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title: "SYSTRA’s £20m Levelling Up Fund Success"
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# SYSTRA’s £20m Levelling Up Fund Success

![SYSTRA’s £20m Levelling Up Fund Success](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/04/redcar-cleveland-levelling-up.jpg)

**SYSTRA’s Business Case & Appraisal Team, alongside Cushman & Wakefield, supported Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council in developing its latest Levelling Up Fund bid submission, which has now been awarded £20m in funding as part of the latest round of major Government investment in local communities across the UK.**

The Levelling Up Fund forms an integral part of the UK Government’s efforts to
improve local infrastructure and cultural/heritage assets, underpinned by £2.1bn
of second round funding for schemes across the UK. To secure funding, local
authorities were required to submit bids outlining improvements that would
support levelling up priorities within their communities, according to criteria
set out by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

SYSTRA assisted several local authorities in the production of bold and
ambitious bids for schemes which would help to improve local accessibility and
public realm, increase the attractiveness of sustainable travel, and better link
key destinations within local communities via sustainable modes.
In the case of Redcar & Cleveland, SYSTRA worked with Cushman & Wakefield on the
local Council’s bid to create a strategic cycle route linking South Bank with
Guisborough via Nunthorpe, as well as a High Street and Beckside walkway
regeneration scheme in Guisborough town centre, by way of economic appraisal and
design support/auditing.

![amy-sykes-systra](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/04/amy-sykes-systra.png)

> I am proud that our team of business case experts has been able to support
> Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council in preparing and submitting its successful
> Levelling Up Fund bid, which has now achieved a funding award of £20m and
> which builds on our previous successes in the first round of funding
> allocations. SYSTRA’s business case and appraisal team bring together a wealth
> of knowledge and experience gained from years of working closely with local
> authorities, and I’m particularly delighted that we’ve been able to help
> Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council successfully secure key funding towards an
> ambitious local scheme.
> Amy Sykes, Sector Director, SYSTRA Ltd

With a third round of submissions to the Levelling Up Fund likely still to come
and around £1bn worth of funding left to be distributed, SYSTRA are now looking
forward to supporting clients in refining and resubmitting any bids which were
unsuccessful this time around (over 400 bids lost out in this round of funding),
as well as supporting Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council in achieving their
proposed vision.

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