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To allocate the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) for 2025-26 to
projects to benefit the residents and businesses of Cheltenham,
being:

Project

Brief description

Awarded

Elmfield Open Space Capital Works

Self-binding gravel paths and associated
SuDs and biodiversity
improvements.

£28,000 capital

Davallia
Drive Open Space Capital Works

Construction of self-binding gravel paths and swales
to improve access into and through the open space.

£7,500 capital

Climate change business grants

Business grants for small (LEDs, insulation
etc) and large (ASHP solar)
installations, to support businesses achieve net zero (grants will
require evidence of proposed carbon savings)

£35,655 capital

Enrich: Practical tools for a healthier
lifestyle

The 2024 ENRICH pilot supported 140+ vulnerable
individuals in Cheltenham, promoting health equity. Funding will
expand sessions for children, families, and over-55s, reducing
health inequalities and preventable illness.

£25,000 revenue

Building De-carbonisation reports for The Wilson and
the Crematorium

To devise costed plans to reduce carbon in our most
carbon intensive buildings, using the Green Deal amongst other
funding strategies to support delivery of plans.

£60,000 revenue

Flood Warden Network

Flood warden volunteer network for community
resilience to allow continued support and training for the flood
warden volunteer network

£10,000 revenue

ESRI software – climate risk
assessment

Completing a Climate Risk and Vulnerability
Assessment (CRVA) on ARC GIS Pro (provided by ESRI) - annual
licence cost

£2,900 revenue

Grown in Cheltenham

Grown in Cheltenham is a targeted growth programme
to support promising local SMEs to maximise their economic and
impact potential.

£18,000 revenue

Marketing and events to support climate change
initiatives

Promotional and marketing materials targeting and
supporting local Cheltenham based businesses to achieve net zero
goals.

£5,000 revenue

Tree strategy

CBC manages 183 sites and across these 5,751 trees.
The Tree Strategy will be the first of its kind for the borough and
county, and will provide a valuable resource that maps maturity,
condition and diversity.

£10,000 revenue

Heritage strategy

Many places that have adopted a heritage strategy
concentrate almost exclusively on the built environment. To make it
more relevant to our residents and communities this strategy would
look to encompass people, events and objects of significance to
Cheltenham’s unique identity - telling the Cheltenham
story.

£10,000 revenue

Playing pitch assessments

To commission detailed pitch assessments of the five
council-owned sites that need investment to identify improvements
required to sustain the level of activity and ensure these are
accessible to all.

£12,500 revenue

Youth Activity Pass

The NCLB Youth Activity Pass will give less well-off
young people the chance to improve their physical and mental health
through accessing a wide range of activities

£20,072 revenue

School Ready Scheme

A project to fund the purchase of primary and
secondary school uniforms and equipment to support families for
whom the cost of this is prohibitive. This would be supported by
events for the community to attend which will then provide access
to other services offering financial support.

£7,500 revenue

Leckhampton Hills SSSI management plan

Renew the biological and geological management plan
for Leckhampton Hill. This will help preserve and enhance the
calcareous grassland escarpment, and other significant habitats and
geological features across the site.

£15,000 revenue