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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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