Find a Grant - New Portal Service

There is a new Find a Grant portal on the .Gov website for individuals and organisations to find and apply for general government grants. You can use keywords and filters to search for grant opportunities to suit your needs. Helpfully you can also subscribe for notifications and apply through the service.

Southern Water Grant for Small Businesses

As part of their Investing for the future and new Business Plan, Southern Water are offering small grants funds for small businesses with a plan to save water. Deadline end of December.

South Downs National Park: Health & Wellbeing Travel Grants

Organisations or community groups can apply for a grant of up to £250 (to cover transport costs ) into specific sites in South Downs National Park. This comes in a move to increase time spent in outdoor spaces, benefitting mental health and wellbeing. Organisations are eligible for one grant per year.

Rural Business Grants Programme Rother & Wealdon

The Rural Business Grants Programme delivers grants to rural Small or Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) in the Rother and Wealden district areas.

Businesses can apply for 50% matched capital grants of between £2,500 and £35,000.

Capital projects could include farm diversification projects outside of agriculture, property adaptations, creation and expansion of rural leisure and tourism businesses, new equipment, machinery and commercial vehicles.

The programme is funded by the UK Government as part of the Rural Prosperity Fund through allocations received by Rother District Council and Wealden District Council. It is delivered by East Sussex County Council.

The funding application window opens on the 12 January 2024 and closes on 31 December 2024, or when all the funds are allocated. Expressions of interest should be made to East Sussex County Council through the webpage below, where you can find guidance and further details on the grants available.

Visit Clean Growth Funding

Find out the latest low carbon funding opportunities in your area.

Workplace Charging Scheme - closing date March 2025

This is a voucher-based scheme that provides eligible applicants with support of up to 75%  for up front costs of buying and installing EV charge points. It’s open to businesses, charities and public sector organisations with eligibility criteria.

Boiler Upgrade Scheme - closing date 31 December 2027

An energy saving opportunity for businesses with small buildings to switch their heating systems to a greener solution. The Boiler Upgrade Scheme supports the decarbonisation of homes and small non-domestic buildings in England and Wales. The scheme provides upfront capital grants of up to £7,500 to encourage property owners to replace existing fossil fuel heating with more efficient, low carbon heating systems including heat pumps and biomass boilers. You can get from £5,000 to £7,500. Closing date 31 December 2027.