UK Community Renewal Fund
1. UK Community Renewal Fund
The UK Community Renewal Fund is a UK Government programme for 2021/22. 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. It invests in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment. For more information, visit the Community Renewal Fund Prospectus on GOV.UK.
Following a two staged application process, UK Government announced on 3rd November 2021 that funding had been awarded to the following projects in the Lancashire County Council area:
| Project delivery organisation | Project name | CRF amount awarded |
|---|---|---|
| East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce | Low Carbon Technology Business Support & Skills Academy | £700,000 |
| Growth Lancashire | Growth and Innovation Fund – Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale corridor | £994,083 |
| Lancashire BME Network | Equaliser | £341,432 |
| Lancashire County Council | Digital Resilience Training for Businesses | £100,000 |
| Lancaster University | Piloting Place-Based Innovation Catalysts : Supporting leadership, clean growth, secure digitalisation and skills | £213,172 |
| Procure Plus Holdings Ltd | Building Lancashire | £105,400 |
| Super Slow Way | Pennine Lancashire Linear Park Pilot Phase | £654,279 |
| UCLAN | The Role of Digital Museums & Archives (DM&As) in Culture-led Regeneration: A Feasibility Study | £41,137 |
| Valley Heritage | Decarbonising Rossendale | £261,849 |
The projects listed above were approved by Government on the basis that they will deliver the following outputs and outcomes:
Outputs
Number of People Supported:
- Economically Inactive
- Unemployed
- Employed
Number of Businesses Supported
- Small Businesses
- Medium Businesses
- Large Businesses
Number of Organisations Supported
- Public Organisations
- Private Organisations
- Voluntary Sector Organisations
Outcomes
- People in education/training following support
- People gaining a qualification following support
- People engaged in job searching following support
- People in employment, including self-employment, following support
- Organisations engaged in knowledge transfer activity following support
- Estimated carbon dioxide equivalent reductions as a result of support
- Buildings built or renovated as a result of support
- Jobs safeguarded as a result of support
- Businesses introducing new products to the firm as a result of support
- Innovation plans developed as a result of support
- People engaged in life skills support following interventions
- Employment increase in supported businesses as a result of support
- Number of new businesses created as a result of support
- Total surface area of green/blue infrastructure added or improved as a result of support
UK Community Renewal Fund
The UK Community Renewal Fund is a UK Government programme for 2021/22. This 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. It invests in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment. For more information, visit the Community Renewal Fund Prospectus on GOV.UK.