Decision Maker: Deputy Chief Executive - Growth
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision to undertake separate awards to
successful applicants in Round One of the UK Shared
Prosperity/Rural Prosperity Fund Programme. Specifically
including:
•Holbeach Medieval Festival - £10,486
•Long Sutton Men’s Shed - £66,000
•The South and East Lincolnshire Crowdfunding Platform -
£12,555
•The Bread and Butter Thing - £43,313
•Linkage Community Trust - Sensory Outreach Services -
£5,440
•Destination Lincolnshire (‘Back to Basics’)
– Capital (£16,740), Revenue (£43,453)
•SELCP Overcoming Barriers to Employment - £69,000
As part of HMG’s Levelling Up Agenda and
in line with the commitments made by South Holland District in the
UKSPF Prospectus and Investment Plan, we have committed to invest
in high-impact projects across three core themes:
Communities and place - Supporting community groups and investment
in community facilities; enhancing the cultural and heritage offer;
widening the use of community buildings; initiatives to help
support our town centres.
Supporting local business - Helping local businesses invest for
future growth; growing the food processing, horticulture and
logistics sector; encouraging new businesses to establish; helping
the local social and community enterprises to innovate and
grow.
People and skills - Developing skills and employment opportunities
within the fresh food, food processing and logistics sectors;
creating new training hubs; supporting local residents with skills
and access to employment.
These allocations principally meet the objectives that we have
committed to under the Communities and Place and Supporting Local
Businesses Themes and with the projects passing a rigorous
assessment process, we are confident that they can deliver the
outcomes expected from the Programme quickly and substantively.
This has been the basis of the decision.
These funds were allocated on a competitive
basis, based on the first round of submitted EoIs to the UK Shared
Prosperity and Rural Prosperity Fund. The alternative would be to
not award the funding, which would bring severe reputational risk
to the Council both with the public and the Department for
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Conflict of Interest: None to declare
Equalities Issues: None arising – The implementation of these projects should assist the Council with regard to supporting individuals with Protected Characteristics as defined by the 2010 Equalities Act. For example, in relation to supporting those with disabilities through the Linkage Community Trust project . Specifically, due regard has also been paid to EDI in the EoI assessment process, with strong credentials in relation to EDI benefiting EoIs submitted.
Contact: Saul Farrell, Senior Programme Manager - UK Shared Prosperity Fund/Rural Prosperity Fund Email: Saul.Farrell@Sholland.gov.uk Email: Saul.Farrell@sholland.gov.uk.
Publication date: 30/03/2023
Date of decision: 29/03/2023