Guidance

Pride in Place Programme : Phase 2 Plan form questions

Updated 17 September 2026

This page includes all of the questions that are asked in the Pride in Place: Phase 2 Plan submission form on Access Grant Funding.

Questions are grouped into a number of sections:

• Place details
• Community engagement
• 10-year vision
• 4-year investment plan - interventions
• Payment profile and spend
• Projects
• Management costs
• Management of funds and compliance
• Support needs and priorities
• Declarations

You can choose to complete sections in any order. You are able to save your application as you go along and return to complete it at a later date.

At the end of each section of the form you will be asked to check your answers to the questions in that section and given opportunities to change them, if required. Pride in Place Plan submissions must be made via the Access Grant Funding online form.

Place details 

Which place are you submitting on behalf of?  

• (select place from list) 
• (select local authority from list) 
• select country (England/Scotland/Wales) 

Community engagement 

How many people did you consult? (number) 

• Give an approximate total number of people reached through all forms of consultation.  
• Use the community engagement section of your 10-year vision to identify the community and stakeholder groups you engaged with. 

Tell us about the variety of consultation methods you used in developing your Pride in Place Plan  (Narrative answer required - maximum 250 words) 

• This might include engagement methods outlined in the Pride in Place (PiP) Programme Community Engagement Toolkit (as issued in July 2026), and methods bespoke to your neighbourhood and community. 
• Which consultation methods did you use? 

Which consultation and engagement approaches did you use? 

• For each category you select, you will be asked to choose more options. Only select ‘Other’ if none of the listed methods apply.

Select all that apply: 

• early outreach 
• surveys and feedback gathering 
• workshops and vision-setting 
• prioritisation and decision-making 
• work with young people and schools 
• online engagement 
• reaching seldom-heard groups - whose views are less often included in local decision-making or community engagement 
• other 

Depending on approach(s) places select, places will then be asked to select the specific engagement methods used relating to the approach(s) chosen.

[If ‘Early outreach’] Which early outreach methods did you use?  

Select all that apply: 

• community drop-in sessions 
• community hub, library or leisure centre engagement 
• pop-up engagement at local events 
• street or town-centre engagement 
• community mapping activities - local assets and issues 
• MP engagement sessions 
• postcards from the future activity – sharing ideas for your place’s future 
• priority buckets or token voting exercises - using tokens or votes to prioritise ideas 

[If ‘Surveys and feedback gathering’] Which surveys and feedback gathering methods did you use? 

Select all that apply: 

• online survey 
• paper survey 
• polling exercise 
• interviews with residents 
• feedback and ‘you said, we did’ activities 

[If ‘Workshops and vision-setting’] Which workshops and vision-setting methods did you use? 

Select all that apply: 

• community workshops 
• vision-setting workshops 
• co-design workshops 
• stakeholder workshops 
• asset-based discussions and mapping 
• small group facilitated discussions 
• World Café discussions - a structured approach for engaging large groups in dialogue 

[If ‘Prioritisation and decision-making’] Which prioritisation and decision-making methods did you use?  

Select all that apply: 

• prioritisation exercises, for example dot voting and traffic-light voting 
• trade-off discussions 
• scenario testing 
• principle-setting exercises 
• reconvened workshops, where the same participants attended more than 1 session 
• participatory budgeting exercises 
• deliberative workshops - structured discussions on options and trade-offs 
• Citizens’ Jury and/or Citizens’ Assembly - participants making recommendations on priorities 

[If ‘Work with young people and schools’] How did you work with young people and schools?  

Select all that apply: 

• youth engagement sessions 
• youth panel engagement 
• school-based engagement 
• children’s advisory group activities 

[If ‘Online engagement’] Which online engagement methods did you use? 

Select all that apply: 

• discussion forums or communities 
• workshops or video conferencing 
• social media engagement 
• polls or voting 

[If ‘Reaching seldom-heard groups - whose views are less often included in local decision-making or community engagement’] How did you reach seldom-heard groups?  

Select all that apply: 

• engagement through voluntary, community, faith or social enterprise organisations 
• engagement through community champions or ambassadors 
• targeted engagement with seldom-heard groups 
• door-to-door engagement 
• postal invitations or leaflets 

[If ‘Other’] What other engagement methods did you use? (Narrative answer required - maximum 250 words)  

The next set of questions are about MPs

Has the MP for your place been consulted on this plan and reviewed it before submission? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘Yes’] Who is the MP for your place?  (Narrative answer required – no maximum word limit) 

[If ‘No’] Why was your MP not consulted on or asked to review this plan? (Narrative answer required – no maximum word limit) 

10-year vision 

Upload your 10-year vision  

• Your 10-year vision must include the section headings and content as set out in the 10-year vision content checklist  
• File type must be PDF (.pdf), and smaller than 100MB 

Would you like to upload any supporting documents? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘Yes’] Upload supporting documents   

• You can upload supporting documents, but you must include or clearly reference all essential information in your 10-year vision and 4-year investment plan responses. 
• Use a file name that describes the document’s purpose.  
• Applicants can upload CSV (.csv), image (.jpeg, .jpg, .png), Microsoft Excel (.xlsx), Microsoft Word (.docx, .doc), PDF (.pdf), and text (.json, .odt, .rtf, .txt) files 
• Each file must be no larger than 30MB 

4-year investment plan - interventions 

Which categories of indicative interventions do you plan to fund? 

Select all that apply: 

• cohesion 
• community power 
• education and opportunity 
• health and wellbeing 
• housing 
• regeneration, high streets and heritage 
• safety and security 
• transport 
• work, productivity and skills 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

Depending on what was selected, places will then be asked to select the interventions they plan to fund in the first investment period relating to the categories chosen. An option will be provided if places do not know which pre-approved interventions they plan to fund yet.

[If ‘Cohesion’] Which interventions relating to ‘cohesion’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period?  

Select all that apply: 

• co-creating cohesion action plans by local authorities, agencies and partners, including the voluntary and community sector, businesses and communities 
• projects that bring people together from different groups, including different faiths 
• projects that celebrate and explore different cultures and lives, such as neighbourhood festivals and cultural exchange opportunities 
• projects that build relationships within and between communities 
• supporting or establishing community groups with the goal of bringing people together 
• projects that build capacity, capability and awareness in communities 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Community power’] Which interventions relating to ‘community power’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period? 

Select all that apply: 

• delivering engagement, participation and involvement activity to give communities a role in decision-making 
• giving communities a role in the design and delivery of local services 
• enabling community wealth building 
• support for growing the local social economy, including community businesses, co-operatives and social enterprises 
• funding for impactful volunteering and social action projects to develop social and human capital in local place 
• investment in capacity building and infrastructure support for local civil society, youth and community groups 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Education and opportunity’] Which interventions relating to ‘education and opportunity’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period?  

Select all that apply: 

• funding to help families with the cost of childcare where it may alleviate cost of living pressures, or support employment 
• school-based programmes to support young people’s development 
• support for community-based learning and development 
• support for families and young children 
• support to both reduce levels of child poverty and to prevent the negative impacts of child poverty on children and families 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Health and wellbeing’] Which interventions relating to ‘health and wellbeing’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period? 

Select all that apply: 

• funding for local sport and activity facilities, events, teams and leagues, to foster community engagement and connection 
• funding to support preventative public health initiatives and campaigns 
• integration and co-location of health and wellbeing services 
• provide drug and alcohol support for people with experience of homelessness and rough sleeping 
• supporting community-level health provision 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Housing’] Which interventions relating to ‘housing’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period?  

Select all that apply: 

• establish land trusts for the purpose of creating community-led housing to meet local needs 
• modernisation of social housing 
• provide healthy and climate-resilient homes support locally 
• provide safe and supportive environments for people with experience of homelessness and rough sleeping 
• support local community initiatives that support people in bringing down their energy bills and improve the energy efficiency of their homes 
• support wider neighbourhood renewal by improving the attractiveness and liveability of homes and their surroundings 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Regeneration, high streets and heritage’] Which interventions relating to ‘ regeneration, high streets and heritage’’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period?  

Select all that apply: 

• creating and improving green spaces, community gardens, watercourses and embankments in the local area, along with incorporating natural features into wider public spaces 
• enhanced support for arts, cultural, heritage and creative activities, projects, facilities and historic institutions that make up the local cultural heritage offer 
• funding for improvements to town centres, neighbourhoods and high streets, including capital spend and running costs 
• funding for local arts, cultural, heritage and creative initiatives 
• funding for new community and neighbourhood infrastructure projects, or for improvements to existing ones, including facilities that house public sector services or enhance community resilience to natural hazards such as flooding 
• investment and support for digital infrastructure for local community facilities 
• support for non-domestic energy efficiency measures and decarbonisation in local businesses, high streets and community infrastructure 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Safety and security’] Which interventions relating to ‘safety and security’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period?  

Select all that apply: 

• co-location of crime reduction services 
• design and oversight of the built and landscaped environment to ‘design out’ crime and encourage positive behaviour 
• improved town centre management 
• initiatives to reduce burglary 
• interventions to tackle anti-social behaviour, crime and minimise reoffending 
• policing interventions to target crime prevention in specific locations, in particular town centres 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Transport’] Which interventions relating to ‘transport’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period?  

Select all that apply: 

• funding improvements to local bus services 
• funding for new, or improvements to, local road networks to improve access within and to the town 
• funding to improve rail connectivity and access 
• reducing vehicle emissions 
• support for active travel improvements in the local area 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

[If ‘Work, productivity and skills’] Which interventions relating to ‘ work, productivity and skills’ do you plan to fund in the first investment period?  

Select all that apply: 

• developing and expanding existing local business support and networks for small businesses and social enterprises 
• funding to support the development, improvement and promotion of the visitor economy, such as local attractions, historical trails, cultural tours, campaigns and other related tourism products 
• skills provision tailored to local opportunities and skills gaps, such as those identified in an area’s Local Skills Improvement Plan (England only) 
• support to improve awareness of, and access to, local provision that moves people closer to and into sustained employment support, in line with an area’s Get Britain Working Plan (England and Wales only) 
• not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage 

Tell us about your planned interventions (Narrative answer required - maximum 250 words) 

• Tell us why you have chosen to fund these interventions as a priority in the first (4-year) investment period? 
• If you selected indicative interventions, tell us why you selected them as a priority in the first (4-year) investment period. 
• If you selected ‘Not sure which indicative interventions we plan to fund at this stage’, enter ‘Not applicable’. 

Does your Neighbourhood Board wish to deliver off-menu interventions? 

• Boards can also use funding for ‘off-menu’ projects and interventions that are not included in the list of indicative interventions. 
• If you identify an off-menu activity, contact your PiP Delivery Manager before completing this section so it can be categorised appropriately. 

[If ‘Yes’] For each proposed off-menu intervention you must provide: 

• a brief description of proposed intervention and related spend 
• the estimated cost (£) 
• why the proposed intervention cannot be delivered through those set out in the indicative intervention list 
• how the proposed intervention will support delivery of one or more of the strategic objectives for the PiP Programme 
• how the proposed intervention will be value for money and the outcomes and outputs that you aim to deliver through the investment 
• how you have consulted with relevant bodies, where relevant, when developing this proposal and the outcome of these discussions 

Payment profile and spend  

In this section, the form will ask places to provide their spend profile for every year throughout the duration of the programme. This includes actual spend and an indicative spend forecast for:

• Programme delivery funding (capital) from 2026/27 to 2035/36
• Programme delivery funding (revenue) from 2025/26 to 2035/36
• any interventions in 2025 to 2026 and across 4 years in the first investment period – 2026/27 to 2029/30, for all categories:
  • cohesion
  • community power
  • education and opportunity
  • health and wellbeing
  • housing
  • regeneration, high streets and heritage
  • safety and security
  • transport
  • work, productivity and skills
• any off-menu interventions in the first investment period (across 4 years in the first investment period – 2026/27 to 2029/30)
• any management costs in 2025 to 2026 and across 4 years in the first investment period – 2026/27 to 2029/30
• unknown uses of funding in the first investment period (across 4 years in the first investment period – 2026/27 to 2029/30)

The profile you provide should be consistent with your PiP Plan, and may differ from the funding profile in the programme delivery guidance. You can profile funding into later years of the programme based on when you expect it to be spent. You cannot bring funding forward into earlier years.

We will also ask about how places have developed their indicative spend forecast and why it is important for spend to occur in these years. Response limited to 250 words.

See the Excel workbook Phase 2 PiP Plan Indicative Spend Profile template.xlsx which is an optional tool to help places create an offline version of your indicative financial forecasts which you can then use to populate this section of the form.

Projects 

Can you provide details of any projects with start dates from April 2027 that you have identified for funding? (Yes/No) 

• We would like to understand any longer-term projects you plan to fund through Pride in Place. These should be in addition to any projects included in your October 2026 monitoring return. 
• You do not need to identify specific projects as part of your plan. You can provide this information after your vision has been approved. 

Can you provide details of any projects with start dates from April 2027 that you have identified for funding? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘Yes’] Describe your project, including information about: 

• project name (maximum 20 words) 
• project’s target group (select from list below) 
  • whole community 
  • children and young people 
  • local businesses 
  • older residents 
  • ethnic minority communities 
  • disabled residents 
  • voluntary, community and social enterprises 
• brief description of project (maximum 100 words) 
• number of people that will benefit from the project (number)
  if you do not know the exact number, provide an estimate 
• primary and secondary intervention (select from list of below) 
  • cohesion 
  • community power 
  • education and opportunity 
  • health and wellbeing 
  • housing 
  • regeneration, high streets and heritage 
  • safety and security 
  • transport 
  • work, productivity and skills 
  • no secondary intervention 
• type of delivery organisation (select from list of below) 
  • private sector  
  • voluntary, community and social enterprise  
  • local authority  
  • Neighbourhood Board  
  • housing association  
  • public sector  
  • statutory agency  
  • other 
• name of delivery organisation  
• total capital spend (£) 
• total revenue spend (£) 
• amount of PiP capital funding to be spent on the project (£) 
• amount of PiP revenue funding to be spent on the project (£) 
• other sources of project funding (select from list of below) 
  • local authority 
  • business investment 
  • devolved administration 
  • UK government funding 
  • other grant funding 
  • philanthropy 
  • other 
• project status (select from list of below) 
  • in pipeline 
  • selected by Neighbourhood Board  
  • funding committed 
• expected start and end date (DD/MM/YYYY) 

[If ‘No’] Tell us why you have not identified any projects yet (Narrative answer required -maximum 250 words) 

Management costs 

Enter the percentage of total PiP funding allocated to management costs during 2025 to 2026 and the first 4-year investment period (financial years 2026/27 to 2029/30) 

How did you keep management costs proportionate? (Narrative answer required - maximum 250 words) 

• Explain how you limited management costs to the minimum required to support effective programme delivery, and how the board worked with the accountable body to agree this

Management of funds and compliance  

Have you considered environmental impacts when designing your PiP Plan? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘No’] Tell us why you have not considered environmental impacts when designing your PiP Plan 

Has the accountable body made appropriate arrangements to consider their environmental duty when implementing the PiP Plan? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘No’] Tell us when environmental duty arrangements will be put in place (Narrative answer required - maximum 100 words) 

Has the accountable body made appropriate arrangements to ensure that any funds awarded through the programme are done in compliance with the appropriate public contract regulations? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘No’] Tell us when arrangements will be put in place to ensure funds awarded are done in compliance with appropriate public contract regulations 

Do you have a programme risk register with appropriate arrangements in place to manage risks identified? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘No’] Tell us when a programme risk register will be put in place 

Do you have a fraud risk assessment for this programme with appropriate arrangements in place to manage risks identified? 

[If ‘No’] Tell us when a fraud risk assessment will be put in place 

Has the accountable body made appropriate arrangements to consider their public sector equality duty when implementing the PiP Plan? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘No’] Tell us when arrangements to consider the public sector equality duty will be put in place 

Has the accountable body made appropriate arrangements to ensure that the requirements of the Subsidy Control Act will be followed when administering the funding? (Yes/No) 

[If ‘No’] Tell us when arrangements will be put in place to ensure that the requirements of the Subsidy Control Act will be followed 

Support needs and priorities 

Tell us what support your Neighbourhood Board needs in the next 12 months of delivery. We will use this information to shape the potential future support from the department  

• What support would help your neighbourhood board most during this time? For example, central or specialised training, guidance or set-up support (Narrative answer required - maximum 250 words) 
• What are your top 3 priorities for support during this time? List in order of importance (Maximum 100 words)  

Declarations 

Places will be asked to confirm that they have read and agree with the declarations set out below. The declaration text differs depending on the country that the place is based in.

England or Wales  

• You must confirm that: 
  • the Neighbourhood Board has reviewed and approved your PiP Plan prior to submission 
  • the Section 151 Officer from the local authority acting as accountable body, or an individual with responsibility for finance where an alternative governance arrangement is in place, has reviewed and approved your PiP Plan 
  • the accountable body has made appropriate arrangements to ensure that the programme is delivered in line with Best Value standards and Managing Public Money (regularity, propriety, value for money and feasibility) 
  • the programme will be managed in line with the Nolan Principles 
  • you have considered the public sector equality duty when designing your PiP Plan 

Scotland  

• You must confirm that: 
  • the Neighbourhood Board has reviewed and approved your PiP Plan prior to submission 
  • the Section 95 Officer from the local authority acting as accountable body, or an individual with responsibility for finance where an alternative governance arrangement is in place, has reviewed and approved your PiP Plan 
  • the accountable body has made appropriate arrangements to ensure that the programme is delivered in line with Best Value standards and Managing Public Money (regularity, propriety, value for money and feasibility) 
  • the programme will be managed in line with the Nolan Principles 
  • you have considered the public sector equality duty when designing your PiP Plan