Decision details
UK Shared Prosperity Fund Grant Programme
PDF 106 KBDecision Maker: Head of Regeneration and Growth
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
In June 2023 Cabinet approved the programme of spend for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Thanet, with funding allocated to a grant programme for Community, Voluntary and Social Enterprise Sector. In January 2024 the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration and Property approved the scoring matrix for the UK Shared Prosperity Small Grants and Development Grants, in order for a panel of officers to sift, review and approve external grants to the two programmes.
Through an open process applications were sent to the council for the Small Grant programme and the Development Grants programme. The Grant Review Panel reviewed these and made a set of recommendations against the scoring criteria for approval of a number of grants.
The following allocations have been made as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Grants Programme.
|
Revenue |
Capital |
Total Awarded |
|
|
Small Grants Programme |
£167,606.55 |
£26,700 |
£194,556.55 |
|
Development Grant - Stage 1 |
£13,500 |
- |
£13,500 |
|
Development Grant Stage 2 |
£136,032.52 |
- |
£136,032.52 |
|
Total Awarded |
£317,389.07 |
£26,700 |
£344,089.07 |
The following grants have been awarded as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme:
Small Grants Programme
|
Total Awarded: 26 Grants of £167,606.55 revenue, and £26,700 capital to deliver projects that positively impact the five priority areas in Thanet. |
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|
Name of organisation |
Project name |
Award (revenue) |
Award (capital) |
|
Kidenza |
Music to make you feel good |
£4,079 |
£0 |
|
Kent Enterprise Trust |
Page Turners: A Community Book Club |
£8,100 |
£0 |
|
Eudaimonia |
The Lounge Cliftonville |
£6,000 |
£0 |
|
The Margate School Ltd |
National Saturday Club Margate |
£10,000 |
£0 |
|
6th Ramsgate Royal Harbour Sea Scout Group |
Ice House Community Centre |
£0 |
£10,000 |
|
The Margate Bookie |
The Margate Volunteer Pool |
£4,200 |
£0 |
|
Well Projects C.I.C. |
Hidden Ecologies Creative Workshops |
£3,285 |
£0 |
|
Inclusive Sport Kent CIC |
Inclusive Sport Holiday Club |
£9,940 |
£0 |
|
Broadstairs Folk Week |
Folk Week Volunteer Support |
£2,000 |
£0 |
|
YO! STREET ZONE CIC |
Ramsgate Street Football Project |
£6,870 |
£0 |
|
The Garden Gate Project Ltd |
Garden Gate Coffee Mornings |
£2,719.56 |
£0 |
|
Discovery Planet C.I.C. |
STEM Extravaganzas |
£9,745 |
£0 |
|
Headway Kent |
Thriving Thanet Brains – Beyond the Brain Injury |
£6,846.99 |
£0 |
|
Starlings Support CIC |
Newington Community Gardening: Field to Fork |
£9,500 |
£0 |
|
St George’s Church, Ramsgate |
St George’s Community Soup |
£10,000 |
£0 |
|
Athelstan Road Tenants and Residents’ Association |
Ethel Athel Alleyway gardening and wildlife group |
£3,000 |
£0 |
|
NBE Fitness |
We Move Together |
£7,170 |
£0 |
|
Arts in Ramsgate |
Love Where We Live |
£8,880 |
£0 |
|
Dane Valley Woods |
A Welcoming Woods |
£3,150 |
£6,700 |
|
Margate Football Club Community Trust |
Margate Memories |
£9,850 |
£0 |
|
Quench Gallery |
Quench Youth Artists Club |
£9,421 |
£0 |
|
Ramsgate Skatepark Project |
Ramsgate Skatepark Basketball Court Refurbishment |
£0 |
£10,000 |
|
The Perfect Place to Grow |
Employability Trainee Programme |
£10,000 |
£0 |
|
Margate Radio CIC |
Turning Tables, Turning Lives: Youth Empowerment |
£2,850 |
£0 |
|
Cliftonville Cultural Space |
Cliftonville – a great place to grow & thrive |
£10,000 |
£0 |
|
Citizens Advice Thanet |
Community Connect |
£10,000 |
£0 |
Development Grant - Stage 1
|
Total awarded: 9 organisations received a £1500 grant, to fund their project business plan. £13,500 revenue. |
|
|
Name of organisation |
What is the project title |
|
POW Thanet |
Rest with PACE partnership |
|
Thanet Community Development Trust |
Ramsgate Heritage Centre |
|
Foreland Fields Charity |
The Hive |
|
East Kent Mencap |
The Scrap Store |
|
Windmill Community Gardens Margate |
Community Roots |
|
21 Together |
21 Together Thanet Centre |
|
Sports Connect Community CIC |
Walpole Bay Education and Sports Hub |
|
Thanet Judokwai |
Thanet Judokwai Wellbeing Practice Garden |
|
Kent Coast Volunteering |
Youth Volunteering Programme |
Development Grant - Stage 2
|
Total awarded: seven organisations received grants totalling £136,032.52 revenue to deliver projects that positively impact the five priority areas |
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|
Name of organisation |
What is the project title |
Awarded |
|
The Hive CIC (was Foreland Fields Charity) |
The Hive |
£ 19,990.00 |
|
East Kent Mencap |
The Scrap Store |
£ 16,100.00 |
|
Windmill Community Gardens Margate |
Community Roots |
£ 19,952.32 |
|
21 Together |
21 Together Thanet Centre |
£ 20,000.00 |
|
Sports Connect Community CIC |
Walpole Bay Education and Sports Hub |
£ 20,000.00 |
|
Thanet Judokwai |
Thanet Judokwai Wellbeing Practice Garden |
£ 20,000.00 |
|
Kent Coast Volunteering |
Youth Volunteering Programme |
£ 19,990.20 |
Reasons for the decision:
Following the published grant allocation process the Grant Review Panel have reached their decision to award the grants as stated above. The allocation of seven Development Grants at Stage 2 and a larger allocation for the Small Grants Programme brings the total allocated to UKSPF to £344,089.07.
The funding profile for the grants is over both 2023/24 and 2024/25 budgets. The reprofile has been agreed with the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration and Property on the basis that there was approval of an extra two Development Grants within the programme, and this will be funded through the underspend within the Community Champions programme.
Many of the projects awarded support a number of the identified outcomes for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme, including the creation of volunteering opportunities, training and jobs. Once these projects are delivered, further information will be sent to the council as part of the monitoring process to help collate the number of volunteering opportunities, training and jobs that are created.
Alternative options considered:
Approval has been provided to deliver a grant funding programme for community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations in Thanet. This decision is providing the ratification for the grants that were awarded, following allocation via the approved process. The only alternative is not to provide the grants, with a likely underspend for the financial year that may then need to be returned to central government.
Publication date: 16/04/2024
Date of decision: 11/04/2024
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