Business Grants

Grant funding for supporting unemployed people - target audiences

Priority will be given to applications for work with lone parents, women, people with health or disability issues, people aged 50 or above, and people from diverse communities (including ethnic minorities).

Please call 01962 857358 for more details or see the grants and funding section of our website: www.action.hants.org.uk/index.php?id=727

Rural Economy Grant

The £60 million REG has been established in response to the findings of Defra's Rural Economy Growth Review (launched in November 2011), which through consultation and an in-depth analysis of a broad range of research, identified large grants (of £25,000 up to circa £1 million) are needed in key business sectors to unlock significant rural economic growth potential.

Project applications will need to demonstrate that as a result of a grant their business will achieve a significant step change in performance (such as job creation, increased turnover, access to new markets etc).

For further information visit http://rdpenetwork.defra.gov.uk/funding-sources/rural-economy-grant

Winchester City Council still has hardship rates relief available, but the start up grants have now closed.

Examples of Grants

• Sntander have a breakthrough fund for growth businesses
• The Forestry Commission have some grants available
• South Downs National Park has a Sustainable Communities Fund
• Winchester City Council small grants scheme
• Hampshire County Council arts business partnership grants
• Enterprise Finance Guarantee scheme
• HMRC Enterprise Investment scheme
• Landfill Community Funding
• Lottery Funding
• The Princes Trust
• Social Action Fund

Want to know what other funding streams are available to you? Have a look at the websites below.

• Winchester City Council also has an Open4Community grant search website.
• Hampshire County Council external funding website is available.
• Look into the Funding Circle website
• Green Grants Machine can give advice about grants to make environmentally friendly changes to your business
• J4B Grants - search for Government funding for businesses
• Princes Trust - give grants for education and training especially
• Southern Area Euro Information Centre - will conduct comprehensive searches for funding for your business
• University of Winchester offer funding for starting up in business
• Barclays small business funding advice
• Rural Development Programme for England grant funding

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	Hardship rates relief criteria	36K 56Kbps Modem: 5 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Hardship rates relief application form	288K 56Kbps Modem: 42 Seconds Broadband: 2 Seconds
	Collabor8	182K 56Kbps Modem: 27 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Energy Grant 500	232K 56Kbps Modem: 34 Seconds Broadband: 1 Second
	Forestry Commission grants	782K 56Kbps Modem: 2 Minutes Broadband: 4 Seconds