Purpose

To agree UKSPF allocations to Rotherham
Projects in 2025/26.

Decision

 

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

15th December
2025

 

Title:

UK Shared
Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) – project funding
allocations

 

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

Judith Badger, Assistant Chief Executive and
Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services
 

Details
of Specific Delegation
 
or
 
Delegation contained in the relevant Sub-Scheme of
Delegation.

 

Minute (136) of the Cabinet decision on UKSPF of
17th March 2025 delegates authority to the Assistant
Chief Executive, in consultation with the Leader of the Council, to
approve final allocations for individual UKSPF projects.

 

The functions and delegations of the Assistant Chief
Executive are currently being exercised by the Strategic Director
of Finance and Customer Services. This arrangement is set out as a
footnote, on the first page of Appendix 9 (Responsibility for
Functions) of the Council Constitution as follows:

 

Further to Appendix 9, Section 3A paragraph 3(e) of
the Constitution the Chief Executive has temporarily reallocated
the functions and delegations of the Assistant Chief Executive to
the Strategic Director of Finance and Customer Services

 

Decision:

Resolve to allocate £257,766 of UKSPF to the following
projects:
 

·      
Shop Unit Business Grants - £117,643
(capital)

·      
Launchpad - £25,000 (revenue)

·      
Active Lives - £31,123 (capital)

·      
Town Centre Events - £59,000
(revenue)

·      
Children’s Capital of Culture - £25,000
(revenue)

 

Reasons for the Decision:

To confirm the allocations for the listed projects
in order to effectively utilise the remainder of Rotherham’s
UKSPF allocation for 2025-26.

Details of alternative options considered and
rejected:

The alternative is to not allocate or utilise this
funding in which case it is likely to be spent elsewhere in South
Yorkshire.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Cabinet Member
consulted by the decision maker which relates to the
decision:

There are no conflicts
of interest.
 

 

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

Not applicable

Conflicts of interest declared by the Decision Maker if they sit
as a Cabinet appointed representative to an outside body which
relates to the decision:

Not applicable

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

Not applicable

 

Reports or parts of reports considered

Delegated officer decision report: UK Shared
Prosperity
Fund – project funding allocations

 

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the executive decision to:
 
to allocate
£257,766 of
UKSPF to the following projects:
 

·      
Shop Unit Business Grants - £117,643
(capital)

·      
Launchpad - £25,000 (revenue)

·      
Active Lives - £31,123 (capital)

·      
Town Centre Events - £59,000
(revenue)

·      
Children’s Capital of Culture - £25,000
(revenue)
 
I confirm that in
making this decision, due regard was given to the seven principles
of public life.
 
Signed by the
Decision Maker:

 
 
Dated:         
15th December 2025
 
Name:         
Judith Badger         
                    
Job
Title:     Strategic
Director of Finance and Customer Services
 
If you require any assistance in the
completion of the decision record please contact the Governance
Team governance@rotherham.gov.uk