See Also
East Kent
Partnership
European Objective 2 funding for
the South East website
How the Objective 2 money
has been spent? (pdf, 39.5kb)
Regeneration Funding
Thanet Horizons -
Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) Round Six - 2001/2 -
2006/7. (pdf , 381kb) final bid
document.
European Regional Development Fund - South East
Region Objective 2 Single Programme Document - 2000-2006 can be
accessed via the GOSE
website.
Anti-Poverty Strategy
Anti-Poverty Executive
Summary (pdf, 83kb).
Renewal Area - Cliftonville West
Contact Us
Regeneration
Tel: 01843 577023
e-mail: Regeneration.
Development
@thanet.gov.uk
Regeneration
Regeneration work in Thanet includes improving buildings and public
spaces in our towns, development of business parks and working with
community groups to help bring their ideas to fruition to improve
the area. The emphasis in regeneration is on working in
partnership with a wide range of organizations, so that together we
can make Thanet a quality place to live, an attractive location for
investment and an enjoyable area to visit.
European & UK Government funding for Thanet
Thanet's regeneration programme is funded from a variety of
sources. All European and UK Government grants must be match funded
by at least 50 percent from other sources. This can be the private,
public or voluntary sector and can include direct financial
allocations or assistance in kind, such as time involved in
managing projects.
Funding from Europe
Objective 2 - First Programme - 1994-1996
Thanet received £11 million from the European Union's European
Regional Development and European Social Funds.
Objective 2 - Second Programme - 1997 - 1999
Thanet received an additional £14 million from the European
Union's European Regional Development and European Social Funds.
(Exact amounts are dependent on prevailing exchange rates.)
Objective 2 - Third Programme - 2001 - 2006
Final documentation will be issued in November 2000 providing
£10 million to Thanet within a SE Region programme that will cover
Hastings, Sandwich and Thanet. A further £5 million will be made
available between 2001 and 2004 for a transitional Thanet programme
in the wards that will no longer be covered.
Interreg 2 - 1995 - 1999
£1.85 million from Europe to develop partnerships between Thanet
and the Nord Pas de Calais (including Dunkerque). Projects will
assist the areas in overcoming their relative isolation within
their national economies, whilst promoting the creation and
development of international networks of co-operation and can
include both tourism and business development issues.
Pesca £200,000 has been approved to assist people previously in
the fishing industry to diversify to address the requirement to
meet new European fishing quotas.
Small and Medium Enterprises
European Social Fund programme of around £240,000 to assist
indigineous business to expand, remain competitive and undertake
training. The programme will be delivered by Business Link
Kent.
Funding from the UK Government
Single Regeneration Budget - Round One - 1995/6-2000/1
Thanet received £9 million from the UK Government's Single
Regeneration Budget.
Single Regeneration Budget - Round Three - 1997/8-2003/4
Thanet received an additional £5.69 million from the UK
Government's Challenge Fund.
Single Regeneration Budget - Round Four - 1998/9-2001/2
Thanet received an additional £758,000 in the Fourth Round of
the UK Government's SRB Challenge Fund.
Single Regeneration Budget - Round Five - 1999/00 - 2003/4
Thanet received £2.24 million to be focused on Community
Economic Development.
Single Regeneration Budget - Round Six - 2000/1 - 20006/7
In August 2000, it was announced that Thanet would receive £10
million to provide resources to match-fund the Objective 2, Third
Programme.