UK Shared Prosperity Fund Webinar

Join us on 14^th September for an update on North Yorkshire Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) activity in the region aimed at supporting local businesses.

Online: 3pm-4pm

In this session, you will find out about our upcoming launch of programmes to support local businesses and boost productivity. This will include grant schemes for individual businesses to apply to, as well as other business support opportunities being funded by the North Yorkshire UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Information will be provided on the expected timescales of the application process and grant awards.

The UK SPF is a central pillar of the government’s levelling up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the country, investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. You can find out more in the prospectus on the government website.

North Yorkshire has potentially been awarded £16.9m to invest in people and businesses across the county. Download our initial investment plan – approved December 2022 (pdf / 2 MB).

The fund has three investment priorities:

communities and place
supporting local business
people and skills

Over the course of this first financial year, activity has already been undertaken to deliver local community development, support for town centre activity, visitor economy promotion and carbon reduction programmes throughout the county.

Current SPF Programmes

The York & North Yorkshire Growth Hub has a number of programmes funded by UK SPF beginning in September 2023.

These include:

More programmes are yet to be announced. Sign up to our newsletter for the latest updates.

More information

Please visit North Yorkshire Council’s UK SPF website for further information and contact us via UKSPF@northyorks.gov.uk.

Access the webinar

Click here 3pm 14th September