UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)

UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2025/26

Tendring District Council has been allocated a further £563,028 via the Government's UK Shared Prosperity Fund to be spent over the current financial year 2025/26. The money has been allocated across the priorities: Communities and Place, Supporting Local Business, and People and Skills. We're also pleased to announce the return of 'Extend The Season' Event Grants and Shopfront Improvement Grants, which will be available across all of Tendring.

Applications for UKSPF 2025/26 will open on 7 April 2025 and will close on 1 June 2025, and the application forms can be found on this page. In case you missed our SPF Launch Event on 12 March, you can access the slides here.

Theme 1: Communities & Place

Healthy, Safe and Inclusive Communities

• Healthy: Improve health and wellbeing
• Safe: Reduce crime and the fear of crime
• Inclusive: Bring communities together, tackle homelessness

Thriving Places

• Development of the visitor economy
• High streets and town centre improvements

Council Officers will place applications into one or more of these themes/sub themes when assessing applications, but please think about which of the themes/sub themes you believe your project will meet, as projects which do not deliver in any of these areas will not be successful.

This application process consists of two forms, please make sure to submit both.

Communities & Place Application Form Part 1

Communities & Place Application Form Part 2 (Outputs and Outcomes)

Theme 2: Supporting Local Business

• Advice and support to business
• Enterprise culture and start-up support
• Business sites and premises

Projects should be those which support/impact a variety of local businesses through their work, not solely one business – although one business can make an application if justification is made that the project would have an impact beyond their own organisation. Council Officers will place applications into one or more of these themes/sub themes when assessing applications, but please think about which of the themes/sub themes you believe your project will meet, as projects which do not deliver in any of these areas will not be successful.

This application process consists of two forms, please make sure to submit both.

Supporting Local Business Application Form Part 1

Supporting Local Business Application Form Part 2 (Outputs and Outcomes)

Theme 3: People & Skills

Employability

• Supporting people to progress towards and into employment
• Support for young people who are at risk of being NEET (not engaged in education, employment or training)

Skills

• Essential skills (including numeracy, literacy, ESOL and digital) engaged in education, employment or training
• Employment related skills

Council Officers will place applications into one or more of these themes/sub themes when assessing applications, but please think about which of the themes/sub themes you believe your project will meet, as projects which do not deliver in any of these areas will not be successful.

This application process consists of two forms, please make sure to submit both.

People & Skills Application Form Part 1

People & Skills Application Form Part 2 (Outputs and Outcomes)

'Extend the Season' Events Grant

• Scheme designed to increase footfall in town and village centres across Tendring
• Very popular in previous years for events including Fun Days, Film Screenings, Halloween Shop Trails, etc.
• Limit of £1,000 per event, not per organisation
• All months are eligible except December.
• Event must be held by 31 March 2026

The Scheme is designed to support footfall into town and village centres across the District, so please consider this as you plan your event and complete the application form.

'Extend the Season' Events Grant Application Form

(Revenue) Repair & Refresh Shopfront Improvement Grant

All of Tendring District

• Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 are available.
• Examples of possible works include painting the shopfront in the same colour it currently is, repairing existing windows/doors, filling wooden surrounds and making good.

Guidance for Tendring Repair & Refresh Shopfront Improvement Grant

Revenue Repair & Refresh Shopfront Improvement Grant Application Form

(Capital) Shopfront Improvement Grant

Clacton, Holland and Jaywick only (Funded by Community Regeneration Partnership CRP)

• Grants between £1,000 and £20,000 are available.
• Examples of possible works include fascia/signage upgrades, doors and entrances (including accessibility adaptations), awnings and external lighting.

Guidance for Capital Shopfront Improvement Grant (Clacton, Holland, Jaywick only)

Capital Shopfront Improvement Grant Application Form (Clacton, Holland, Jaywick only)

Tendring (excluding Clacton, Holland, and Jaywick)

• Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 are available.
• Examples of possible works include fascia/signage upgrades, doors and entrances (including accessibility adaptations), awnings and external lighting.

Guidance for Capital Shopfront Improvement Grant (Tendring, excluding Clacton, Holland and Jaywick)

Capital Shopfront Improvement Grant Application Form (Tendring, excluding Clacton, Holland and Jaywick)

Things to remember:

• No payments will be processed until Tendring District Council receive the funding from Central Government.
• All funds must be spent and projects completed by 31 March 2026.
• Applications for both Open Calls and Grants must show value for money and a legacy impact for the future of Tendring's businesses and residents.

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If you have any questions regarding an existing or future application, please get in touch by emailing tendring4growth@tendringdc.gov.uk  

Government guidance on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund can be viewed here: UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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