£10-50k

Blended fund (75% grant; 25% loan) for social businesses needing support of up to £100,000 to survive the effects of COVID19, or to improve or diversify their operation

The £1.7 million Northern Accelerator Seed Investment Fund is focused on backing scalable, innovative spin-out companies from the four Northern Accelerator partnership universities – Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland.

Revive loans provide flexible unsecured finance up to £50,000.

Start-up Loan is a national scheme which First Enterprise has been engaged as a delivery partner on behalf of the Government by the British Business Bank

This CDFI fund was created partly with investment from East Midlands Development Agency in 2008. 

Investment for community led housing, spots facilities and renewable energy to help with pre-development, feasbility, land acquistion and construction costs.