Since my election, I have been on a non-stop fundraising campaign to secure investment for our city. Three years on, I am delighted that we have now raised more than £2 billion to deliver on key local priorities.
Below, you will find a comprehensive selection of funds that have been secured for our community. While some funds cannot be published due to commercial sensitivity, I will endeavour to keep updating this webpage as often as I can and include any relevant links so that you can find more information.
TOTAL: £2.3 billion
April 2024:
- Welfare Reform Additional New Burdens: £130,734
- Discretionary Housing Payments: £539,869
- Childcare Expansion Capital Grant: £333,386
- Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Trading Standards Costs: £29,479
- Rough sleeping funding: £47,336.00
- Rough sleeping winter pressures: £35,356
March 2024:
- Food Waste Collection Funding (2023 to 2024): £1,805,280
February 2024:
- Adult Personal Social Services Specific Revenue Funding
- Local Reform and Community Voices Grant: £197,247
- War Pensions Disregard Grant: £29,037
- Early years financial incentives pilot: £240,035
- Public health ring-fenced (2024 to 2025): 22,990,834
- Local Government Finance Settlement 2024 to 2025: £321.2 million (core spending power)
- Settlement Funding Assessment: £113.9 million
- Compensation for under-indexing the business rates multiplier: £16.9:
- Improved Better Care Fund: £14.8 million
- Social Care Grant: £32.3 million
- ASC Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund: £6.0 million
- ASC Discharge Fund Services Grant: £3.4 million
- Services Grant: £0.6 million
January 2024:
- Rough Sleeping Initiative (2022 to 2025): £1,439,588
- Homes for Ukraine Local Authority Funding (July to September 2023): £58,650
Investment 2024
December 2023:
- Accelerating Reform Fund (ARF): £172,059
- Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative funding: £33,371.40
- Market Sustainability and Fair Cost of Care Fund: £929,122
- Dedicated Schools Grant: £350,225,817
- Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme:
- St Jude's Church: £576.55
- Church of St Michael and All Angels: £379.23
- Community Ownership Fund:
- Wolverhampton Grand Theatre: £2,050,000.00
- Strengthening Multi-Agency Leadership for reform: Supporting the Implementation of Working Together and the Children’s Social Care National Framework: £47,300
- Implementation of Supported Accommodation Reforms: £86,348.00
November 2023:
- Local stop smoking services and support: £322,613
- Additional drug and alcohol treatment funding (2024 to 2025):
- Drug strategy allocation: £2,297,985
- Inpatient detoxification allocation: £54,838
October 2023:
- Know Your Neighbourhood (Wolverhampton Arts and Culture): £94,000
- Homes for Ukraine Local Authority Funding Allocations (April to June 2023): £103,600
- Wraparound Childcare Programme: £1,319,730.01
In October 2023, it was announced that the West Midlands Police had been allocated £999,238.53 through Round Five of the Safer Streets Fund to tackle neighbourhood crime, violence against women and girls (VAWG) and anti-social behaviour (ASB).
August 2023:
- Services Grant (2023 to 2024): £3,222,373
September:
July 2023:
- Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund 2023 to 2024: £2,093,393
- Local Audit Grant (City of Wolverhampton Council): £70,975.34
- Homes for Ukraine local authority funding allocations December 2022 to March 2023: £96,575.00
In July 2023, it was announced that Wolverhampton had been selected to test initial set of transformational programmes within children’s social care, supporting families through early help.
June 2023:
In June 2023, it was announced that the West Midlands (including Wolverhampton) is a beneficiary of the Individual Placement and Support in Primary Care (IPSPC) programme, a cost of £27.9 million.
May 2023:
- National Tutoring Programme: £1,320,202.50
- Condition Improvement Fund:
- St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School
- Wolverhampton Girls' High School
- Multi-Sport Grassroots Facilities Programme:
- Chris Jewkes Fitness Health Club: £1,451
- Clargate Park: £337
April 2023:
- Mainstream Schools Additional Grant: £2,480,254
- Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of delivering Welfare Reform changes in the financial year ending March 2024: £113,126.03
- National Tutoring Programme (2022 - 2023): £1,301,392.50
March 2023:
- Rough Sleeping Funding: £23,153.00
- Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of action required to improve the quality of supported housing and temporary accommodation management information: £22,512
- Accommodation for Ex-Offenders scheme (AFEO): £327,400
- Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust): £31,391,126
- Museum Estate and Development Fund (Wightwick Manor near Wolverhampton): £658,260
- Homes for Ukraine local authority funding allocations September to November 2022: 430,850.00
- Public health ring-fenced grant 2023 to 2024: £22,462,940
- Client level data and Short and Long Term data collections dual-run grant allocation 2023 to 2024: £18,831
- Know Your Neighbourhood Fund:
- Wolverhampton Voluntary and Community Action: £20,00
- Access to Business: £20,000
- Wildside Activity Centre: £11,285
- Supporting Families Programme 2023-24: £1,640,733
- Adult social care charging reform: £38,500
- Afghanistan Resettlement Grant (2022-23): £43,757.50
- dual running of the adult social care client level data (CLD) collection and Short and Long Term (SALT) return: £18,980
In March, it was announced that Tettenhall Wood School will become an academy, while The King's Church of England School will become a sponsored academy within the Three Spires Trust.
February 2023:
- Discretionary Housing Payment (Top-up Limit): £539,869
- Household Support Fund: £5,263,754
- Better Health: Rewards app pilot: £3 million
- Local Reform and Community Voices grant 2022 to 2023: £197,247
- War Pensions Disregard grant 2022 to 2023: £30,013
- Housing Benefit administration subsidy arrangements: £958,596
- Client-Level Data Flows Support grant 2022 to 2023: £19,099
- Additional Drug strategy allocation (2023 to 24): £1,190,761
- Inpatient detoxification allocation (2023 to 24): £54,838
- Start for Life Funding (2022 to 2023): £417,182
- Drugs Strategy Funding (2022 to 2023): £781,439
- Start for Life Funding (2023 to 2024): £739,981
- Drugs Strategy Funding (2023 to 2023): £1,245,599
- Public Health Grant (2024 to 2025): £22,758,935
- Start for Life Funding (2024 to 2025): £718,457
- Drugs Strategy Funding (2024 to 2025): £2,352,823
- Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme Phase 3 (Royal Wolverhampton): £32,948,518
- Public health ringfenced grant 2022 to 2023: £21,753,407
- Local Government Finance Settlement: £296.5 million
- Adult Social Care Discharge Fund: £2,069,492
- Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund Grant Determination 2023 to 2024: £3,223,251
- Social Care Grant: £24,739,648
- Improved Better Care Fund (2023-24): £14,761,161
Air Quality Grants: The West Midlands Combined Authority was allocated £918,531 to improve air quality in local communities to benefit schools, businesses and residential areas and reduce the impact of air pollution on public health, in partnership with councils for Birmingham City, Coventry City, Dudley Metropolitan Borough, Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, Solihull Metropolitan Borough, Walsall Metropolitan Borough, and the City of Wolverhampton.
Investment – 2023
December 2022:
- Council Tax Support Fund: £660,529
- Dedicated Schools Grant: £325 million
- Homelessness Prevention Grant (2024/25): £1,007,285
- Homelessness Prevention Grant (2023/24): £956,955
- Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2023: £1,932,350
- Local Authority Domestic Abuse Duty (2023/24): £665,760
- Local Authority Domestic Abuse Duty (2024/25): £678,321
- Formula-Based Teaching Capital: £50,000
- Capital Funding Grant (University of Wolverhampton): £5,800,000
- Additional Further Education Capital Funding: £280,135.00
- Additional School Capital Funding Allocations: £2,353,704
- Homelessness Prevention Grant - Winter 2022 Exceptional Top Up Allocation (2022-23): £142,960
November 2022:
- Winter Fuel Payment 2021 to 2022: £39,729
- Winter Fuel Payment 2020 to 2021: £39,753
- Household Support Fund: £2,631,877.25
- Homes for Ukraine local authority funding: £390,600
- Supported Housing Improvement Programme: £555,250
- Adult Social Care Discharge Fund: £1,147,064
- Arts Council Investment Programme (Newhampton Arts Centre): £251,145
- Arts Council Investment Programme (Arena Theatre): £112,094
- Arts Council Investment Programme (City Council): £270,842
October 2022:
- Council Tax Rebate Scheme: £15,976,800
August 2022:
- Mid-Year Discretionary Housing Payments: £1,349,673
- Additional New Burdens (Welfare Reform changes): £121,023
July 2022:
- Safer Streets Fund (Wolverhampton Council): £365,667.00
- Faith New Deal Fund (Interfaith Wolverhampton): £94,020
- Homes for Ukraine Local Authority Funding Allocations: £357,000
Wolverhampton has been listed as one of the neighbourhoods to have access to the £9 million Levelling Up Parks Fund.
June 2022:
- Adult social care charging reform: £98,172
- Trailblazer support funding: £435,160
- Payment for the Verify Earnings and Pension service for the financial year ending March 2023: £30,815.51
- Housing Benefit administration subsidy additional £20.175 million funding for English, Scottish and Welsh local authorities: £97,170
- Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of implementing the changes to the Housing Benefit: £2066.00
- Additional New Burdens funding to meet the costs of delivering Welfare Reform changes: £129,395
- Futher Education Capital Transformation Fund (City Learning Quarter): £20 million
- The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act grant: £9,330
In June, the City of Wolverhampton Council also received new burdens funding for the enforcement of legislation relating to allergen labelling changes for prepacked for direct sale food.
May 2022:
- Local Council Tax Support Administration Subsidy Grant: £431,043
- VCSE Suicide Prevention Grant Fund (African Caribbean Community Initiative): £164,087
- Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative (FYE March 2023): £36,929.19
- Condition Improvement Fund (Palmers Cross Primary School)
April 2022:
- Household Support Fund: £2,631,877.25
- School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering Grant: £29,640
- Discretionary Housing Payment (Top Up Limit): £1,322,268
- Additional New Burdens (Single Housing Benefit Extra management information): £9,102.00
- Additional New Burdens (Incapacity Benefit): £2,288.00
- Housing Benefit Administration Subsidy: £995,208
- The Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Act grant: £4,829
- Additional Drug Strategy Allocation (including Project ADDER and accelerator): £726,601
- Inpatient Detoxification Allocation: £54,838
- UK Shared Prosperity Fund: £7,831,883
- Windrush Community Fund Phase 2 (Refugee and Migrant Centre): £22,825.50
- Windrush Community Fund Phase 2 (University of Wolverhampton): £24,829
- School-Led Tutoring Grant (2021 - 2022): £1,495,666.88
March 2022:
- Workforce and Retention Fund for Adult Social Care: £1,720,597
- Former Independent Living Fund Grant: £948,777
- Council Tax Rebate (support for energy bills): £16,159,800
February 2022:
- Supporting Families Programme 2022-2023: £1,416,734
- Self and Custom Build Funding: £647,000
- Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme: £465,000
- Public Health Grant: £21,753,407
In February, Wolverhampton was made one of the key locations to be prioritised for new funding in arts and culture.
January 2022:
- Community Vaccine Champions: £185,000
- Omicron Support Fund (Adult Social Care): £344,119.00
- Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative: £38,874
Investment – 2021
December 2021:
- Dedicated Schools Grant 2022 to 2023: £140.2 million
- Homelessness Prevention Grant (2022 to 2023): £886,353
- Domestic Abuse Act - New Burdens (2022/23): £28,767
- Teaching Capital Grant (University of Wolverhampton): £2,030,000
- Afghanistan Education Resettlement Scheme: £22,628.75
- Approved Targeted Investment Fund (Royal Wolverhampton NHS): £2,030,000
- Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2022: £1,904,270.00
November 2021:
- Post-16 Capacity Fund (City of Wolverhampton College): £2,000,000
- Local Reform and Community Voices 2021 - 2022: £197,247
- War Pensions Disregard Grant 2021 - 2022: £31,573
- Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund (Adult Social Care): £931,990
- UK Community Renewal Fund (Wolverhampton VCS Partnership): £719,703
October 2021:
- School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering Grant: £88,920
- Self-Employment Income Support Scheme: £2.7 million
- Levelling Up Fund (City Learning Quarter): £20 million
- Homelessness Prevention Grant 2021 to 2022 Exceptional Winter Top-Up Allocations: £185,848
- Additional Housing Benefit Administration Subsidy 2020 - 21: £97,170
- Pension Credit Uplift Funding: £2066.00
- Discretionary Housing Payments: £1,353,558
- Additional New Burdens (Welfare Reform Changes): £129,395
- Payments for the Verify Earnings and Pension Service: £35,084.35
- Housing Benefit Award Accuracy Initiative: £19,436.99
- Mid-Year Discretionary Housing Payments (Top-Up Limit): £1,904,278
- Housing Benefit Administration Subsidy (2021/22): £1,000,497
September 2021:
- Youth Justice Board Funding (Wolverhampton): £484,671
- New Additional Burdens (Allergen Labelling Changes):
- Household Support Fund: £2,631,877.25
August 2021:
July 2021:
- Ockenden Review of Maternity Services: 182,462
- Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Royal Wolverhampton): £4,887,705
- Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Royal Wolverhampton): £5,000,000
- LA COVID-19 Test and Trace Contain Outbreak Management Fund: £2,247,124.27
June 2021:
- COVID Local Support Grant Extension: £999,456.58
- Safer Streets Fund (Wolverhampton): £247,602
May 2021:
- Local Council Tax Support Schemes for 2021 - 22: £3.298,187
- Wellbeing for Education Recovery: £32,149
- COVID Local Support Grant: £249,864
- Rough Sleeping Initiative: £512,400
- Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (4th Grant): £4.6 million
April 2021:
- School Improvement Monitoring and Brokering Grant: £71,455
- Culture Recovery Fund:
- Wolverhampton Grand Theatre: £568,357
- The Asylum Art Gallery: £12,500
- Newhampton Arts Centre: £32,871
- Boundary Way Project: £13,600
- Workforce Capacity Fund for Adult Social Care: £688,239
- Restart Grant Allocations: £17,888,774
- Adult Social Care Infection and Rapid Control Testing Fund: £1,923,805
March 2021:
- Christmas Support Payments (Wet-Led Pubs): £87,000
- Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant: £1,396,852
- Local Restrictions Support Grant (Closed): £15,062,076
- Local Restrictions Support Grant (Open): £751,803
- Additional Restrictions Support Grant: £9,326,665
- Local Authority Public Health Grant: £21,159,004
- Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (Wolverhampton Council): £140,000
- Staying Put Duty: £200,139.
- Adult Weight Management Services Grant: £239,290
- Welcome Back Fund: £234,488 (plus additional support from the High Streets Taskforce)
- National Leisure Recovery Fund: £267,638
- COVID Winter Support Scheme: £369,174
- Towns Fund: £25 million
- Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Taskforce: £10 million.
- UK Community Renewal Fund: £20,000.
- Levelling Up Fund Capacity Allocation: £150,000
February 2021:
- Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2021: £1,870,890.
- Sales, Fees and Charges Compensation Scheme: £4.27 million
- Domestic Abuse Victim Accommodation Support Fund: £650,902
- Former Independent Living Fund Grant: £948,777
- Free School Programme: Star Leadership Academy
- School Rebuilding Programme: S. Peter's
- Local Government Finance Settlement: £245.9 million
- Improved Better Care Fund: £14.3 million
- New Homes Bonus: £1 million
- Social Care Grant: £11.4 million
- Lower Tier Services Grant: £500,000
January 2021:
- Business Loan Schemes: £76,601,025
- E-Rostering (Pharmacy and AHP - Royal Wolverhampton): £491,000
- Community Champions Scheme (COVID-19): £474,943
It was announced that Wolverhampton will be one of the first places to benefit from a package of Government investment designed to utilise collective expertise and investment tools to unlock new homes, breathing new life into disadvantaged communities - with a focus on converting derelict buildings into new homes.
Investment - 2020
December 2020:
- Dedicated Schools Grant: £131.6 million
- Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Capital Funding: £3.066 million
- Active Travel: £1 million
- Coronavirus Community Support Fund: £783,943
- Homelessness Prevention Grant 2021 to 2022: £886,352
- Future High Streets Fund: £15.76 million
- Self Employment Income Support Scheme (3rd Grant): £5.3 million
November 2020:
- Clinically Extreme Vulnerable Support Funding: £792,688
- Covid Winter Grant Scheme: £1.061 million
- Culture Recovery Fund (via Arts Council England): 1.570 million
- Wolverhampton Art Gallery: £159.758
- Gorgeous Nightclub: £50,000
- Wolverhampton Grand Theatre: £1.187 million
- University of Wolverhampton Arena Theatre: £50,000
- Newhampton Arts Centre: £95,151
- Boundary Way Allotments and Community Garden: £27,400
- Housing Benefit Administration Subsidy (2020-21): £998,304
- New Burdens Funding (Housing Benefit - Severe Disability Premium): £3,731.00
- Additional New Burden Funding (Local Housing Allowance): £1,971.00
- Verify Earnings and Pensions Alerts service 2020-21 payments: £42,166.30
- Additional New Burdens Funding (Welfare Reform Changes): £131,898.00
- New Burden Funding (Severe Disability Premium Changes): £6,328
- Discretionary Housing Payment (Overall Limit): £2,445,944
- Additional New Burdens (Universal Credit): £40,191.00
- National Restriction Payment: £1,316,785.00
October 2020:
- School Improvement and Brokering Grant: £102,365
- COVID-19 Local Authority Additional Funding: £8,707,607
- Adult Social Care Infection Fund – Round Two: £2.972 million
- Local Authority Compliance and Enforcement Grant: £174,265
- British Film Institute Safety Grant (Light House Media Centre): £7,028
- Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (2nd Round): £4.6 million (70% take-up)
- PE and Sport Premium 2020-21: £497,720
- Local COVID Alert Level Payment: £790,071.00
September 2020:
- Youth Justice Board Funding (Wolverhampton): £472,632
- Next Steps Accommodation Programme: £198,000
- Coronavirus Education Catch-Up Premium: £1.090 million
August 2020:
- Get Building Fund (National Brownfield Institute): £14.9 million
- Local Authority Emergency Assistance Grant for Food and Essential Supplies: £393,536.03
- Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust Accident and Emergency Unit: 1.720 million
- Wellbeing for Education Return Grant: £36,942
- Emergency Response Fund (via the Arts Council England): £110,160
- Further Education Capital Allocation Grants: £977,134
- Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (1st Round): £7.3 million (76% take up)
July 2020:
- Emergency Active Travel Fund (First Tranche): £239,949.75
- English for Speaker of Other Languages: £293,560
- 2021-222 Schools National Funding Formula allocation: £65.601 million (4.8% increase)
- Growth Deal (Wolverhampton Interchange): £13 million
- Growth Deal (Civic Hall Refurbishment): £7.419 million
- War Pensions Disregard Grant: £32,714
- Local Reform and Community Voices: £197,247
- National Funding Formula (Wolverhampton South West Schools): £65,601,869
June 2020:
- Pitch Preparation Fund: £4,000
- Western Power Distribution ‘In This Together’ Community Matters Fund: £15,000
- Towns Fund Capital Acceleration: £1 million
- Local Authority Test and Trace Service Support Grant: £1,920,236.08
- Additional Payment Contain Outbreak Management: £790,071.00
- Local Authority Discretionary Grant Fund: £2,301,000
May 2020:
- Local Authorities Additional Covid-19 Funding: £25.547 million (four tranches)
- Business Grant Payments: £45.175 million (via the City of Wolverhampton Council)
- Adult Social Care Infection Control Fund: £3.254 million
- COVID-19 Business Rates Relief: £28.7 million
- Homelessness Reduction Grant: £652,743
- Reopening High Streets Safely Fund: £234,488
April 2020:
March 2020:
- Staying Put Duty: £200,139
- Rough Sleeping Initiative: £390,000
- Covid-19 Hardship Fund (council tax reductions): £3.272 million
- Air Quality Grant: £340,000
- Former Independent Living Fund Grant 2020 to 2021: £948,777
February 2020:
- Local Government Finance Settlement (Core Spending Power) – £239.8 million
- Improved Better Care Fund: £14.3 million
- New Homes Bonus: £1.6 million
- Social Care Grant: 8.7 million
Last Updated: 19/02/24.