UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF)

UKSPF15 Public Realm

This project will support public realm works in the town centre/high streets. It will deliver a neighbourhood improvement project enabling maximum flexibility including:

• infrastructure works
• active transport
• green space
• built environment
• design out crime
• pedestrian

UKSPF16 Greenspace

A project to support the volunteer input into the improvement and development of the borough’s nature reserves. It will help to improve the biodiversity of our grass verges (in the most appropriate places) by managing them in a less intensive way. This will allow more wildflowers and pollinators to become established.

UKSPF26 Town's Fund Marketing

This project will deliver marketing of Town's Fund projects to attract online and in-person interest, and fund a marketing officer’s time and campaign materials.

UKSPF27 Volunteering Small Grants Programme

Walsall heritage revenue grants will be delivered through the UKSPF VCS (voluntary and community sector) community grants programme. There will be a ringfenced pot for heritage and cultural local events or activity, and support for organisations with grants.

UKSPF19 Retrofit

The Retrofit project will support improvements to deliver activities focussed on designing out crime and anti-social behaviour. It will do this through low level interventions, including:

• lighting
• CCTV
• planting
• bollards and seating infrastructure

It will be driven by the street scene framework being developed and by working closely with the Police and other partners.

UKSPF20 Community Grants

VCS community grant funding scheme for volunteering and social action projects. Revenue funding to support Town's Fund community capital programmes.

UKSPF22 VCS Capacity Building

This programme will support Resilient Community Leads and the voluntary and community sector through grant making.

UKSPF21 Crowdfund Walsall

Crowdfund Walsall (CFW) gives local people the opportunity to create and deliver projects aiming to enhance the area and residents' lives. UKSPF will support the crowdfunding grants programme of community event and resilience projects.

UKSPF28 Feasibility - Bid Training Programme

Feasibility of funding / bid training programme to support the capacity of staff, VCS and other groups.

UKSPF24 Community Energy Advice

This project will:

• provide a step change in the number of residents receiving energy efficiency advice across the borough in response to the cost of living crisis and the continued high level of energy costs of gas and electricity
• signpost residents to funding opportunities through Eco4 and Eco4flex, and through HUGS2 funding
• support residents to switch energy providers where it is economical to do so
• continue to deliver the Gas Charity Hardship Fund programme - expected funding circa £10K
• deliver any further Household Support Fund budget focussing on gas boiler replacements and heating upgrades
• strengthen partnership working with local community groups (such as Nashdom, Aina, Ryecroft CA, Darlaston CA) to deliver the service and access hard to reach groups
• bid for further funds as they become available

Support for Walsall based businesses to achieve their goals. This is provided through our Business Growth team alongside external providers for a high growth programme for businesses and start-up support.

Funding is available from £1k to £100k for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Walsall area.

Grants require 50:50 matched funding to enable SMEs to invest in capital assets to increase productivity or support them in increasing employment.

The scheme, which offers up to 50:50 matched grant funding, from £1-100k, for improvements to business premises, aims to enable SMEs to make carbon savings through increased energy and resource efficiency.

The capital grants will cover improvements such as ventilation, heating, renewable technologies and lighting, amongst others, and eligibility is assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Net Zero grant funding available to help Walsall businesses improve energy efficiency.