A focus for this fund is to support innovation and new ideas, investing in pilots that draw on local insights and which will help places to prepare for the introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in 2022.
We are interested in proposals that fit with our local priorities:
Projects must deliver activity that is line with the UK Community Renewal Fund Prospectus and fall into at least one of the following priorities.
- investment in skills
- investment for local business
- investment in communities and place
- supporting people into employment
It must be noted that Dundee City Council will be less likely to prioritise bids with a focus on supporting people into employment as we already have a well-developed and resourced, partnership which focuses on supporting people into employment – see Invitation to Bid for more details.
The UK Government expects to support a range of projects by theme and size, but you are encouraged to maximise impact and deliverability through larger projects (Dundee City Council are looking for projects in the region of £50,000 - 100,000) where this is possible. As 90% of funding available through the UK Community Renewal Fund is revenue funding and only available in 2021/22, projects should be mostly or wholly revenue based.