Purpose

The Portfolio Holder for Resources will be
asked to implement the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) 2024-2025
allocations to interventions E1, E11, E13, E37, E38 and E39, as set
out in Report number: CAB/WS/24/015.

Decision

Resolved:
 
That the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)
allocations for 2024 to 2025 be implemented as follows, in line
with the Council’s UKSPF investment
plan:
 
1.       £192,662 for a
competitive grant process for improvements to town centres and high
streets, including better accessibility for disabled people,
including capital spend and running costs (UKSPF intervention
E1)
 
2.       £68,106 for
community projects to support capacity building for local civil
society and community groups (UKSPF intervention E11)
 
3.       £34,053 for
Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector organisations
working with the new Community Food Partnership Officers to enable
support to be available to the food banks, groups supporting
sustainable food and the establishment of a food network (UKSPF
(intervention E13)
 
4.       £20,000
allocation to West Suffolk College (the Council’s strategic
partner for skills) to create a new post to engage with employers
with under-employed staff and offer skills training and
qualifications to enable them to take up full-time jobs, with a
focus on those likely to be leaving or not returning to the
workplace (UKSPF intervention E37)
 
5.       £100,000 to
West Suffolk College to create new skills training opportunities to
enable local people to access local skilled jobs, particularly in
areas of shortage and growth (UKSPF intervention E38)
 
6.       £25,000 to
West Suffolk College to extend the access and availability of green
skills courses to both employed and unemployed utilising newly
created training facilities and qualifications (UKSPF intervention
E39)