An overview of the approved projects being delivered through UK Shared Prosperity Funding and Rural England Prosperity Funding for King’s Lynn and West Norfolk
The Borough Council cabinet has approved use of Shared Prosperity Funds to support delivery of the West Norfolk Investment Plan priorities during the period 2022-2025.
UKSPF Communities and Place (2022-25)
UKSPF Communities and Place funded projects list
| Town centres |
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| Reducing the cost of living, improving energy efficiency and tackling climate change |
- Community Energy Saving Measures
- Community Support for West Norfolk (warm spaces)
- West Norfolk Community Cycle Scheme - low cost cycle hire hosted by Alive West Norfolk at Lynnsport supported by a programme of community cycling development events (more details coming soon).
- Active Communities Programme – free community activity sessions to enhance residents’ health and wellbeing delivered across the borough by Alive West Norfolk.
- Go Green (communities) - coming soon 2024/25
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| Feasibility studies |
- Baxters Plain
- Ferry Access Improvements - funding towards a study led by Norfolk County Council into access improvements for the West Lynn ferry.
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| Arts, cultural, heritage & creative |
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| Volunteering and social action |
- Connected King’s Lynn’s (coming soon 2024/25)
- Restoring West Norfolk’s Peatlands for All - work to help restore three of West Norfolk’s most important remaining peatlands (Roydon Common, Tony Hallett Memorial Reserve, East Winch Common), build a team of Peatland Champions to contribute to the ongoing management and monitoring of these sites, and enthuse others in the local community to better understand and contribute to managing their local peatlands.
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2024/25 Project Call Communities & Place (Expression of Interest Stage now closed - more details on awards coming in May 2024).
UKSPF Local Businesses (2022-25)
UKSPF Local Businesses funded projects list
| Visitor Economy |
- Hunstanton Observatory Events - four weekends of events to be held at the Hunstanton Observatory leading into Spring 2024 (more details to be published soon).
- Small Grant Scheme Visitor Economy (2023/24)
- Town Centre Visual and Signage Improvements - investment to improve the West Lynn Pavilion and Downham Market Town Centre tourism information signage.
- Visitor Economy Improvements (coming soon 2024/25)
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| Local Research and Development |
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| Supporting Local Entrepreneurs |
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| Business Support |
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| Supporting Decarbonisation |
- Go Green (Businesses) - coming soon 2024/25
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UKSPF People & Skills (2024-25)
UKSPF People and Skills funded projects list
| Employment support for economically inactive people |
- BOOST - supporting 16-30 year olds in West Norfolk into training and employment.
- On Track - King’s Lynn and West Norfolk - The Matthew Project - reduce barriers to training and employment for 16-24-year-olds not in education employment or training.
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| Courses including basic, life & career skills |
- Tech Skills for Life - Norfolk County Council - free one-to-one support for digital topics (e.g. NHS services, basic digital skills, online shopping), with the purpose of increasing confidence and enabling residents to unlock the benefits of being online.
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| Tailored support for the employed to access courses |
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| Local areas to fund local skills needs |
- VENI People & Place - This project will work to develop skills opportunities for the visitor economy and enable educators, businesses and students to work together to expand the skills horizon in Kings Lynn and West Norfolk. The project will apply tried and tested initiatives to support growth in the visitor economy and to bring alive the visitor economy in KL&WN through events, community campaigns, and innovative networking. The project will also inspire and enliven places across Kings Lynn and West Norfolk through an exciting events programme.
- Volunteer it Yourself - the delivery of three community facility refurbishment projects across King’s Lynn and West Norfolk involving local young volunteers aged 16+ to learn and apply vocational trade skills on the job whilst being mentored by, and working alongside, professional tradespeople.
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REPF Rural Communities (2023-25)
REPF Rural Communities funded projects list
| REPF West Norfolk Rural Community Capital Grants |
Providing funding opportunities to investment in resilient community services and assets for local people. This programme is being run by Norfolk Community Foundation in partnership with BCKLWN.
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| REPF Active Travel Enhancements |
Working in partnership with Norfolk County Council to deliver Active Travel improvements across rural West Norfolk.
- Interpretation and art for the rural west Norfolk stretch of the Norfolk Coastal Path
- Walking and Cycling Waymarker Audit
- Parish cycle storage grants. More details on awards coming in July 2024.
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REPF Rural Businesses (2023-25)
REPF Rural Businesses funded projects list
| REPF West Norfolk Rural Business Capital Grants |
West Norfolk Rural Business Capital Grants provide funding to support new and existing rural businesses to develop new products and facilities that will be of wider benefit to the local economy. This includes farm businesses looking to diversify income streams. Businesses can apply for grants between £10,000 and £100,000.
The maximum grant intervention through the programme will be for 50% of eligible capital costs, up to a maximum value of £100,000.
This programme is being run by Norfolk County Council in conjunction with the us, (the BCKLWN).
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