Business Grants are now available through Cumberland Council’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) and Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) programme.
These grants are delivered by Cumbria Business Growth Hub, Cumbria Chamber of Commerce’s business support arm.
For all the grants below, activity needs to have been completed and grants claimed by 31st January 2025 at the latest.
Revenue grants of up to £7,500 (50% match funding) are available to support work with a consultant of your choice in areas such as marketing, websites, accountancy, legal, planning, business continuity, succession planning, business growth, productivity, agricultural or other specialist advice.
These grants are available to small and micro businesses throughout the Cumberland area (see guidance notes below for definitions and more detail on eligibility).
To apply
Please see guidance notes here
Complete the following forms and email them to info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk:
Please also include in your email any requested supporting documents, including procurement evidence. NB While emailed forms are requested, typed "signatures" are not acceptable - they must be either scanned or drawn.
Applications may be submitted at any time. Revenue grants will be offered on a first come first served basis (subject to meeting the grant criteria) until all available funds have been allocated.
Also available are £500 advice vouchers for similar support to the above which require no match from the business.
These grants are available to small and micro businesses throughout the Cumberland area (see guidance notes below for definitions and more detail on eligibility).
To apply
Please see guidance notes here
Complete the following forms and email them to info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk:
Please also include in your email any requested supporting documents, including procurement evidence. NB While emailed forms are requested, typed "signatures" are not acceptable - they must be either scanned or drawn.
Applications may be submitted at any time. Vouchers will be offered on a first come first served basis (subject to meeting the grant criteria) until all available funds have been allocated.
* This grant scheme is now closed *
Capital grants of up to £100,000 (50% match funding) for the purchase of equipment and capital improvements to help grow, diversify, innovate and improve productivity.
These grants are available to small and micro businesses throughout the Cumberland area excluding specified Carlisle postcode (see guidance notes below for definitions, excluded postcodes and more detail on eligibility).
To apply
Please see guidance notes here
Complete the following forms and email them to info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk:
Please also include in your email any requested supporting documents, including procurement evidence. NB While emailed forms are requested, typed "signatures" are not acceptable - they must be either scanned or drawn.
This is a two stage application process. The first stage is to submit an Expression of Interest, which will be considered by our Grants Panel, you may then be invited to submit a full application.
Tourism grants of up to £20,000 (50% match funding) are available for the development and promotion (to both trade and consumer) of the visitor economy for activity such as development of local visitor experiences, local attractions and trails or tourism products more generally.
These grants are available to small and micro businesses throughout the Cumberland area excluding specified Carlisle postcode (see guidance notes below for definitions, excluded postcodes and more detail on eligibility).
To apply
Please see guidance notes here
Complete the following forms and email them to info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk:
Please also include in your email any requested supporting documents, including procurement evidence. NB While emailed forms are requested, typed "signatures" are not acceptable - they must be either scanned or drawn.
This is a two stage application process. The first stage is to submit an Expression of Interest, which will be considered by our Grants Panel, you may then be invited to submit a full application.
Deadlines for submission of Expressions of Interest are:
- 12 noon on Friday 9th August
- 12 noon on Monday 9th September (subject to availability of funding)
Enquiries
For help or further information please contact us via info@cumbriagrowthhub.co.uk or call us on 0844 257 84 50.
Funding
This project is receiving £184,400 from the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and £906,788 through the Rural England Prosperity Fund through Cumberland Council.