Hull: Community Renewal Fund

Deadline 20th May

Below are details of the Community Renewal Fund application criteria and process. Further information and the application form can be found on the Hull City Council website

If you have a project that will help invest in

• skills
• local businesses
• communities
• supports local people into employment

You may be able to apply for the Government’s UK Community Renewal Fund.

Background

The UK Community Renewal Fund (UKCRF) is a UK Government programme for 2021/2022. The fund aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches to prepare for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The UK Government is particularly interested in bids which build on

• local insight and knowledge
• align with long-term strategic plans for local growth
• support community renewal
• demonstrate a contribution to national net zero and carbon reduction ambitions

The Government is also keen that this Fund is used to support innovation and new ideas.

The UKCRF has four national investment priorities

Skills
o including work-based training
o retraining
o digital skills/inclusion

Local business
o including supporting entrepreneurs
o innovation
o decarbonisation

Communities and place
o including feasibility studies for net zero projects
o opportunities for culture-led regeneration
o green spaces and rural connectivity

Supporting people into employment 
o including addressing barriers to employment
o raising aspirations
o basic skills

The Funding

90% of the funding available through the UK Community Renewal Fund is revenue funding and is only available in 2021-2022, the funding has to be incurred by 31st March 2022. Funding will be made from July 2021 onwards and activities will need to demonstrate they can be delivered in this timeframe and deliverability will be assessed as part of the selection criteria in line with Government guidance to maximise the impact and deliverability, larger projects of over £500,000 are encouraged, where this is possible.

Eligibility

Any legally constituted organisation can bid for funding from the UKCRF. However, bids from private sector organisations and registered charities will only be considered where they are for projects that will provide a service to benefit other organisations or individuals (i.e. not if the intention of the project is to further their own business/organisation). The UKCRF will not provide funding to individuals to deliver projects.

Submitting a bid

As a lead authority, Hull City Council is inviting proposals for shortlisting before submission to government. Successful UK Community Renewal Fund bids will be for 2021/2022 only and activity must end in March 2022.

Bids must be submitted using the UK Community Renewal Fund application form on the Council website, and bids submitted in any other format will not be accepted.

Bids must be submitted to the Council by email to ukcrf@hullcc.gov.uk

Bids must be submitted by 12 noon on Thursday 20 May 2021.