The UKG SPF RCTCBC Community Grant 2025-26 is now closed
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025, with further transitional funding confirmed for 2025-26. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.
The UKSPF will support the UK government’s wider commitment to level up all parts of the UK by delivering on each of the levelling up objectives:
- Boost productivity, pay, jobs and living standards by growing the private sector, especially in those places where they are lagging
- Spread opportunities and improve public services, especially in those places where they are weakest
- Restore a sense of community, local pride and belonging, especially in those places where they have been lost
- Empower local leaders and communities, especially in those places lacking local agency.
For more information, visit www.gov.uk
In Rhondda Cynon Taf
The UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund has been made available to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (RCTCBC) to enable places to invest in capacity building and infrastructure support to restore community spaces and relationships and create the foundations for social, environmental, economic & cultural development at the neighbourhood-level.
RCTCBC has made a Community Grant available with the intention to:
- Restore a sense of community, local pride and belonging, especially in those places where they have been lost
Over a 3 year period ending in March 2025 £4.3m will be invested locally, with further transitional funding provided for 2025-26.
A full list of the SPF – RCTCBC Community Grants awarded to date is available here for 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025.
Full details of timescales, outputs and outcomes, eligibility and process are available within the PDF documents listed below:
FOR LOWER LEVEL GRANT APPLICATIONS ONLY - £1,000 - £10,000
Please see guidance and additional information below as PDF downloads:
FOR MEDIUM GRANT APPLICATIONS ONLY - £10,001 - £45,000
Please see guidance and additional information below as PDF downloads:
To request advice or support please email - SPF RCTCBC Community Grant spfrctcbccommunitygrant@rctcbc.gov.uk or call 01443 425368.