Deadline: 22-Oct-21
The Forest of Dean District Council’s Business Start-up Grant to encourage a vibrant, low-carbon economy within the towns, business parks, industrial estates and surrounding villages in the Forest of Dean.
Grant funding can be used towards a variety of business and social enterprise start-up activity including: research and development, installing clean technologies, premises, equipment and product/service launch.
Outcomes
Successful applications must deliver three, or more, of the following 6 desired outcomes:
- New business or social enterprise registrations
- Job creation
- Demonstration of innovation including the design and delivery of new products/equipment/services
- Demonstration of de-carbonisation activity, renewable energy use or the introduction of clean technologies
- Occupation or creation of new commercial floor space for business use
- Increased footfall / visitor numbers/ visitor spend / turnover for individual business, town or village centre
Funding Information
There will be a maximum of £1,000 per application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any locally based business or constituted social enterprise organisation can apply individually or in partnership.
- The fund is competitive so applications need to be realistic, deliver results and demonstrate value for money and local economic growth potential. The panel reserve the right to consider any applications being submitted for funding outside the maximum range.
- Organisations can make more than one grant application, however only one application will receive approval subject to satisfactory appraisal.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate an element of match funding amounting to at least 50% of the project’s total cost to include cash and in kind elements.
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