Gypsy site is given funding

A SHEFFIELD gypsy site has been given ?190,000 of Government cash to improve communal facilities.Sheffield Council was awarded the money by the Department for Communities and Local Government, to be spent at the Redmires Lane site, Lodge Moor.

The handout is the second grant in two years received for refurbishment of the site, and is part of more than ?20 million allocated to improve gypsy and travellers’ camps across the country.Sheffield Heeley MP and Communities Minister Meg Munn said: “By improving the provision of authorised sites, we can tackle the problem of unauthorised camping.”