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SME Brexit Support Fund
Target 2030 : Grant to help create a low carbon economy in Swindon & Wiltshire
Arts Council England
SWMAS High Value Manufacturing Programme
Charity Excellence Framework
Wiltshire Community Foundation
ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FINANCE & BUSINESS SUPPORT
SME Brexit Support Fund
Maximum grant : £ 2,000
Target 2030 : Grant to help create a low carbon economy in Swindon & Wiltshire
Maximum grant : Up to 30 % of your costs
The SME Brexit Support Fund could give you up to £ 2,000 to help with training or professional advice if your business has up to 500 employees and no more than £ 100 million annual turnover . The £ 20 million SME Brexit Support Fund enables traders to access practical support , including training for new customs , rules of origin and VAT processes .
Visit the Gov . uk website to find out more and to apply . Visit : www . gov . uk / guidance / grants-to-help-small-andmedium-sized-businesses-new-toimporting-or-exporting
For more info : www . gov . uk
Target 2030 is a business energy efficiency programme from Severn Wye . It helps SMEs identify and reduce their energy costs and impact on the environment through the installation of energy efficiency measures .
Severn Wye offer a free onsite survey , report , and presentation , analysing how your business uses energy . It will recommend energysaving measures , including no-cost , low-cost and capital-cost measures ,
all of which will save your business money . There is no obligation to install improvements , but if you choose to invest , there are generous grants available to cover 30 % of the costs .
To apply visit : www . target2030 . co . uk Email : business @ severnwye . org . uk or call : 01452 835060
For more info : www . target2030 . co . uk
Arts Council England
Maximum grant : Various schemes , see details
SWMAS High Value Manufacturing Programme
Maximum grant : £ 4,500
Arts Council England awards funds from The National Lottery and invests in art and culture for a lasting return . Its open funds look to invest in organisations , artists , events , and other initiatives . The National Lottery Project Grants scheme is open all the time and there are no deadlines .
There is a new ‘ Creative People and Places ’ fund which focuses on parts of the country where involvement in arts and culture is significantly below the national
average . Swindon fits in to that category and applications are now open until Friday 11th June .
Visit www . artscouncil . org . uk / funding to find out more and to apply .
For more info : www . artscouncil . org . uk
The South West Manufacturing Advisory Service ( SWMAS ) High Value Manufacturing Programme is available to support SME manufacturers in Swindon & Wiltshire . £ 4,500 grants are available if a company is investing between £ 16k and £ 25k – minimum spend is £ 12k to access a grant which is less than £ 4.5k . Funding ends in October 2022 with last grant applications taken at the end of Q1 2022 .
Independent of the grant funded
consultancy , programmes are available which include 12-hours of business support covering strategy , continuous improvement projects , process mapping , team training and more .
Contact Philip Mills , Business Improvement Consultant , SWMAS to organise an initial business review meeting . Email : Phillip . mills @ swmas . co . uk
For more info : www . swmas . co . uk
Charity Excellence Framework
Maximise your impact , improve funding and save your charity money
Wiltshire Community Foundation
For charities and Not-For-Profits
The Charity Excellent Framework is a free easy to use , digital toolkit funder database and huge resource base , for charities and not-forprofits .
Register for free and then simply log on to start using it . Visit : www . charityexcellence . co . uk
For more info : www . charityexcellence . co . uk
Wiltshire Community Foundation is the largest grant-giving organisation in Swindon and Wiltshire . It runs a range of grant programmes for community groups and charities , including several managed on behalf of other funders .
Throughout the year it also offers a range of advice sessions training workshops and events for the voluntary and community sector helping to build skills , capacity , knowledge and networks .
To find out more contact the Grants Team on 01380 738985 or email : info @ wiltshirecf . org . uk
For more info : www . wiltshirecf . org . uk
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