Mid Devon District Council (MDDC) is offering a portfolio of grant schemes to support businesses and other local organisations. Funding for the Mid Devon Prosperity Programme comes from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund and will support economic growth and community cohesion across the District.
There are five grant schemes:
Field to Fork – grants towards equipment needed to support businesses to develop, produce and market local food and drink products
Business Growth and Innovation – a mixed grants programme targeting micro-businesses and social enterprises with innovative ideas and high growth potential to help them buy new equipment, improve processes etc. This includes capital funding for net zero infrastructure for rural businesses and diversification of farm businesses.
Visitor Economy (Sustainable Tourism) – capital grants towards the development of quality visitor attractions and experiences to expand or enhance the tourism offer and support farm diversification.
Work Hub Development Scheme – grants for local businesses to support incubator space and work hub development to create small flexible office and workshop space for start-up and growing micro-businesses.
Investment in the Social Economy (2024/25) – capital grants to support community businesses such as community shops, community pubs, and community energy organisations, to increase access to key services, support community infrastructure and facilitate de-carbonisation
Prosperity grants are available to organisations in the public, private, charity or social enterprise sectors. This could be a business, registered charity, town or parish council, Community Interest Company or other social enterprise.
The majority of grants will be in the range £1,000 to £20,000 but there is also scope to support one or two large projects of up to £50,000. Most of the funding will be in the form of capital grants – refer to the programme details for a funding breakdown.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Grants to support business growth and community cohesion across Mid Devon
Application deadline:
The deadlines for EoIs are: 7 November 2023; 10 January 2024; 21 February 2024. If funds allow, there will be a further round with an EoI deadline of 31 May 2024.