Guidance

Rural England Prosperity Fund: prospectus

Rural England Prosperity Fund prospectus and supporting documents: investment opportunities for eligible rural areas.

Applies to England

Documents

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Details

The Rural England Prosperity Fund prospectus provides guidance for eligible local authorities to develop proposals for capital projects. Projects will support small businesses and community infrastructure in rural areas.

The fund provides rural top-up funding to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) in England.

The prospectus is supported by documents which explain:

  • how the Fund is allocated
  • updates to the prospectus for 2025 to 2026
  • how the Fund is calculated (methodology)
  • output and outcome indicators list for 2025 to 2026
  • investment priorities: interventions, objectives, outputs and outcomes summary for 2023 to 2025 (delivery)

The Rural England Prosperity Fund is referred to as the 鈥楻ural Fund鈥� throughout this guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 3 September 2022
Last updated 4 April 2025 show all updates
  1. We have added a new document called the Rural England Prosperity Fund: output and outcome indicators list for 2025 to 2026.

  2. We have added a new document called the Rural England Prosperity Fund: prospectus updates for 2025 to 2026. We have also updated the Rural England Prosperity Fund: allocations, and the Rural England Prosperity Fund: allocations methodology documents for 2025 to 2026.

  3. First published.

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