Co-location Fund
The Co-location Fund is a cross-Government fund to support capital projects that enable the co-location of local services.
The Fund will help local agencies work together by providing funding for projects which locate services together in significant or innovative ways, responding to local needs. This will enable better service delivery while improved access, facilitated by co-location, will lead to improved outcomes for children, young people, families and communities.
The deadline for applications was 06 April 2009; no further bidding rounds will be run in this spending review period (i.e. before end of March 2011). There were 315 applications made to the fund and these were assessed against the key criteria set out in the guidance:
- deliverability (by end of August 2011)
- impact on outcomes for children, young people, families and communities
- sustainability of the co-located services
- additionality of the funding in terms of levering in contributions from other parties.
The 101 selected projects are set out here. The DCSF will be working with these projects to generate and share good practice and lessons learned. In addition a toolkit has been published to help local authorities and their partners develop their thinking and planning for the co-location of services.
The following documents provide further information:
If you have any queries send an email, putting 'Co-location Fund' in the subject line of your email.
Last updated: 17 July 2009
