitalising high streets and town centres, preserving local heritage, providing housing, creating jobs, boosting productivity and skills, improving health and well-being, creating new transport links, providing education and opportunity and improving safety and security.

“Over decades of decline, people have watched as their neighbourhoods have lost services and support, so now we are putting the power into the hands of local people who can decide how the money is spent,” said Douglas Alexander, Scottish secretary.

“We’re investing directly in Scottish communities to build stronger, thriving neighbourhoods.”

Steve Reed, secretary for housing, communities and local government, added: “People across Scotland have been shut out from their own futures and felt powerless to make the changes they want to see in their communities.

“Pride in Place is fixing that and putting power back where it belongs — in the hands of the people who have the knowledge, ambition and vision to make a real difference.”