Games area and tennis courts set for revamp as councillors decide grants

Councillors in ‘inner’ West Leeds are being asked to green light £36,000 of improvements to revamp a multi-use games area (MUGA) in Stanningley Park.

Members of the Inner West Community Committee will next Tuesday decide whether to approve the grants to resurface and re-paint the lines at Stanningley Park MUGA, which is in need of improvements to encourage greater community use. The work will cost £54,000 in total.

Councillors are also being asked to approve a £10,876 grant towards a £108,000 project to revamp the tennis courts in Burley Park. The grant will be used to resurface and repaint the three courts and replace all net posts and nets, which will bring the courts up to a ‘very good’ standard. Fencing around the courts will also be replaced.

Other grants for consideration include:

• Moorside Tenants and Residents’ Association, Bramley – £1,470 for rent.
• Inner West Generalist Advice Service – £21,947 with a primary focus on empowering clients to improve their financial and emotional well-being, from outreach locations across the Armley, Bramley and Kirkstall wards.
• Kirkstall Art Trail – £4,000
• Kirkstall Festival – £8,000
• Kirkstall School Transition Club – £2,215 to continue a transition group for those young people living in the Kirkstall area, that are in year 6 and will be transitioning into year 7.
• The Conservation Volunteers – £8,241 to deliver 22 practical environmental action days with targeted health and wellbeing outcomes.
• Friends of Armley and Gotts Park – £2,935 for community events in the park.
• Armley Basketball Project – £7,620.
• Bramley Youth Clubs – £1,200.
• DAZL Bramley Dance Programme 2024 – £3,861 to run weekly creative dance sessions.
• Interplay Theatre Trust – £12,450 for LS12 Creative Project, developing skills in theatre and film making.
• Breeze in the Park Event 2024 – Inner West (Bramley, Armley, Kirkstall) – £11,400.

The Inner West Community Committee is made up of nine councillors from the Armley, Bramley & Stanningley and Kirkstall wards. All nine councillors are Labour. Next Tuesday’s meeting runs at The Eric Atkinson Centre in Wellington Gardens, Bramley and starts at 6pm. The meeting is open to the public and the full agenda can be found here.

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