Purpose

The Rural England Shared
Prosperity Fund (REPF) builds on and is a top-up to the
Government's Shared Prosperity Fund and is available only to
eligible rural local authorities in England.
 
The funding available to
Fenland District is for £130k over a transitional one-year
period 2025-26 and will support the continuation of the 2022-25
REPF rural business grant scheme.

Content

AGREED to:
 
·        
Recommend acceptance of Rural England Shared
Prosperity Fund from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined
Authority (CPCA) for a one-year period 2025-26.
·        
Recommend that officers be delegated to approve and
liaise with the CPCA the Rural England Shared Prosperity Grant
Funding Agreement 2025-26.