UK Shared prosperity fund –2025/26 programme update
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a Government Fund. For the 14 districts of Lancashire, the UKSPF is administrated by the Lancashire County Combined Authority.
The UKSPF has been running since the financial year 2022/23, with an additional year being announced for the 2025-26 financial year. The Fund sets out the Government’s five national Missions, which are mapped into the existing priorities below with a specific focus on the Government’s foremost Mission to kickstart economic growth.
The three investment priorities are:
- Communities and Place
- Support for Local Business
- People and Skills
Each priority area has sitting underneath it themes and sub-themes. More information can be found via: UK Shared Prosperity Fund 2025-26: Technical note - GOV.UK
Wyre continues to build on the delivery of its investment plan, identified in consultation with Wyre’s Town Centre Partnership boards, the public and organisations who delivering county-wide initiatives, to deliver a further year’s programme supporting local business and communities across the borough with a focus on economic centres.
The indicative programme for 2025/26 can be found at 2025/26 UKSPF Programme.
This document may not be fully accessible. Please contact communications@wyre.gov.uk if you need this in an alternative format.
Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF)
The Department for Environment Food and (Defra) has announced that Wyre Council will received REPF for 2025/26. Details of the allocations will be announced soon.
Projects must be located within the eligible areas viewable via the REPF map.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - Community Infrastructure Grant programme
Wyre Council is inviting grant applications, from not-for-profit organisations, that will deliver transformative and sustainable works to local community assets (community hubs, village halls and heritage buildings). Projects that will increase usage, health and wellbeing benefits for local people and projects that will boost the local economy. The community asset must be located in the borough of Wyre, and the project must be completed by 31 January 2026. The minimum application amount for this round is £20,000.
There is an online session all applicants are invited to attend on Thursday 10 April, 5:30 to 6:30pm . Please note, you do not need to attend this session in order to make an application.
Register your interest in the online session.
All application details can be accessed below. Please read the Infrastructure Grant Brief before you complete the Application Form.
UKSPF Infrastructure Grant for Village Halls & Community Centres brief
UKSPF Community Infrastructure Grant Application Form
UKSPF Equality Impact Assessment Form
UKSPF Measures Form
These documents may not be fully accessible. Please contact communications@wyre.gov.uk if you need these in an alternative format.
Please apply before 23 April 2025.
Funded Projects
To find out more about UKSPF and REPF projects already completed in Wyre, click on the links below. We have grouped projects so you can see according to the town centre they are closest to. There is also a Wyre wide group that shows projects that benefit people across the borough. Some projects may appear in more than one group.
