The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a central pillar of the UK government’s ambitious Levelling Up agenda and a significant component of its support for places across the UK. Over the last year it provided £2.6 billion of new funding for local investment in the UK. You can find out more in the UK Shared Prosperity Fund prospectus on the government website.
Last year Rother District received an allocation of £1,000,000. The funding was delivered through the agreed local Investment Plan.
The Investment Plan had three priority areas against which spend can be made; Communities & Place, Local Business Investment and People & Skills. The council worked with the Rother UKSPF Local Partnership to create and agree an Investment Plan for the UKSPF funding. This was approved by UK Government in 2022, and by Rother District Council in 2023 and completed in March 2025.
Rother District Council is pleased to announce we have received a further funding to deliver Round Two of the Rural England Prosperity Fund grants.
Rural England Prosperity Fund
The Rural Fund supports capital projects for small businesses and community infrastructure. This will help to improve productivity and strengthen the rural economy and rural communities.
The Rural Fund is integrated into the UKSPF which supports productivity and prosperity in places that need it most. The Rural Fund is a rural top-up to UKSPF allocations and is complementary to funding used to support rural areas under the UKSPF.
Over the last two years, Rother has been allocated just over £603,963 of capital funding. This was used to deliver interventions outlined in the REPF Investment Plan.
Rother has been allocated a further £180,000 to deliver Round Two of the Rural England Prosperity Fund in the form of grants to our rural businesses.
Business Funding and Support
Rother and Wealden Rural Business Grant Fund – Round 2 NOW OPEN (administered by East Sussex County Council)
Keep updated
We will be sharing updates on funding available through this page, so check back for details or if you want to be added to the circulation list for updates email regeneration.grants@rother.gov.uk and ask to be added to the UKSPF email update list.
For further information, please contact regeneration.grants@rother.gov.uk
