Guidance

Rural England Prosperity Fund: prospectus

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 3 September 2022
• Last updated: 27 March 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Rural England Prosperity Fund: prospectus

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Rural England Prosperity Fund: prospectus updates for 2025 to 2026

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Rural England Prosperity Fund: allocations

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Rural England Prosperity Fund: methodology

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Rural England Prosperity Fund: interventions, objectives, outputs and outcomes list for 2023 to 2025 (delivery)

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Rural England Prosperity Fund: interventions, objectives, outputs and outcomes summary for 2023 to 2025 (delivery)

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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
• how the Fund is calculated (methodology)
• investment priorities: interventions, objectives, outputs and outcomes - available as a list or summary document (we will provide an updated list in April 2025)

The Rural England Prosperity Fund is referred to as the ‘Rural Fund’ throughout this guidance.

Published 3 September 2022

Last updated 27 March 2025 + show all updates

1. 27 March 2025

   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.

2. 3 September 2022

   First published.