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To fund eleven
projects with UKSPF allocation of £7,505 as follows:-
 
Harwich and
Dovercourt Cricket Club = £500 and £300
 
Tendring Netball
Club = £1,000
 
Tendring Technology
College = £1,000
 
Flexfit Yoga CIC = £500
 
Holland Haven
Primary School = £1,000
 
Clacton County High
School = £1,000
 
Spring Meadow
Primary School = £500
 
Essex Professional
Coaching = £1,000
 
Essex Cricket =
£500
 
Great Bentley
Cricket Club = £205
 
 

Reasons for the decision

To set out projects
which will have funds allocated from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
(UKSPF) for approval by the Portfolio Holder for Economic Growth,
Regeneration & Leisure.   
 
The UKSPF
programme, established in 2022 by Central Government, is part of a
wider programme which has allocated funding nationwide to Councils
for locally led delivery. Funding has been delivered via Multiply,
the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF), and Shared Prosperity
Fund Programmes. 
 
The programme
initially draw to a close at the end of
2024/25, however, a transition year was announced by MHCLG for
2025/26.
 
It was announced in
December 2024 that Tendring had been allocated £563,028 (made
up of £71,771 capital and £491,257 revenue), via an
updated funding formula, to be allocated to projects across three
themes in 2025/26. Some of this funding has already been allocated
by Cabinet (report in the link within this decision).
 
The themes are
unchanged from the previous programme, and supported by sub-themes
as follows:
 
•          
Communities and Place 
•          
Supporting Local Business 
•          
People and Skills 
 
On 21 February 2025
Cabinet approved acceptance of the UKSPF 2025/26 and delegated the
Cabinet Member for Economic Growth, Regeneration and Tourism to
approve the award of grants to organisations under the UKSPF.
 
On 10 July 2025,
the Cabinet Member for Economic Growth, Regeneration and Tourism
approved the scoring criteria to be used to assess these open call
applications:  Acceptance of the UKSPF
2025/26 Scoring Criteria
 
A panel of officers
drawn from across the Council applied the scoring criteria to
assess the funding bids. The scores have been combined to identify
those bids with the highest score.  
 
The Cabinet Member
for Economic Growth, Regeneration and Tourism in the decision above
is approving allocation of funding to the highest scoring bids as
recommended by the panel. 
 
Applications of the
UKSPF Sports & Leisure Widening Participation Grant are subject
to a required pass mark & scoring panel before being awarded
allocated funds of £500 & up to £1000 in
exceptional circumstances.
 
Successful
submissions are notified of the decision and agree to adhere to
legal requirements of the fund and all monitoring
responsibilities.

Alternative options considered

Not to launch an
open call funding scheme and reducing opportunities for local
businesses and community groups to thrive. 
 
To give the funding
to alternative projects, however we followed the scoring criteria
rigorously. The proposed applications have been selected by the
scoring panel by following approved criteria.