Millions pledged to regenerate two neighbourhoods
Newcastle City CouncilTwo neighbourhoods are to receive up to £20m to fuel their regeneration.
Newcastle's Elswick South and Walker North will each receive the money over the next 10 years, after they were selected through the government's £5bn Pride in Place programme.
The money is to be spent on community-led regeneration schemes and will aim to improve green spaces and reduces barriers to employment.
Newcastle City Council leader Karen Kilgour said local people and groups would be given a say on how the money would be spent.
"Nobody knows what their local communities need more than the people who live there," she said.
"It's fantastic that the ways in which this much-needed funding will be used is in the hands of those who stand to benefit from it."
The council said the money would also be used to provide people with better access to services, health provisions and arts and cultural activities.
The government's Pride of Place programme has pledged money to support areas seen as "doubly disadvantaged", meaning they have faced the highest levels of deprivation and the weakest social infrastructure.
Neighbourhood boards, made up of residents and local partners, will now be set up in Elswick South and Walker North and will determine how the money is spent.
Kilgour said the funding would give residents the chance to say what assets they want to protect, what amenities they need and how the can bring "value and pride to their lives and to their communities".
Newcastle has also been awarded £1.5m from the Pride in Place Impact Fund, which has been designed to support communities most in need but can be spent anywhere in the city.
The council said the Impact Fund will be used to upgrade high streets, enhance community buildings and create or expand public spaces.
