Pride in Place Impact Fund: prospectus
Published 29 September 2025
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Pride in Place Impact Fund summary
This guidance is relevant to local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales.
For Northern Ireland, corresponding funding will be made available. MHCLG and the Northern Ireland Office will work in partnership with the NI Executive to determine the appropriate delivery approach.
A Welsh language version of this guidance will follow.
Purpose: up to £150 million to invest in communities across the country by March 2027, helping to rebuild community pride in their local area.
Type of Fund: Allocative
Eligibility: Preselected local authorities via a methodology set out on GOV.UK.
Funding available: Up to £1.5 million
Important dates:
| Fund launch: | September 2025 |
| First payments expected to lead local authorities: | from November 2025 |
| Funding period: | September 2025 to March 2027 |
Further information including a more detailed timeline is included in section 7.
About the Pride in Place Impact Fund
1. Introduction
1.1. In the 2025 Spending Review, the Government announced funding for up to 350 places as the cornerstone of our support for communities. This includes 95 places selected for the Pride in Place Impact Fund. The funding will be delivered by local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales and targeted at areas ‘in need’ with the aim of building strong, resilient, prosperous, and inclusive communities. For Northern Ireland, corresponding funding will be made available. MHCLG and the Northern Ireland Office will work in partnership with the NI Executive to determine the appropriate delivery approach
1.2. Whilst the Pride in Place Programme will target transformation over the longer term we recognise that there is also a need for immediate support to ensure other areas are able to deliver visible improvements to high streets and improve places and spaces of community value. The Pride in Place Impact Fund provides that support.
1.3. Working with local stakeholders including MPs, local authorities are best placed to manage investment that will increase pride in these neighbourhoods, which in turn will draw in private investment creating economic growth and opportunity. Upgrades to community facilities and public spaces such as parks, playgrounds and piers will help improve health and well-being, bring people together and strengthen communities.
1.4. The local authorities that will receive Pride in Place Impact Fund funding are set out in Appendix 1.
2. Fund objectives
2.1. The Pride in Place Impact Fund has 3 objectives:
a. Community spaces: creating, extending, improving or refurbishing existing community facilities and enabling community organisations to take control or ownership of underused but valued local assets.
b. Public spaces: enhancing the physical environment in public spaces - examples of initiatives include new or improved green spaces or public squares, improved outdoor play, sports and leisure spaces, installing street furniture, public art or wayfinding.
c. High street and town centre revitalisation: making these areas more attractive and welcoming places where people congregate and which encourage economic activity. Examples of initiatives that could be funded are shop frontage improvements, adaptations that bring premises back into use, streetscape improvements, public art, trails and wayfinding, and creating or improving the infrastructure for regular markets.
2.2. Local authorities should work in collaboration with MPs and other stakeholders to identify the interventions that will deliver the most benefits to local residents and breathe new life into the areas in which they live.
2.3. Local authorities can use the objectives to invest across a range of activities that represent the right responses to local needs and opportunities. There is no requirement to undertake projects under all the objectives, investment may be focused on one objective if that is the right approach.
2.4. To maximise the impact of the Pride in Place Impact Fund and broaden its reach, local authorities are encouraged to explore opportunities to leverage funding and/or seek match funding for initiatives. Where possible, this may help to unlock additional support and accelerate progress on shared priorities for local pride.
2.5. Appendix 2 provides an indicative list of activities that could be supported by the Pride in Place Impact Fund. Local authorities can support other activities that fit with the objectives of the fund.
Delivery of the Pride in Place Impact Fund
3. Eligible local authorities
3.1. See the selection methodology used to allocate funding from the Pride in Place Impact Fund.
3.2. A full list of local authorities that have been allocated funding from the Pride in Place Impact Fund is provided in Appendix 1.
4. The role of local authorities
4.1. Local authorities will act as the accountable body for the Pride in Place Impact Fund, working with local stakeholders to identify and invest in interventions that meet local need. They will receive an area’s allocation to manage, including assessing and approving any onward grant disbursement, processing payments and day-to-day monitoring. Funding will be managed within the finance governance framework adopted by local authorities and the existing local authority accountability and assurance regime, under the oversight of each authority’s chief financial officer, Section 151/Section 95 officer. Local authorities may provide Pride in Place Impact Fund grants to any organisation with legal status[footnote 1] to deliver a project.
4.2. Local authorities should consider the Cabinet Office Grants Standards when delivering the Pride in Place Impact Fund.
4.3. Local authorities may wish to undertake their own evaluations of the Pride in Place Impact Fund in their area. This is not mandatory, and any costs would not be eligible for support from the Pride in Place Impact Fund allocation.
5. Funding for each place
5.1. The allocations each eligible local authority will receive are set out in Appendix 1. The allocation is to be spent over 2025-26 and 2026-27. Funding is broken down equally across the two years, 50% in 2025-26 and 50% in 2026-27.
5.2. The Pride in Place Impact Fund allocation is 100% capital funding.
5.3. The Pride in Place Impact Fund will operate under the financial assistance power in the UK Internal Market Act 2020.
5.4. Funding may be spent anywhere in the local authority area, whilst being mindful of the importance of supporting communities most in need. There is no requirement for local authorities to meet all of the objectives set or spend a specific percentage of funding on any objective. All of the funding may be spent under one objective or a mixture of objectives.
6. Who should be involved in the Pride in Place Impact Fund?
6.1. MPs play an important role in representing the views of, and working for, their constituents. In delivering the Pride in Place Impact Fund, local authorities must engage with local MPs on how the funding is spent.
6.2. Local authorities are also asked to engage with and seek support from a wider range of local stakeholders to identify priorities and deliver the Pride in Place Impact Fund. This will ensure that investment complements other activities in the area and achieves the greatest impact. Local authorities can use an existing group or engagement channel or create a new group or channel if appropriate.
6.3. In Scotland and Wales, members of the Scottish Parliament and Members of the Senedd should also be engaged.
6.4. Local authorities will be asked to report on their stakeholder engagement and the views of local MPs when reporting on fund progress.
7. Reporting, monitoring and performance management
7.1. Local authorities are not required to submit a proposal or plan setting out how they intend to use their Pride in Place Impact Fund allocation for MHCLG approval.
7.2. Pride in Place Impact Fund reporting must be completed online using a MHCLG digital tool.
7.3. In February 2026, local authorities will be asked to submit:
- a progress summary, including stakeholder and MP engagement
- an initial spend forecast for the period September 2025 to March 2026 across the 3 Pride in Place Impact Fund objectives
- an initial spend forecast for the full periods September 2025 to March 2027 across the 3 Pride in Place Impact Fund objectives
| Objective | Sept 2025 – Mar 26 Forecast (£) | Sept 2025 – Mar 27 Forecast (£) |
|---|---|---|
| Community spaces | ||
| Public spaces | ||
| High street and town centre revitalisation |
This will provide a baseline for reporting.
7.4. Local authorities will be asked to provide financial reporting in May 2026, October 2026 and June 2027. These reports will collect actual spend, commitment levels and forecasts under the 3 Pride in Place Impact Fund objectives.
| Objective | Sep 2025-Mar 27 Forecast (£) | Amount Committed (£) | Actual Spend (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community spaces | |||
| Public spaces | |||
| High street and town centre revitalisation |
7.5. As well as financial reporting, local authorities will be asked to provide the following in May 2026, October 2026 and June 2027:
- number of Pride in Place Impact Fund metrics achieved under each objective – see Appendix 3
- a progress update including details of engagement undertaken with stakeholders
7.6. In accordance with section 10.4, if a local authority has committed but not spent the full Pride in Place Impact Fund allocation by March 2027 it will be asked to provide further monitoring information after this date.
7.7. The authority’s Section 151/Section 95 officer (or an appointed deputy) will be required to certify reports to confirm their accuracy.
7.8. Local authorities will provide summary information on each of the local projects supported. This will be provided online on an ongoing basis until June 2027:
- project name
- delivery organisation
- type of organisation
- brief project description
- total budget
- Pride in Place Impact Fund budget
- project postcode
- start date, end date
- main objective
- secondary objective (if appropriate)
7.9. The data local authorities provide will be used for 3 purposes:
- oversight of the progress of the Pride in Place Impact Fund to assure MHCLG, the Accountable Officer, Ministers and Parliament
- to support evaluation
- so MHCLG can inform relevant Ministers and government departments on the delivery and impact of Pride in Place Impact Fund as it relates to relevant policy areas
8. Progress metrics
8.1. Local authorities will be asked to provide data on 6 Pride in Place Impact Fund metrics. The metrics are set out in Appendix 3.
8.2. All of the metrics can be reported under any of the Pride in Place Impact Fund objectives. Local authorities do not need to report on all indicators, only those relevant to the activity undertaken.
8.3. Projects that do not deliver any Pride in Place Impact Fund metrics may be supported if the local authority believes they are value for money, meet local needs and are aligned with the objectives of the fund.
8.4. Local authorities should retain appropriate, proportionate evidence that the metrics have been achieved.
9. Programme changes
9.1. Local authorities can allocate Pride in Place Impact funding in line with local priorities. Financial forecasts are indicative and can be changed as plans are refined and delivery progresses.
9.2. Changes will be captured in the regular reporting set out in section 7. Local authorities do not need approval from MHCLG to make changes to their local programme.
9.3. Local stakeholders including MPs engaged in the development of the local plans for the Pride in Place Impact Fund should be engaged when considering any changes.
10. Payments
10.1. Local authorities will be paid their 2025-2026 Pride in Place Impact Fund allocation following agreement of a Memorandum of Understanding with MHCLG from November 2025.
10.2. The 2026-20227 allocation will be paid in the period April - June 2026, subject to submission of a satisfactory February 2026 return.
10.3. If some of the 2025-2026 allocation remains uncommitted at the end of March 2026, local authorities will be asked to use their end of year monitoring report, due in May 2026 to demonstrate a clear plan for spend of the full 2025-2027 allocation, including steps they have taken to commit funding and mitigations to address the risk of underspend by March 2027.
10.4. Any uncommitted funding as at 31 March 2027 or funding that is committed by that date and then subsequently unspent must be repaid to MHCLG.
11. Eligible costs
11.1. Match funding is not required for Pride in Place Impact Fund projects. Local authorities are encouraged to consider match funding from the private, public and third sectors to maximise the value for money and impact of the Pride in Place Impact Fund. A lack of access to match funding should not be a barrier to receiving funding.
11.2. Local authorities should define capital costs in line with their standard accounting practice. MHCLG will not provide further guidance on the definition of specific costs as capital or revenue.
11.3. The following costs are not eligible for support:
- any costs that are considered to be revenue costs in line with standard local authority accounting practice
- costs associated with activity that took place before September 2025
- paid for lobbying, entertaining, petitioning or challenging decisions, which means using the Fund to lobby (via an external firm or in-house staff) in order to undertake activities intended to influence or attempt to influence Parliament, government or political activity including the receipt of funding; or attempting to influence legislative or regulatory action
- payments for activities of a party political or exclusively religious nature[footnote 2]
- VAT reclaimable from HMRC. Irrecoverable VAT is an eligible cost under the Pride in Place Impact Fund
- gifts, or payments for gifts or donations
- statutory fines, criminal fines or penalties
- payments for works or activities which the lead local authority, project deliverer, end beneficiary, or any member of their partnership has a statutory duty to undertake, or that are fully funded by other sources
- contingencies and contingent liabilities
- dividends
- bad debts, costs resulting from the deferral of payments to creditors, or winding up a company
- expenses in respect of litigation, unfair dismissal or other compensation
- costs incurred by individuals in setting up and contributing towards private pension schemes
11.4. With the exception of the costs listed in 11.3, all other capital costs are considered to be eligible for Pride in Place Impact Fund support, providing they are necessary to deliver activity that is within the scope of objectives. Determination of what is an eligible cost should be decided by the Section 151/Section 95 Officer.
11.5. In line with the government’s commitment to reducing the use of consultancy, local authorities should limit use of procured support and aim to deliver using ‘in house’ resource. Local authorities should also consider how to ensure funding is going into the local economy, by considering how procurement processes are accessible to small and medium-sized local businesses or companies.
11.6. There is no requirement for local authorities to pay project deliverers in arrears. Local authorities can choose to pay funding in advance, to a profile, based on actual expenditure, or a combination of these approaches. Where funding is paid in arrears, local authorities should reimburse project deliverers as quickly as possible.
11.7. Local authorities should consider the cash flow needs of voluntary and community organisations when determining funding profiles.
11.8. Where funding is paid in advance any funding repaid must be accounted for. For example, if an organisation is paid £100,000 in advance to deliver a project, and the local authority receives or expects to recover £10,000 from the organisation, this should be reported as actual spend of £90,000.
12. Fraud Risk Assessment (FRA)
12.1. Local authorities are responsible for managing fraud risk and ensuring the following minimum standards are met:
- following the Grants Functional Standards on Fraud Risk Assessment (FRA)
- undertaking FRAs at an appropriate level to each individual project dependent on risk
- ensuring that Pride in Place Impact Fund expenditure is undertaken in accordance with an effective fraud prevention policy and procedure
13. Due diligence
13.1. Local authorities are responsible for undertaking proportional due diligence on third parties receiving Pride in Place Impact funding and meeting the following minimum standards:
- following Grants Functional Standards on due diligence
- undertaking due diligence at an appropriate level to each individual project dependent on risk
- ensuring that due diligence is undertaken in accordance with effective rules and procedures
14. Branding and publicity
14.1. More details on the specific branding and publicity requirements for the Pride in Place Impact Fund will be published on this page in due course.
15. Subsidy control
15.1. Local authorities must ensure that the Pride in Place Impact Fund is delivered within the requirements of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 and report any relevant subsidies.
15.2. UK subsidy control guidance has been issued for public authorities to help them interpret the UK’s international obligations on subsidy control. The guidance also applies to non-public organisations involved in the delivery of Pride in Place Impact Fund projects, in particular projects that provide grants to businesses.
16. Procurement
16.1. When local authorities procure activities with Pride in Place Impact funding, they must follow:
- the authority’s local grant and contract rules, processes or procedures
- the Procurement Regulations 2024
16.2. Where other contracting authorities procure activities with Pride in Place Impact funding, local authorities must make sure they follow the Procurement Regulations 2024.
16.3. Where non-contracting authorities undertake procurements using Pride in Place Impact funding, local authorities should determine appropriate procurement thresholds and requirements that ensure fraud risk is minimised, and value for money has been obtained.
17. Equalities
17.1. Local authorities and any other public bodies engaged in the delivery of the Pride in Place Impact Fund or in receipt of Pride in Place Impact Fund funding must meet their statutory Public Sector Equality Duty.
18. Data protection
18.1. Local authorities and any other organisations engaged in the delivery of the Pride in Place Impact Fund or in receipt of Pride in Place Impact funding must comply with relevant Data Protection legislation.
19. Contact
19.1 Please contact MHCLG if you have any question regarding the Pride in Place Impact Fund. Email our enquires team at pipifenquiries@communities.gov.uk
Appendix 1: Pride in Place Impact Fund local authority allocations
Pride in Place Impact Fund funding has been allocated to the following local authorities:
England Pride in Place Impact Fund locations
| Local authority | 2025-2026 allocation (£) | 2026-2027 allocation (£) | Total (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashfield | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Barnsley | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Birmingham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Blackpool | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Bolton | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Boston | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Bradford | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Brent | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Burnley | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Coventry | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Croydon | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Derby | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Doncaster | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Enfield | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Fenland | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Gateshead | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Gravesham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Great Yarmouth | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Halton | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Haringey | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Hartlepool | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Hastings | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Hounslow | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Hyndburn | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Ipswich | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Knowsley | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Leicester | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Liverpool | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Luton | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Manchester | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Mansfield | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Medway | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Middlesbrough | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Newham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Nottingham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Oldham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Pendle | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Peterborough | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Portsmouth | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Preston | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Rochdale | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Rotherham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Salford | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Sandwell | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Slough | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| South Tyneside | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Southampton | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| St. Helens | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Sunderland | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Swale | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Tameside | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Thanet | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Thurrock | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Wakefield | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Walsall | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Wigan | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Wolverhampton | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
Scotland Pride in Place Impact Fund locations
| Local authority | 2025-2026 allocation (£) | 2026-2027 allocation (£) | Total (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee City | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| East Ayrshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Falkirk | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Glasgow City | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Inverclyde | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| North Ayrshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| North Lanarkshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
Wales Pride in Place Impact Fund locations
| Local authority | 2025-2026 allocation (£) | 2026-2027 allocation (£) | Total allocation (£) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Bridgend | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Caerphilly | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Cardiff | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Carmarthenshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Ceredigion | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Conwy | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Denbighshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Flintshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Gwynedd | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Isle of Anglesey | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Monmouthshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Newport | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Pembrokeshire | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Powys | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Swansea | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Torfaen | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Wrexham | 750,000 | 750,000 | 1,500,000 |
Appendix 2: Pride in Place Impact Fund: Example activities
This is a list of activities that could be supported by the Pride in Place Impact Fund. Other activities that meet its objectives can also be as determined by the local authority in consultation with its stakeholders.
| Objective | Indicative Activities |
|---|---|
|
Community spaces The focus of this objective is buildings and indoor spaces. |
- providing funding to a community group to take ownership of a disused asset - providing funding to refurbish or improve an asset already in community ownership - funding to refurbish or improve assets owned by public bodies for community activity - funding to create, improve or refurbish maker spaces - funding to create or improve art galleries, theatres, museums, libraries, cultural or heritage sites, sports facilities - creating or expanding on existing community assets to promote community cohesion |
|
Public spaces The focus of this objective is outdoor recreation spaces. |
- creating or improving parks or community gardens, particularly in areas with poor quality parks and gardens - improvements to a canal towpath, riverside walk or other leisure space - creating or refurbishing play areas and sports pitches/courts, installing outdoor gym equipment - providing new or replacing street furniture, repainting of public spaces, creating new shaded areas such as new shelters for bus stops, improved lighting and adaptations to reduce crime and the fear of crime - public art that reflects local culture and history, creating trails and installing new signs to help with wayfinding - creating and refurbishing footpaths, cycle ways and shared use paths - creating or refurbishing a pavilion or bandstand to support cultural, heritage, sporting and creative events - provision of public toilets or improvements to existing facilities, including providing Changing Places toilets |
|
High street and town centre revitalisation The focus of this objective is regenerating high streets and local shopping areas. |
- improving street surfaces, street furniture, repainting of public spaces, creating new shaded areas such as new shelters for bus stops, improved lighting, measures to reduce the fear of crime, cycleways and shared paths - shop front improvement grants - grants to bring disused premises back into commercial use - provision of public toilets or improvements to existing facilities, including providing Changing Places toilets - providing infrastructure that supports street markets |
Appendix 3: Pride in Place Impact Fund: Progress metrics
Local authorities are required to report against a limited number of progress metrics. There is no requirement to report against all metrics, only those relevant to the activities undertaken. Metrics will be reported using MHCLG’s online digital tool, which will be made available to local authorities later this year.
All of the metrics can be reported under any of the objectives.
A reported metric must be a result of Pride in Place Impact Fund activity.
If projects are funded partly from other sources report 100% of the metric. For example, a project funded 75% Pride in Place Impact Fund and 25% other funds, project improves a community building and 100 square metres of space, report 1 building under PiPIF1 and 100 square meters under PiPIF3
In 6 monthly reporting local authorities will provide a forecast of the progress metrics they expect to achieve and the total achieved.
| 25-27 Forecast | Total Achieved | |
|---|---|---|
| Community spaces | ||
| List of metrics | ||
| Public spaces | ||
| List of metrics | ||
| High street and town centre revitalisation | ||
| List of metrics |
Pride in Place Impact Fund: Metrics
| Code | Metric | Unit of Measurement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| PiPIF1 | Number of facilities and premises created or improved | Number of facilities or premises | This metric covers any and all facilities and premises that can be supported by the Pride in Place Impact Fund. It includes public parks and outdoor spaces, improved commercial and community buildings, sports facilities and heritage and cultural venues. The amount of space created or improved should be counted under the relevant metrics e.g. if a project improves a community centre report that as one under this metric and report the amount of space improved under PiPIF3. Outdoor spaces and buildings used together e.g. a sports pitch and a club house should be counted as one under this metric. Improvement means adding, renovating or repairing facilities with the aim of creating a better space. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities. |
| PiPIF2 | Amount of commercial space created or improved | Square metres (M2) | The amount of new commercial floorspace completed or improved. Commercial space includes, but is not limited to: retail, hospitality, office and industrial space. Improvement means adding, renovating or repairing facilities with the aim of creating a better space. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities. Commercial space that is ancillary to the main use of the premises can also be counted, for example a café area in a community centre or sports club, but should not be reported under PiPIF5. |
| PiPIF 3 | Amount of community, culture, sports, or heritage space created or improved | Square metres (M2) | This metric should be used to report the space created or improved in buildings reported under PiPIF1, commercial space should be reported under PiPIF 2. Structures that might not normally be considered buildings e.g. band stands or covered seating areas in parks may also be counted under this metric. Improvement means adding, renovating or repairing facilities with the aim of creating a better space. It does not include maintenance of existing facilities. |
| PiPIF4 | Amount of green or blue space created or improved | Square metres (M2) | Green or blue space means any vegetated land, or water including public gardens, playing fields, children’s play areas, woods and other natural areas, grassed areas, cemeteries, allotments, as well as green corridors like paths. It does not include paved spaces between or around buildings; for this, see PiPIF5. Improved means adding, renovating or repairing facilities and landscaping. It does not include maintenance of existing greenspace, such as grass cutting, pruning, and cleaning. |
| PiPIF5 | Amount of public realm created or improved | Square metres (M2) | Public realm means the spaces between and around buildings that are publicly accessible, including squares, courtyards and streets. Improved means adding, renovating or repairing features with the aim of creating better public space an excludes routine cleaning and maintenance. This metric should not be used for parks and green/blue space, which should be reported under PiPIF4. |
| PiPIF6 | Number of green retrofits to non-residential buildings and or facilities. | Number of buildings | The installation of measures designed to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and facilities. This can include, but is not limited to, improved insulation or glazing, installing more efficient heating systems, the installation of solar, wind or hydro electricity generation and the installation of alternative fuel charging points for vehicles. Only report improvements to existing buildings or facilities, installation of green technologies to new buildings and facilities should not be reported under this metric. Count each building or facility once regardless of the number of technologies installed. |
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This may include local authorities, including through in-house delivery, public sector organisations, higher and further education institutions, private sector companies, voluntary organisations and registered charities. ↩
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Religious organisations can receive Pride in Place Impact Fund funding to deliver community projects that are aligned with the fund’s objectives e.g. refurbishing a building owned by a religious organisation to provide community activities. ↩