Every local authority in England has been guaranteed cash by government to spend on equipment and training to help clean up the nation's high streets.
Councils will receive an immediate share of a £9.75m fund to back their efforts in cleaning up high streets and town centres.
Allocations have been published by the communities department MHCLG and range from Birmingham City Council, which has received £194,330 and Leeds City Council, which secured £137,582 to the City of London, which has been handed £4,342.
The idea is that councils in partnership with existing community groups will be able to use this one-off funding to support volunteers.
This comes ahead of ‘National High Street Perfect Day’ later this year, a community-led clean-up campaign and Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean Campaign running from 22 March to 23 April.
Communities secretary James Brokenshire MP said: 'High streets are at the centre of our communities, and as places that are well loved, they sometimes need a bit of a spruce up to look their very best.
'That’s why we will be providing councils with £9.75m to work with community groups who need that extra money to give their local high street a spring clean, making sure their town centres are really spick and span.'
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