Finance & Funding

Community Shares Booster Programme

Disadvantaged and under-represented communities that want to develop successful community businesses by issuing community shares, can apply for development grants of up to £10,000 and equity investments of up to £100,0

Community Shares

Conviction Investment Partners Founders Fund

Conviction Investment Partners are looking for tech businesses that meet the following characteristics: Minimum revenue track record of 12 months Scalable and repeatable business models High annual growth rates Pl

Conviction Investment Partners

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme

The Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme supports small and medium-sized businesses, with an annual turnover of up to £45m, to access loans, overdrafts, invoice finance and asset finance of up to £5 million fo

HM Government

Coronavirus, Covid19

Coronavirus funding for frontline charities

Charities across the UK will receive a £750 million package of support to ensure they can continue their vital work during the coronavirus outbreak. As part of a UK-wide package of support, £360 million will be dire

HM Government

Coronavirus, Covid19

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme information

Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, all UK employers with a PAYE scheme that was created and started on or before 19 March 2020, will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salary for t

HM Government

Coronavirus, Covid19

Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme

The Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CLBILS) provides a government guarantee of 80% to enable banks to make loans of up to £25m to firms with an annual turnover of between £45m and £500m. 

HM Government

Coronavirus, Covid19

Coronavirus Mental Health Response Fund

The Department of Health and Social Care has made £5 million available to support voluntary and community sector (VCS) mental health providers which are experiencing an increase in demand for their services due to coronaviru

Mind

Coronavirus, Covid19

County Durham Community Foundation COVID-19 Fund

CDCF has just launched their COVID-19 Fund to support community groups and organisations through this period of uncertainty. The focus is to offer emergency funding to deal with emerging issues in the community as a result of the

County Durham Community Fund

Coronavirus, Covid19

County Durham Growth Fund

Are you a small or medium business planning a capital investment of at least £100,000?  Are you looking to expand or establish new operations in County Durham that will lead to the creation of additional employment?​

UMi

Covid-19 emergency surplus food grant

Food redistribution organisations across England will benefit from £3.25 million of government funding to help them cut food waste and redistribute up to 14,000 tonnes of surplus stock during the coronavirus outbreak. The

Wrap

Coronavirus, Covid19

Covid-19 support - emergency measures and funding

Arts Council England have announced two new measures. A £160m emergency response package to support individual artists, freelancers and cultural organisations. This will help individu

Arts Council

Coronavirus, Covid19

CRACK IT challenge-based funding

A funding competition designed to accelerate the development, application and commercialisation of technologies with 3Rs potential as they emerge from the research.

NC3Rs