A Birmingham social enterprise has scooped £150m worth of Government-backed funding for voluntary and community organisations, to help regenerate a deprived inner-city area.
This pot of financial support will deliver £6.2m to the Nechells Regeneration Project - £870,000 of which will come from Futurebuilders England - to redevelop the Grade II listed Nechells Baths Building as a resource centre for the community.
The Futurebuilders investment will help to establish an ICT suite and a heritage workshop on the site, to tackle high unemployment in the area.
Derek Inman, chief executive of Nechells Regeneration Project, explained: 'Local residents who have been long-term unemployed can access training that will help them move into employment, while their children are looked after in the same building.'
Richard Gutch, chief executive of Futurebuilders England, added: 'Nechells are providing a valuable and much-needed public service to their community, and in doing so, empowering people to change their lives for the better.'
Other funders contributing to the social and economic facelift for Birmingham include Advantage West Midlands, the European Regional development Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
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