Clyde Gateway URC

Clyde Gateway URC, Scotland’s largest urban regeneration company, was established in December 2007 as a charitable entity limited by guarantee through a pioneering partnership between the Scottish Government, Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow City Council, and South Lanarkshire Council. Its mission focuses on transforming Glasgow’s East End, Rutherglen, and parts of South Lanarkshire from areas of entrenched deprivation into vibrant, resilient communities via three pillars: sustainable place-making, economic growth, and community capacity-building. Core values prioritise long-term community benefit, partnerships, inequality reduction, environmental sustainability, and inclusive growth, pursuing ambitious 20-year targets like 10,000+ new homes, 21,000 jobs, brownfield remediation, and £380m annual regional income uplift.

It funds large-scale, place-based capital projects in housing (affordable/social homes), land remediation, infrastructure (transport/digital), green spaces (e.g., Cuningar Loop Woodland Park), business/innovation hubs (e.g., Magenta Office Park), climate initiatives (renewable district heating), education/employability (STEM, hospitality academies), and health/wellbeing (Gateway to Health, sports access). Beneficiaries include low-income residents, youth, unemployed adults, and disadvantaged communities, supporting partners like Thenue Housing, Celtic FC Foundation, and local schools for holistic regeneration.

Eligibility targets local authorities, urban regeneration companies, and major partnerships delivering in the Clyde Gateway footprint; small grassroots charities are not directly funded, with preference for large-scale entities capable of complex projects. Applications occur via specific programmes like Regeneration Capital Grant Fund (RCGF) or Vacant/Derelict Land Investment Programme (VDLIP)—not unsolicited—with a two-stage process: Stage 1 Expression of Interest by 27 June 2025, Stage 2 in November 2025; grants range from hundreds of thousands to multi-millions, focused on capital with project completion by March 2027.

Exclusions cover non-community-benefit projects or those outside holistic regeneration; uniquely, Clyde Gateway acts as both funder and developer (via subsidiary Clyde Gateway Developments Ltd), catalysing public/private investment as a strategic partner for inclusive, net-zero urban renewal rather than short-term fixes.