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Below are just a handful of business funding websites but more can be found using our search for funding tool


of sites, These specific funds are available to SME businesses either within a specified local authority, defined as having less than 250 employees or with a turnover of less than £45,000 and a balance sheet totalling less than £39,000.

You will see many of the funding opportunities are often based on a specific location or sector, like job creation or making eco-friendly changes. But we explain each grant with the information needed to see if it can apply to your project.


Grants can sometimes be combined with other forms of funding, such as banks, grant-makers, crowdfunding platforms and other lenders. In fact, we have teamed up with FundingOptions.com to help you find the right finance for your business. You can find their



Self-employed entrepreneurs make up 18% of the UK?s disabled workforce. This compares to 14% self-employment among non-disabled workers.

Business grant applications are therefore more likely to come from disabled entrepreneurs than anyone else. Many organizations take positive action to encourage such applications. Some also run specific business grant and award schemes for disabled people.



Access to Work

Disabled entrepreneurs may have health problems that limit what they can do at work. These health problems can restrict an entrepreneur?s potential.

The Access to Work scheme can help. It gives money to pay for equipment that makes a disabled entrepreneur?s working life easier. An entrepreneur may be unable to use a computer keyboard, for example. Access to Work may come to the entrepreneur?s aid by funding voice-recognition software. Access to Work can also assist with travel expenses and the costs of a support worker. For more information about the Access to Work scheme, contact a Disability Employment Adviser (DEA). DEAs work at Jobcentres.

Regional Access to Work centres also offers help.


Kaleidoscope Investments

Kaleidoscope Investments invests anything up to 500k into a disabled business and in return they will take small equity from the company. If you don't mind giving a share in exchange for funding then its defiantly worth checking out. www.kaleidoscopeinvestments.com


Disabled Entrepreneurs

The main Hub for Disabled Entrepreneurs in the UK, they offer business support in a variety of ways as well disability news and more new services keep on getting launched, so defiantly keep an eye on this site. www.disabledentrepreneurs.co.uk


Blind Business Association Charitable Trust

The Blind Business Association Charitable Trust (BBACT) exists to help blind and partially sighted entrepreneurs. Such entrepreneurs may need financial help for equipment that enables them to do their work effective

Some blind or partially sighted entrepreneurs may also need money to fund training courses. BBACT may be able to pay training expenses.


BBACT

BBACT also makes grants available for business expansion. These grants are particularly useful if banks are being cautious about extending credit and loans to companies.

BBACT?s helpline is 0845 0450696.


Stelios Disabled Entrepreneur Award

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is the chairman of easy group and founder of Easyjet. He has joined with the Leonard Cheshire charity to create the Stelios Disabled Entrepreneur Award. The award is annual and worth £50,000. Applicants must show how the award will change their business.


Trading Places Awards

Barclays Bank runs the Trading Places Awards scheme. The scheme provides grants to disabled people who have lost employment because of a disability. The purpose of the grants is to set up a business.


UnLtd

UnLtd offers grants to disabled people who wish to become social entrepreneurs. Social entrepreneurship is about improving society. Such improvements may be environmental or educational.

UnLtd has six regional offices and a head office in London. The London phone number is 0207 566 1100.https://www.unltd.org.uk/


Capital Enterprise

Disabled entrepreneurs who live in London can seek grants from the New Entrepreneur Scholarships scheme run by Capital Enterprise. The organization?s phone number is 0207 843 4331.

Grants are up to £1,500. This helps cover the cost of setting up a business. Capital Enterprise also runs networking and training events.


The Prince?s Trust Enterprise Programme

Under the Youth Can Do It scheme, The Prince?s Trust is working with 18-30-year-olds to help them develop their businesses. The programme is divided into four sections: Info session, Workshop, Build your business, launch. There is no ?business grant? as such available, but you can secure funding through the programme.


Government apprenticeships

The Government website has lots of info about apprenticeships as well as how to register and use the apprenticeship service. You?ve got different sites for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.


Innovate UK Smart Grants programme

Innovate UK Smart Grants help deliver ambitious R&D innovations with significant potential for impact on the UK economy.

The current round of funding is open until May 26 2021.


Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

Gigabit vouchers can be used by small businesses to go towards the cost of installing gigabit-capable broadband connections. SMEs can claim £3,500 against the cost of connection. Find out if you?re eligible by using the postcode checker on the website.


 Other Innovate UK funding opportunities

Innovate UK runs a host of other competitions in more niche areas. These include:

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)

You?ll have heard of this scheme. It helps start-ups to raise money for their business. You get a maximum of £150,000 including state aid awarded in the three years running up to the date of investment.

Make sure you meet the conditions so investors can claim and keep SEIS tax reliefs relating to their shares. Said tax reliefs will be withheld or withdrawn if you don?t meet these conditions for three years after the investment. The money must be spent within three years of the share issue.


 Kickstart Scheme

The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new job placements for 16 to 24-year-olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long-term unemployment. Employers of all sizes can apply for funding which covers:

Employers can spread the start date of the job placements up until the end of December 2021.


R&D Tax Credits

R&D Tax Credits are for innovative projects in science and technology. They can be claimed by firms who want to research or develop an advance in their field. You can even claim it on unsuccessful projects.

You can apply if you have fewer than 500 staff and a turnover of under £87.52 (?100)m or balance sheet total under £75.27 (?86)m.


British Council Grants

British Council Grants fund research, travel and workshops. Have a look at their website for current opportunities.


Patent Box Relief

he Patent Box, you can lower the rate of corporation tax (to 10 per cent) on profits earned from patented inventions and certain other innovations.


 Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS)

Like the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, except for established businesses.


Eureka Eurostars

This is a joint programme co-funded from national budgets of 36 Eurostars. The grant will help you turn your idea into a product and commercialise it. It works in a series of registration cut-offs throughout the year.;



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