SWEF Enterprise Fund (Lancashire)

Grants of £500 to £2,000 from the SWEF Enterprise Fund, managed in Lancashire by the Community Foundation for Lancashire and Merseyside, for young people aged 18 to 30 living in Lancashire who are launching or running a business that has traded for under two years and who can show financial need, particularly those not in education, employment or training. Start-up grants are up to £500 and business grants up to £2,000, and neither is a loan. Equipment, materials, website building, marketing, product development and training can be funded; salaries, rent, debts and retrospective costs cannot. Sole traders, limited companies and CICs limited by shares can apply, and grants go into a business bank account. Recipients join the SWEF peer network. There is no fixed deadline, so you can apply at any time while funds last.