'Improvements have been made in these South Lanarkshire communities'

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South Lanarkshire Council and partners have invested in communities to bring benefit to locals.The South Lanarkshire Community Planning Partnership has been involved in neighbourhood planning for Springhall and Whitlawburn, in Rutherglen and Camuslang,.It has involved residents in a bid to increase community engagement and improve the area.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Neighbourhood planning has been led by local people in the area since 2017, and it aims to create lasting improvements through community led decision making.Focus has been placed on these areas as they appear in the top five per cent of deprived datazones in Scotland according to the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.A range of work has been done by the partnership and locals since 2017, including launching surveys to find out key resident priorities.

From this, ten key themes were identified and £20,000 was secured from the Lottery in 2018 which was matched by South Lanarkshire Council to deliver priorities.A participatory budgeting process was also launched in 2018 to allocate funds, with 378 residents engaging which led to the delivery of eight new projects.In the past year, a further £8400 has been made available for participatory budgeting which has funded groups in the area.Progress has been achieved over the past