An exciting new funding opportunity is now available via the UKSPF City Centre Events Key Fund to host events in Wrexham City Centre.
This is one of six UK Shared Prosperity Key Funds available in Wrexham. Funding for the grant is provided by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The purpose of this grant is to contribute towards the aims that will be set out in our Placemaking Plan – to improve the centre of Wrexham and encourage people to re-imagine and influence how it should look, feel, and function.
The ambition to become the UK City of Culture in 2029, with the submission due in 2025, means the next few years are a critical period for shaping the centre of Wrexham. As part of this ambition, we want to encourage high quality large-scale events that contribute towards developing the economy.
A total of £55,000 has now been made available to apply for; to host one-off events that increase footfall within the city centre and make an impact to the County Borough.
The following grants are available:
- 3 x £10,000 grants
- 5 x £5000 grants
We are inviting cultural organisations, community groups, businesses, and third sector organisations to apply for these grants to deliver cultural activity to take place within Wrexham City Centre before October 31, 2024.
To be eligible to apply, the applicant must be a constituted and established voluntary organisation, business or community group, and have a bank or building society account in the name of the organisation or have a host organisation willing to accept the funds on your behalf.
Application Objectives for City Centre Events
Applications for City Centre Events funding must meet the following core criteria:
- Demonstrate the ability to accurately capture/measure and report the mandatory SPF output of levels of increased footfall during the event and contribute to delivery of wider SPF outputs and outcomes within the boundaries of the city centre as outlined within the Placemaking Plan
- Demonstrate that the event is adding something of high value to the local community, adding something new and different to the current cultural offer
- Demonstrate that SPF funding is a requirement to enable this event or activity to go ahead
- All promotion and marketing related to the activity must indicate funding support through SPF through inclusion of the ‘Levelling Up’ logo, and support of the Wrecsam 2029 City of Culture bid through inclusion of the campaign’s logo
- Events must take place and all funding must be spent by October 31st, 2024
- The grant will be paid retrospectively therefore your organisation will have to cover the project costs in order to complete the project before claiming the grant from SPF. Interim expenditure claims can be submitted before the event/activity is completed
Further information regarding the objectives and criteria of the fund is available here. To apply, you must create a MyWrexham account or login to an existing account to begin the application.
Applications must be submitted by 31st March 2024, and all events must take place before 31st October 2024.
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