Decision

Decision to undertake separate awards to
successful applicants in Round One of the UK Shared
Prosperity/Rural Prosperity Fund Programme. Specifically including
the following projects:

LCF – Social Innovation & Enterprise
A project which is looking to strengthen local enterprise
ecosystems and grow the local social economy, building on a pilot
delivered in Gainsborough. This project will engage with social
enterprise start-ups in the area through the provision of 1 to 1
advice, guidance and mentoring from a specialist social enterprise
advisor. It will also provide sign posting to an Innovation and
Ideas fund, made available locally.

Transported Arts – Boston Wings Trail
Building on the successful work of the Boston School of Mosaic and
the inspiration of the Lincoln Imp Trail, Transported Arts will
lead on the development of a series of co-created, community-led
wall paintings in Boston Town Centre – a trail of
commissioned art representing birds. The aim of this project is to
increase footfall to the town centre, improve pride in place and
increase the number of volunteers participating in community arts
and heritage activities (a core outcome of the UKSPF/RPF investment
plan).

Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce – SEL to the World
International Trade Project
This project seeks to provide support to businesses to encourage
them to export. It consists of a programme of online and in-person
events for businesses, with advice to support businesses to begin
exporting.

REASONS FOR DECISION:

As part of HMG’s Levelling Up Agenda and in line with the
commitments made by Boston Borough in the UKSPF Prospectus and
Investment Plan, we have committed to invest in high-impact
projects across three core themes:

• Communities and place - Supporting community groups and
investment in community facilities; enhancing the cultural and
heritage offer; widening the use of community buildings;
initiatives to help support our town centres.
• Supporting local business - Helping local businesses invest
for future growth; growing the food processing, horticulture and
logistics sector; encouraging new businesses to establish; helping
the local social and community enterprises to innovate and
grow.
• People and skills - Developing skills and employment
opportunities within the fresh food, food processing and logistics
sectors; creating new training hubs; supporting local residents
with skills and access to employment.

These allocations principally meet the objectives that we have
committed to under the Communities and Place and Supporting Local
Businesses Themes and with the projects passing a rigorous
assessment process. We are confident that they can deliver the
outcomes expected from the Programme quickly and substantively.
This has been the basis of the decision.