Decision

In June 2023 Cabinet
approved the programme of spend for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
in Thanet, with funding allocated to a grant programme for
Community, Voluntary and Social Enterprise Sector. In January 2024
the Portfolio Holder for Regeneration and Property approved the
scoring matrix for the UK Shared Prosperity Small Grants and
Development Grants, in order for a panel of officers to sift,
review and approve external grants to the two
programmes. 
 
Through an open
process applications were sent to the council for the Small Grant
programme and the Development Grants programme. The Grant Review
Panel reviewed these and made a set of recommendations against the
scoring criteria for approval of a number of
grants. 
 
The following
allocations have been made as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Grants Programme. 
 

Revenue

Capital

Total Awarded

Small Grants Programme

 £167,606.55

£26,700

£194,556.55

Development Grant - Stage 1

£13,500

-

£13,500

Development Grant Stage 2

£136,032.52

-

£136,032.52

Total Awarded

£317,389.07

£26,700

£344,089.07

The following grants
have been awarded as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
programme:
 
Small Grants Programme

Total Awarded: 26 Grants of £167,606.55
revenue, and £26,700 capital to deliver projects that
positively impact the five priority areas in Thanet.

Name of organisation

Project name

Award (revenue)

Award (capital)

Kidenza

Music to make you feel good

£4,079

£0

Kent Enterprise Trust

Page Turners: A Community Book Club

£8,100

£0

Eudaimonia

The Lounge Cliftonville

£6,000

£0

The Margate School Ltd

National Saturday Club Margate

£10,000

£0

6th Ramsgate Royal Harbour Sea Scout
Group

Ice House Community Centre

£0

£10,000

The Margate Bookie

The Margate Volunteer Pool

£4,200

£0

Well Projects C.I.C.

Hidden Ecologies Creative Workshops

£3,285

£0

Inclusive Sport Kent CIC

Inclusive Sport Holiday Club

£9,940

£0

Broadstairs Folk Week

Folk Week Volunteer Support

£2,000

£0

YO! STREET ZONE CIC

Ramsgate Street Football Project

£6,870

£0

The Garden Gate Project Ltd

Garden Gate Coffee Mornings

£2,719.56

£0

Discovery Planet C.I.C.

STEM Extravaganzas

£9,745

£0

Headway Kent

Thriving Thanet Brains – Beyond the Brain
Injury

£6,846.99

£0

Starlings Support CIC

Newington Community Gardening: Field to
Fork

£9,500

£0

St George’s Church, Ramsgate

St George’s Community Soup

£10,000

£0

Athelstan Road Tenants and Residents’
Association

Ethel Athel Alleyway
gardening and wildlife group

£3,000

£0

NBE Fitness

We Move Together

£7,170

£0

Arts in Ramsgate

Love Where We Live

£8,880

£0

Dane Valley Woods

A Welcoming Woods

£3,150

£6,700

Margate Football Club Community Trust

Margate Memories

£9,850

£0

Quench Gallery

Quench Youth Artists Club

£9,421

£0

Ramsgate Skatepark
Project

Ramsgate Skatepark
Basketball Court Refurbishment

£0

£10,000

The Perfect Place to Grow

Employability Trainee Programme

£10,000

£0

Margate Radio CIC

Turning Tables, Turning Lives: Youth
Empowerment

£2,850

£0

Cliftonville Cultural Space

Cliftonville – a great place to grow &
thrive

£10,000

£0

Citizens Advice Thanet

Community Connect

£10,000

£0

 
Development Grant - Stage 1

Total awarded: 9 organisations received a
£1500 grant, to fund their project business plan.
£13,500 revenue.

Name of organisation

What is the project title

POW Thanet

Rest with PACE partnership

Thanet Community Development Trust

Ramsgate Heritage Centre

Foreland Fields Charity

The Hive

East Kent Mencap

The Scrap Store

Windmill Community Gardens Margate

Community Roots

21 Together

21 Together Thanet Centre

Sports Connect Community CIC

Walpole Bay Education and Sports Hub

Thanet Judokwai

Thanet Judokwai
Wellbeing Practice Garden

Kent Coast Volunteering

Youth Volunteering Programme

 
Development Grant - Stage 2 

Total awarded: seven organisations received grants
totalling £136,032.52 revenue to deliver projects that
positively impact the five priority areas

Name of organisation

What is the project title

Awarded

The Hive CIC (was Foreland Fields
Charity)

The Hive

£ 19,990.00

East Kent Mencap

The Scrap Store

£ 16,100.00

Windmill Community Gardens Margate

Community Roots

£ 19,952.32

21 Together

21 Together Thanet Centre

£ 20,000.00

Sports Connect Community CIC

Walpole Bay Education and Sports Hub

£ 20,000.00

Thanet Judokwai

Thanet Judokwai
Wellbeing Practice Garden

£ 20,000.00

Kent Coast Volunteering

Youth Volunteering Programme

£ 19,990.20

 

Reasons for the decision

Following the published grant allocation
process the Grant Review Panel have reached their decision to award
the grants as stated above. The allocation of seven Development
Grants at Stage 2 and a larger allocation for the Small Grants
Programme brings the total allocated to UKSPF to
£344,089.07. 
 
The funding profile for the grants is over
both 2023/24 and 2024/25 budgets. The reprofile has been agreed with the Portfolio Holder
for Regeneration and Property on the basis that there was approval
of an extra two Development Grants within the programme, and this
will be funded through the underspend within the Community
Champions programme. 
 
Many of the projects awarded support a number
of the identified outcomes for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
programme, including the creation of volunteering opportunities,
training and jobs. Once these projects are delivered, further
information will be sent to the council as part of the monitoring
process to help collate the number of volunteering opportunities,
training and jobs that are created.

Alternative options considered

Approval has been provided to deliver a grant
funding programme for community, voluntary and social enterprise
organisations in Thanet. This decision is providing the
ratification for the grants that were awarded, following allocation
via the approved process. The only alternative is not to provide
the grants, with a likely underspend for the financial year that
may then need to be returned to central government.