Links

Find out more about finance and how to access funding

Business Link Grants & Support Directory - allows you to search for potential sources of help with starting up, running or developing your business. Support may be avilable in a number of forms, including financial assistance and free or subsidised services which provide advice.

Community Grants Programme - to support organisations who are working with people who face barriers to the labour market or to mainstream skills provision.  Small voluntary and community organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £12,000 to work with people who are unemployed or economically inactive.

East of England Business Map - shows publicly-funded business support to help businesses on their journey.

Norfolk County Council Grants and Funding - Norfolk County Council subscribes to Grantnet, a user-friendly service that helps local organisations identify funding streams that may be available to specific projects for voluntary and community groups, social enterprises, and small to medium sized businesses.

Norfolk First - Business Angel network open to investor members within and outside the county

Turnaround Business Angels - are successful people themselves who have strong managerial or professional backgrounds, often having been involved in trouble shooting or turnaround situations, and have an appetite to invest in financially distressed situations. Their experience of managing change, clarifying objectives and of setting and realising goals is of immeasurable value.

Women's Employment, Enterprise and Training Unit (WEETU) Enterprise Circles & Loans - an Enterprise Circle is a group of between 4 and 6 women who have decided to form a group to provide peer support during start-up and running of their businesses. WEETU operates a system of peer-lending based on the principle of micro-credit.