UK Shared Prosperity Fund

The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) Community and Place Grants helps communities deliver projects that will support local priorities and help communities thrive and grow. It is central to the UK Government's Levelling Up agenda.

It provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) Community and Place Grants helps communities deliver projects that will support local priorities and help communities thrive and grow.

Our UKSPF Investment Plan sets out what North Ayrshire Council will do with its UKSPF allocation.

The objectives of the UKSPF Communities and Place Grants are to:

• strengthen our social fabric and foster a sense of local pride and belonging

This will be achieved through investment in activities that enhance physical, cultural and social ties and access to amenities, such as community infrastructure, local green space, and community-led projects.

• build resilient, healthy and safe neighbourhoods, through investment in quality places that people want to live, work, play and learn in

This will be achieved through targeted improvements to the built and natural environment, and innovative approaches to crime prevention.

The council will award grants between £10,000 and £100,000 in 2024/25 to eligible organisations.

Grants will support activities which deliver the UKSPF objectives.

The total award must be spent in full by 31 March 2025.