The Government has announced a £10m cash package to improve sites for travellers and give the communities easier access to healthcare and education.
It hopes the funding, shared across nine councils in England, will help improve transit sites so that travellers have authorised places to stay, as well as better access to facilities and services.
Councils can also use the money to refurbish existing transit and permanent sites to help improve living conditions.
Improvements already under way range from rebuilding to new infrastructure including stabling for horses, improved utilities and play areas for children.
Dehenna Davison, minister for levelling up, said: 'We are supporting councils to improve travellers’ life chances and build cohesion between the settled and traveller communities.
'This funding is just one of the many ways we are improving opportunities for communities across the country as part of the levelling-up agenda.'
The councils being given extra cash are Brighton and Hove, Cornwall, Doncaster, Kensington and Chelsea, Kent, Lancaster, Norwich, Preston and Swindon.
Matthew Brown, leader of Preston City Council, said: 'Investing in sites means councils can also reduce the number of unauthorised encampments in England.
'This reduces enforcement costs for councils and assists both councils and local police in redirecting travellers from unauthorised sites.
'Funding also helps support community cohesion between the settled community and travellers.'
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