Brexit Answers: Replacement of EU Funding - The UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Thursday, May 14, 2020
10:00 AM 11:30 AM 10:00 11:30

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Brexit Answer: Replacement of EU Funding - The UK Shared Prosperity Fund

Brexit Answers is a series of online Q&A discussions, hosted by Brexit Civil Society Alliance, to bring policy experts and civil society organisations together.

In these difficult and uncertain times, Brexit is quite rightly taking a back seat but, unless it changes, the UK is still set to leave the transition period at the end of 2020. What comes after is currently unknown as the future relationship between the EU and the UK is being negotiated. During this civil society faces uncertainty about the impacts Brexit will have on their organisations and the communities it works with.

Brexit Answers: Replacement of EU Funding - The UK Shared Prosperity Fund. This session of Brexit Answers is an opportunity for civil society organisations to learn more about the replacement of EU funding and all the details about the long-promised UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

To explain what might be coming and answer your questions we will be joined by Belinda Pratten from Equally Ours and Phil Fiander from Wales Council for Voluntary Action.

Our Brexit Answers series is free and available online. UK Shared Prosperity Fund will be on Thursday 14th May at 10.00 am. Sign up to this session and more using the button below. You will also have the chance to submit your question to the experts.

A bit about our experts:

Belinda Pratten, is an independent consultant with over 25 years experience of working in the voluntary and community sector. She is currently leading Equally Ours' work on the UKSPF and its potential to make a real difference to the lives of people facing barriers in and to the labour market.

Phil Fiander is Deputy Chief Executive at Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA). Phil has worked for WCVA since 1999. He is responsible for a range of operation activities including grant programmes, training, business development and a £6m loan portfolio. He also has considerable experience of European, UK and Welsh policy and funding mechanisms.

Phil is an active member of the Wales Programme Monitoring Committee for EU funds in Wales and has been since 2000. Phil has worked extensively with a wide range of European partners in Spain, Germany, Portugal, Eire and Italy.