Community Business Trade Up Programme 2019 in UK (Grant up to £10,000)

Applications are open for the Community Business Trade Up Programme, run by the School for Social Entrepreneurs, in partnership with Power to Change. The Community Business Trade Up Programme has already supported 130 community businesses. In the first cohort of the programme, community businesses typically increased their income from trading by 92% in one year. This programme runs from seven locations across England.

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Power to Change is fully funding the Community Business Trade Up Programme, so there is no cost to you, and it is providing grants of up to £10,000 (a grant is money you don’t have to pay back). Power to Change is an independent charitable trust endowed by the Big Lottery Fund. Its aim is to support community businesses in England to create better places.

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