Shared Prosperity Fund

In addition to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund main programme 2022-2025, some local authorities, including Cheshire West and Chester were awarded Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF), which acted as a top-up to the main programme. which needed to be spent in defined rural areas.

The Government has announced that there will be some additional transition funding for the Rural England Prosperity Fund, but have not yet confirmed the level of funding to be awarded. 

A map of defined rural area for REPF funding is available online:

• Select Administrative Geographies’; ‘Other Administrative Boundaries’; ‘Rural England Prosperity Fund’