Issue - decisions

Extension of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Award made to the Lincolnshire Community Foundation (LCF) for the purposes of expanding the availability of grant funding to Parish Councils, Village Halls and Community Projects

19/08/2024 - Extension of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Award made to the Lincolnshire Community Foundation (LCF) for the purposes of expanding the availability of grant funding to Parish Councils, Village Halls and Community Projects

Decision made to allocate £40,000 in Rural England Prosperity Fund (£36,800) and UK Shared Prosperity Fund (£3,200) to the current LCF-led GRASSroots Scheme for the purposes of providing an additional £36,800 in capital grant aid to small community projects, as well as Parish Councils and Village Halls. The remainder shall be utilised in the administration and management of these funds. This augments the existing scheme, which has a value of £360,130 and allows the scheme to undertake another, final round of awards (in September 2024) before the end of the UKSPF/RPF Programme (March 2025).

To date, the Fund has delivered 13 individual grants, with nine projects still in current delivery and four already completed. This has led to concordant improvements in community facilities, increased usage of community facilities and an increased number of local small cultural, heritage and arts projects in Boston Borough.