The Community Business Bright Ideas Fund will be open for applications from Tuesday 26 February 2019 until Tuesday 9 April 2019 at mycommunity.org.uk/bright-ideas-fund/
Funded by Power to Change, the £3.2m Bright Ideas fund offers tailored support and grants of up to £15,000 to develop their projects.
The fund gives community groups the early stage finance they need to carry out consultations with local people to develop a community business idea the community wants and needs and will also give them support and tools to start setting up their community businesses. The funding programme is delivered by Locality in partnership with Co-operatives UK, the Plunkett Foundation and Groundwork UK.
There will be additional funding rounds in
August – September 2019,
February 2020 – April 2020,
August – September 2020,
February 2021 – March 2021.
To read the funding criteria, please visit mycommunity.org.uk/bright-ideas-fund/