The UK Community Renewal Fund (UKCRF) will replace European funding and provide £220m to support projects in England from August 2021-March 2022. The Sheffield City Region has been allocated up to £12m to support priority areas like skills development, local businesses, communities and employment. Social Enterprise Exchange is proposing a project called "Xtra" that would focus on communities/place and local businesses through activities like skills events, grants for social enterprises, and cross-cutting support.

1. UK Community Renewal Fund
Consultation with social enterprises
in the Sheffield City Region
Social Enterprise Exchange is funded by European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020
and The National Lottery Community Fund

2. • From April 2022 the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
(UKSPF) will replace the European Regional
Development Fund and the European Social Fund
• UKCRF is a short-term pre-cursor to the UKSPF
• £220m available August 2021 – March 2022
• Up to £12m for South Yorkshire (£3m per LA)
• Priority areas: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham
• Sheffield City Region Mayoral Combined Authority (SCR
MCA) to prepare a shortlist to submit to Government
• Similar arrangements in other localities
UK Community Renewal Fund (UKCRF)

3. Projects must deliver activity that is line with the UK
Community Renewal Fund and should align with at least
one of these investment priorities:
• Investment in skills
• Investment in local business
• Investment in communities and place
• Supporting people into employment
UKCRF Investment Priorities

4. Delivery Objectives
• Potential to expand or scale-up
• Inform future UKSPF rounds
• Be innovative in approach
Constraints
• Larger projects encouraged (£500k+)
• Predominantly revenue based (90%+)
• Projects to be completed by 31 March 2022
UKCRF Delivery Objectives and Constraints

5. UKCRF Assessment Criteria
• Gateway criteria
• Strategic fit
• Deliverability, effectiveness and efficiency
Strategic fit with local priorities
• Local economic plans
• SCR Strategic Economic Plan
• SCR Renewal Action Plan
UKCRF Bid Assessment by SCR MCA

6. • Invitation to bid 21 April 2021
• SCR MCA deadline 26 May 2021
• Government deadline 18 June 2021
• Government approval End July 2021
• Delivery commences August 2021
• Delivery completed March 2022
UKCRF Timetable

7. Responding to two of the Investment Priorities
• Communities and Place (Pillar 1)
• Local Business (Pillar 2)
• Plus a suite of cross-cutting activities
Social Enterprise Exchange “Xtra”

8. Pillar 1 – Communities and Place
• Focus on place-based social and economic development
• Work with community hubs and local stakeholders
• Five pilot locations in Barnsley, Rotherham and Doncaster
• Awareness raising and knowledge transfer activities
• Specialist design input - spatial and building-based
• Specialist social enterprise business support
• Grants for locality-based social enterprises
Social Enterprise Exchange “Xtra”

9. Pillar 2 – Local business
• Focus on sector level development in five sectors: Health
and social care; Environmental sustainability; Food;
Creative, media and digital; Skills and employability
• Sector level events and networking
• Collaboration and peer-mentoring
• Specialist social enterprise business support
• Grants for sector level projects and initiatives
Social Enterprise Exchange “Xtra”

10. SEE Xtra Grants Scheme
• Pillar 1 - £100k grant pot
• Pillar 2 - £100k grant pot
Grants of up £10k including support for:
• Digital inclusion
• Marketing
• Specialist consultancy
• Environmental sustainability
• New product development
• New methods of working
Social Enterprise Exchange “Xtra”

11. Cross-cutting activities
• New social entrepreneurs
• Social enterprise leadership
• Festival of social enterprise
• Evaluation of outcomes and impact
Social Enterprise Exchange “Xtra”

12. Next steps
• Expressions of interests from social enterprises
• Consultations with local authorities
• Consultations with sector stakeholders
• Bid writing and submission
Social Enterprise Exchange “Xtra”

13. Social Enterprise Exchange (SEE)
www.socentxchange.net
info@socentxchange.net
Social Enterprise Exchange is funded by European Regional Development Fund 2014-2020
and The National Lottery Community Fund