Business awards and grants

Funding and Grants

European Funding

European Social Fund

England Rural Development Programme

LEADER+ is a six year European Union funding initiative to support small-scale rural development initiatives.

It was established to encourage local people to develop projects that address local problems.

Through LEADER+, it is also possible to develop links with other communities within the UK and across

Europe that are facing similar problems and opportunities, in order to share ideas and experience.

For more information on the grants available from Leader + please visit their website at www.leaderplus.co.uk

Devon Rural Renaissance

Devon Rural Renaissance exists to help businesses in rural Devon by improving skills and attracting high value business to the area. We provide training to improve basic, technical, and management skills, and mentoring programs that bring the benefits of wider experience to small businesses.

Devon Rural Renaissance aims to help self-employed individuals and micro-businesses:

* Move into higher added value activities

* Come up with new ideas

* Develop the skills needed to innovate and adopt new technologies

Rural Renaissance (pdf 18kb) Report

For more information on the Devon Renaissance programme and for downloadable application forms please visit their website at www.ruraldevon.org