Restart Grant scheme opens for applications
Swale Borough Council has opened the restart grant scheme for applications.
The restart grant scheme supports businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors with a one-off grant, to reopen safely as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
To be eligible for the grant, your business will need to be trading on the 1st April 2021, registered for business rates and in the non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care or gym sectors.
You must make a new application through the Grant Approval website to receive this grant. Register or login, with the details which you used before, to apply at: https://grantapproval.co.uk
If you are eligible for the grant, you will receive:
• A one-off grant of up to £6,000 in the non-essential retail sector.
• A one-off grant of up to £18,000 in the hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym sectors.
If you have any queries or an issue with error messages on your application, please Email: ndrgrants@swale.gov.uk
There will also be funding available in this phase of the roadmap through the Additional Restrictions Grant scheme. We are currently waiting on final guidance from the government. We will let you know when the scheme launches and how you can apply through this e-bulletin, on social media and through our website.
UK Community Renewal Fund - open for applications
The government has announced a new UK Community Renewal Fund to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches to prepare for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The Fund has identified Swale as one of 100 priority areas and could provide mostly revenue funding to significant projects which aim to test new approaches to four investment priorities - investing in skills, supporting people into employment, helping businesses to develop their potential and investment in communities and place.
Kent County Council (KCC) has been designated by the government as the lead body and is tasked with undertaking a call for bids, which it must shortlist for each district, prior to submission to government by June.
The call for UK Community Renewal Fund (UK CRF) bids is now live on the KCC website. This link provides access to details about the Fund and the application form: www.kent.gov.uk/ukcommunityrenewalfund
The deadline for applicants to submit bids to KCC is 9:00am on Tuesday 4th May 2021.
To try and help co-ordinate bids which are hoping to deliver in Swale, Swale Borough Council is asking those looking at bidding to let us know along with an outline of the project. Please Email: economicdevelopment@swale.gov.uk
The Fund has identified Swale as one of 100 priority areas and could provide mostly revenue funding to significant projects which aim to test new approaches to four investment priorities - investing in skills, supporting people into employment, helping businesses to develop their potential and investment in communities and place.
Kent County Council (KCC) has been designated by the government as the lead body and is tasked with undertaking a call for bids, which it must shortlist for each district, prior to submission to government by June.
The call for UK Community Renewal Fund (UK CRF) bids is now live on the KCC website. This link provides access to details about the Fund and the application form: www.kent.gov.uk/ukcommunityrenewalfund
The deadline for applicants to submit bids to KCC is 9:00am on Tuesday 4th May 2021.
To try and help co-ordinate bids which are hoping to deliver in Swale, Swale Borough Council is asking those looking at bidding to let us know along with an outline of the project. Please Email: economicdevelopment@swale.gov.uk
Workshops
To support potential applicants, KCC is hosting two UK CRF workshops via zoom on:
To support potential applicants, KCC is hosting two UK CRF workshops via zoom on:
• Tuesday 6th April 2021 between 10:30am and 12:30pm.
• Thursday 8th April 2021 between 2:00pm and 4:00pm.
To sign-up to attend a workshop Email: UKCommunityRenewalFund@kent.gov.uk and make the Email subject line ‘Attend UK CRF workshop’.
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