Deadline: 7-Oct-22
The Midlothian Council is seeking applications for its UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).
Streams
Through this grant programme, applications are invited under the following streams:
- Communities and Place
- People and Skills
- Multiply
Funding Information
The minimum you can apply for across all interventions is £5k per annum. They have not set a maximum grant but they do not anticipate many grants being over £50k.
Eligible Projects
- Communities and Place
- Under the Communities and Place theme, the following types of project will be eligible:
- S2: Support and improvement of community assets and infrastructure projects. This could include support for decarbonisation of facilities, energy efficiency audits, and installation of energy efficiency and renewable measures in community buildings (including capital spend and running costs).
- S7: Funding for the development and promotion of wider campaigns which encourage people to visit and explore the local area.
- S8: Funding for impactful volunteering and/or social action projects to develop social and human capital in local places.
- S9: Investment in capacity building, resilience (including climate change resilience) and infrastructure support for local civil society and community groups.
- S10: Community measures to reduce the cost of living, including through measures to improve energy efficiency, and combat fuel poverty and climate change.
- S11: Funding to support relevant feasibility studies.
- S13: Support for linking communities together and with employment opportunities with a focus on decarbonisation.
- Under the Communities and Place theme, the following types of project will be eligible:
- People and Skills
- Under the People and Skills theme, the following types of projects will be eligible:
- S31: Employment support for economically inactive people: Intensive and wrap-around one-to-one support to move people closer towards mainstream provision and employment, supplemented by additional and/or specialist life and basic skills (digital, English, maths* and ESOL) support where there are local provision gaps.
- S32: Courses including basic skills (digital, English, maths (via Multiply) and ESOL), and life skills and career skills** provision for people who are not economically inactive and who are unable to access other training or wrap around support detailed above. This could be supplemented by financial support for learners to enrol onto courses and complete qualifications.
- S33: Activities such as enrichment and volunteering to improve opportunities and promote wellbeing.
- S34: Intervention to increase levels of digital inclusion, with a focus on essential digital skills, communicating the benefits of getting (safely) online, and in-community support to provide users with the confidence and trust to stay online.
- S37: Green skills courses to ensure they have the skilled workforce to support the Just Transition to a net zero economy and climate resilience, with a particular focus on vulnerable or low-income groups who will be disproportionately affected by climate change. Retraining support for those in high carbon sectors, providing career guidance and supporting people to seek employment in other sectors.
- S39: Support for education and skills targeting vulnerable young people leaving school, aligning with young person’s guarantee, modern apprenticeships and related policy.
- S40: Support for community learning and development.
- Under the People and Skills theme, the following types of projects will be eligible:
- Multiply
- Under the Multiply theme, the following types of projects will be eligible:
- S42: Courses designed to increase confidence with numbers for those needing the first steps towards formal qualifications.
- S47: Innovative programmes delivered together with employers – including courses designed to cover specific numeracy skills required in the workplace.
- S51: Activities, courses or provision developed in partnership with community organisations and other partners aimed at engaging the hardest to reach learners – for example, those not in the labour market or other groups identified locally as in need.
- Under the Multiply theme, the following types of projects will be eligible:
Eligibility Criteria
Applications are welcome from asset locked community groups, charities and social enterprises, and from statutory organisations. Third sector organisations must be constituted and have a bank account. If you are a new group, you will need a statement of purpose and a bank account in the name of the group. Public Sector Body applications must be approved by the relevant Chief Officer.
For more information, visit https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/200284/your_community/18/grants_for_community_groups
