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Millions of pounds will be given to residents of Yorkshire communities to improve their area as part of a Big Lottery Fund (BIG) scheme to put decision-making power in the hands of local people.

Six regions - Barrowcliff in Scarborough; Hawksworth Wood in Leeds; North Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire; Rastrick in Calderdale; Scholemoor and Lidget Green in Bradford; and Thurcroft in Rotherham - will each receive £1m.

The decision on how the money is spent is in the hands of local residents and the sum could be used for anything from creating new community facilities to starting up training and employment schemes.

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The new funding comes as a BIG-commissioned YouGov survey revealed that only 14 per cent of people in England feel that those traditionally responsible for decision-making in local areas know best about what is needed to make their community a better place to live.

Vanessa White, BIG head of the Yorkshire and the Humber region, said: “This funding scheme is going to put residents in these areas at the heart of decision making and give them a real say in how to improve their local area. “