{"id":21911,"date":"2019-03-08T17:16:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=21911"},"modified":"2019-03-08T17:16:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:16:56","slug":"3-2m-bright-ideas-fund-launched-to-help-community-business-start-ups-in-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=21911","title":{"rendered":"\u00a33.2M Bright Ideas Fund launched to help community business start-ups in England"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"website\"<\/a>Power to Change has announced a new \u00a33.2m Community Business Bright Ideas Fund to offer tailored support and grants of up to \u00a315,000 to 150 groups to develop their projects.<\/h3>\n

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Power to Change writes:<\/p>\n

Over three years, the fund will give 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.\u00a0 The tailored support programme is open to community groups, associations and organisations across England which have a good idea for a community business but need help developing it, or which are just starting out\u2026<\/p>\n

Locality Chief Executive Tony Armstrong said: \u2018The Bright Ideas Fund will give organisations a chance to make a real difference to the lives of people in their neighbourhoods by getting their community businesses off the ground.\u00a0 Whether you aim to start a local bus service, or set up a health and wellbeing centre, community businesses generate jobs, tackle social isolation and boost the local economy we want you to apply. People all over England are bursting with bright ideas and we are really keen to find them in the areas that need them most like Bradford, Leicester, Hartlepool, Plymouth, Grimsby, Liverpool and Bristol\u2019<\/p>\n

Kate Stewart, Director of Programmes at Power to Change, said:\u00a0 \u2018As the organisation set up to support and grow community businesses in England, we\u2019re delighted to be continuing Bright Ideas, to provide crucial support and funding for local people who have a great idea but need some support to make it a reality.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2026 The Community Business Bright Ideas Fund will be open for applications from Tuesday 26th February 2019 until Tuesday 9th April 2019 at mycommunity.org.uk\/bright-ideas-fund\/<\/a><\/p>\n

There will be additional funding rounds in<\/p>\n