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London: Levelling Up case studies

This collection brings together examples from London.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 17 January 2023

The UK government has so far allocated around £512 million to projects in London through investment programmes, including the Levelling Up Fund and Community Ownership Fund.

This investment will:

• help communities save local community assets
• regenerate town centres and high streets
• invest in cultural and heritage assets
• upgrade local transport

Examples from the Levelling Up Fund and Community Ownership Fund:

Barking and Dagenham

• Almost £11 million for Dagenham Heathway (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study
• £250,000 for Barking’s Lifeline Church
  • 9 February 2023
  • Case study

Brent

• £7.75 million investment for South Kilburn
  • 17 January 2023
  • Case study

Camden

• £7.7 million invested in Camden (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study

Ealing

• Levelling up travel in Northolt with over £7 million funding
  • 17 January 2023
  • Case study

Hackney

• £19 million to transform Hackney Central  (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study

Haringey

• £20 million to transform Selby Centre (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study
• £300,000 for Myddleton Road Community Benefit Society
  • 9 February 2023
  • Case study

Lewisham

• Lewisham revitalised with £19 million Levelling Up funding (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study

Newham

• Newham's 15-minute neighbourhood project supported by almost £20 million funding
  • 17 January 2023
  • Case study
• Almost £20 million for Newham community projects
  • 17 January 2023
  • Case study

Southwark

• Kingswood Arts £180,000 boost
  • 9 February 2023
  • Case study

Sutton

• Belmont trains boosted with £14.1 million (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study

Tower Hamlets

• £9 million funding for Whitechapel Road
  • 17 January 2023
  • Case study

Waltham Forest

• Over £17 million funding for culture projects in Waltham Forest (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study

Wandsworth

• £800,000 for music academy in Nine Elms
  • 17 January 2023
  • Case study

Greater London

• £43.1 million to upgrade 2 London Underground stations (Levelling Up Fund 2)
  • 19 February 2024
  • Case study

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Published 17 January 2023