<div dir="ltr"><div><div>The £10 million Community Business Fund will reopen in early summer 2017.</div><div><br></div><div>Power to Change supports community businesses to revive local assets, protect the services people rely on, and address local needs.<br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Power to Change awards grants to help new and existing community businesses grow and become more sustainable.</div><div><br></div><div>There are two main grant programmes:</div><div><ul><li>The £1.85 million Community Business Bright Ideas Fund is aimed at community groups who have a community business idea but need help turning it into reality.<br></li><li>The £10 million Community Business Fund is aimed existing community businesses that need funding for a business development project to make their organisation more sustainable.<br></li></ul></div></div><div>Find out if you are eligible:<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Community-Business-Fund-applicant-guidance-v4.pdf">http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Community-Business-Fund-applicant-guidance-v4.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Through the fund, Power To Change will award grants between £50,000 – £300,000 to community businesses in England.</div></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.powertochange.org.uk/funding/grants/community-business-fund/">http://www.powertochange.org.uk/funding/grants/community-business-fund/</a><div><br></div><div>\\</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Community Media Association</div><div>-- <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 &amp; 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></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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