Projects Funded in 2025/2026
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) funding in Moray is supporting a range of projects and initiatives during the 2025/2026 financial year across the UK Government’s three national investment priorities:
- Communities and Place
- Supporting Local Business
- People and Skills
These priorities in turn contribute to Moray’s local objectives, including stimulating inclusive economic growth, enhancing employability, strengthening communities, and building pride in place.
Communities and Place
Approved projects will be led by Moray Council and partners in consultation with communities, and will include regeneration and town centre improvements, community wealth building, tourism strategy development, support for digital inclusion and infrastructure improvements, development of third sector volunteering, and digitisation of Moray’s archive collection.
This theme has been allocated a mix of revenue and capital totalling £ 642,025.29
Local Business
Approved projects will include business support events, support for town centre development, social enterprise development, apprenticeship engagement and development, and a graduate placement scheme. Delivery partners include Moray Chamber of Commerce, DYW Moray, Business Gateway, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and tsiMORAY.
This theme will receive revenue funding totalling £ 240,786.28
People and Skills
The funding will support individuals who are furthest from the labour market to overcome barriers to employment. It will provide youth work, personal development opportunities, and support for education and skills, with a particular focus on vulnerable young people leaving school. The funding will also offer intensive financial assistance to those who are economically inactive, underemployed, or unemployed. In addition, it will support the Moray Pathways SWAP vocational skills programme, tailored to meet local economic needs and contribute to sustainable economic growth.
This theme, will receive revenue funding totalling £ 481,572.58