UK Community Renewal Fund (UKCRF)
Assessment and timeline
South Tyneside Council will appraise all bids submitted, then the Government will ultimately decide which bids get the funding.
Firstly we will carry out independent technical due diligence on all projects to determine if they meet the Government Gateway criteria and fit with national and local priorities. Then, a sub-group of the South Tyneside Partnership's Economic Regeneration Board will carry out a further appraisal and produce a shortlist.
We will assess bids against these criteria:
- The gateway criteria set out in the GOV.UK: Government UKCRF Prospectus, particularly the ability to deliver by 31 March 2022 (bids that fail to meet these criteria will be rejected)
- The extent to which they meet the objectives of the UKCRF (as per the GOV.UK: Government Prospectus, Technical Note and Assessment Criteria)
- The extent to which bids would support the delivery of key local growth priorities (as set out out in the South Tyneside UKCRF Prospectus)
We cannot pre-appraise projects, however we may work with shortlisted bidders to optimise bids to the Government. This will depend on the quality of bids we receive.
Once we have assessed the bids, we will submit eligible bids which most strongly meet the UKCRF and local priorities (up to a value of £3m), to the Government by 18 June 2021.
We will let you know if your project has or hasn't been shortlisted.
The Government will assess the shortlist of projects compiled by South Tyneside Council, as set out in the UKCRF Prospectus.
The Government will make the ultimate decision on which projects are awarded funding, and will notify us at the end of July 2021.