<div dir="ltr">Social Tech Seed is an open grant-funding programme that offers early-stage investment to social entrepreneurs and charities that are looking to develop new projects using digital technology for social impact. This programme will provide funding and support to help entrepreneurs nurture, develop and test their ideas.<br><br><b>Applications open on Tuesday 17th March 2015.</b><br><br>This programme will provide funding and support to help ventures in developing their ideas into a more robust digital product or service. Successful ventures can each expect to receive:<br><ul><li>Grant funding, typically between £15,000 and £50,000</li><li>A package of non-financial business support including mentoring, marketing & comms advice and networking opportunities</li><li>Access to a discretionary fund of up to £5,000, should specific expertise be needed to support their early-stage development</li></ul>In addition:<br><ul><li>Funding will be awarded for a maximum period of 12 months</li><li>Nominet Trust does not ask for an equity stake, nor requests loan repayments</li><li>Successful ventures retain any IP developed with our funding</li></ul><a href="http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/current-funding-programmes">http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/how-to-apply/current-funding-programmes</a><br><br>\\<br><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Community Media Association<br>-- <br><a href="http://www.commedia.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.commedia.org.uk/</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/community_media" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/community_media</a><br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CommunityMediaAssociation</a><br><br>Canstream Internet Radio & Video<br><a href="http://www.canstream.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.canstream.co.uk/</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/canstream" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/canstream</a></div></div>
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