UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Forest of Dean District Council has been awarded £1 million over 3 years from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF). The funding is allocated as follows:
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2022/23 |
2023/24 |
2024/25 |
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£119,468 |
£238,936 |
£641,596 |
UKSPF is designed to take the place of European funding which has now run out. The council has an approved ‘Local Investment Plan’ for the UKSPF, which sets out how we propose to use the funding through to March 2025.
UKSPF has three themes for investment - 1) Communities & Place, 2) Supporting Local Business each funded from April 2022 to March 2025 and 3) People & Skills funded in 2024/25 only.
More information on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
The issues we’re looking to address
UKSPF seeks to address a whole range of issues through a range of ‘interventions’ prescribed by the Government, from which local councils can choose. Forest of Dean District Council is looking to:
- Support the four town centres and larger villages
- Support organisations to undertake research and technical work to develop plans to improve local places
- Encourage active travel, like cycling and walking
- Support community projects and businesses seeking to tackle the climate crisis, including helping make buildings more energy efficient and making sure the skills exist locally to do this work
- Create good quality, well-paid jobs for local people and help more businesses to start up, expand and survive
- Promote the Forest of Dean as a visitor destination and a film friendly location to encourage more TV and film production
- Support local businesses through the Forest Growth Hub
- Support specialist training to help people seeking to enter or re-enter employment
- Introduce new Digital Skills and Green Construction Skills training programmes
UKSPF Project Programme
The list of projects we are supporting through the UKSPF during the life of the three year programme can be found below:
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Investment Themes
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Project |
SPF Year 1 completed |
SPF Year 2 |
SPF Year 3 |
Total Cost |
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Communities & Place |
Forest of Dean District Council (FoDDC) - Sustainable development - Biosphere Initiative |
£4,550 |
£5,000 |
£ 64,450 |
£74,000 |
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Communities & Place |
FoDDC - Climate Resilience Implementation Plan |
£ - |
£ 4,000 |
£18,000 |
£22,000 |
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|
Communities & Place |
FoDDC - Public Toilets Improvement Programme |
£3,039 |
£40,499 |
£200,052 |
£243,590 |
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Communities & Place |
Hartpury – Cycleway Feasibility Study |
£20,000 |
£ - |
£ - |
£20,000 |
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|
Communities & Place |
FoDDC - Active Travel Strategy |
£ - |
£55,500 |
£100,000 |
£155,500 |
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|
Communities & Place |
Coleford Town Council - Coleford Town Centre Regeneration Plan |
£10,000 |
£20,020 |
£20,020 |
£50,040 |
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Support for Local Business |
FoDDC Business Grants & Loans |
£ - |
£ - |
£41,000 |
£41,000 |
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|
Support for Local Business |
Forest of Dean & Wye Valley Tourism - Film friendly & digital marketing campaigns |
£2,150 |
£15,860 |
£15,860 |
£33,870 |
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|
Support for Local Business |
Forest Economic Partnership (FEP) Secretariat |
£2,000 |
£10,000 |
£10,000 |
£22,000 |
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|
Support for Local Business |
FEP Action on Climate - Collaboration Tool (FACCT) |
£10,000 |
£10,000 |
£ - |
£20,000 |
|
|
Support for Local Business |
FoDDC - Low Carbon Energy Business Support |
£ - |
£16,000 |
£13,000 |
£29,000 |
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|
Support for Local Business |
LEP - Gloucestershire Growth Hub |
£- |
£20,000 |
£59,000 |
£79,000 |
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People and Skills |
GCC - Gloucestershire Employment & Skills Project |
£ - |
£ - |
£70,000 |
£70,000 |
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|
People and Skills |
FoDDC – Digital Skills Training |
£- |
£- |
£25,000 |
£25,000 |
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|
People and Skills |
FoDDC – Green Construction Skills Training |
£- |
£- |
£50,000 |
£50,000 |
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Sub-totals |
Communities & Place |
£37,589 |
£125,019 |
£402,522 |
£565,130 |
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Support for Local Business |
£14,150 |
£71,860 |
£138,860 |
£224,870 |
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People and Skills |
£ - |
£ - |
£145,000 |
£145,000 |
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External grant administration |
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|
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£25,000 |
|
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Internal grant administration |
|
|
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£40,000 |
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Total |
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£1,000,000 |