South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

Funds regional regeneration in South Yorkshire through local programmes for skills, infrastructure, and innovation-led growth.

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is the devolved regional authority for Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield. Led by Mayor Oliver Coppard, it holds powers from Westminster over economy, transport, skills, housing, and infrastructure, and it aims to build a stronger, greener, fairer South Yorkshire by 2040.

Its funding role centers on place-based programmes such as the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, the Brownfield Housing Fund, the Adult Skills Fund, Skills Bootcamps, and Made Smarter Yorkshire & Humber. South Yorkshire's UKSPF allocation totals £46.2m, and Made Smarter offers up to 50% matched funding with capital grants up to £20,000 for manufacturing SMEs.

The authority is most relevant to local businesses, training providers, housing developers, and public-sector partners working in the region. From April 2026 it moves to an Integrated Funding Settlement that consolidates several programme pots into a single multi-year block grant, which should simplify delivery but narrow the separation between individual funding lines.