Funding & support resources

CITB offer support to industry through their grants and funds.

The Social Enterprise Boost Durham project can help you with free business support and funding to start you on your journey for change in your community.

Enterprising Sunderland is a project designed to unlock the potential of future entrepreneurs within our communities and to support businesses from all sectors to grow and innovate.

Delivered by Smarta, Gateshead Start-up Skills is all about ensuring startups, sole traders and freelancers in Gateshead get off to the best start with the right skills.

Northern Accelerator is an exciting collaboration between the North East’s universities, creating real-world impact from world-leading research, commercialising innovation and boosting the region’s economy.

Funded by North East Screen Industries Partnership, North East Screen is a regional screen agency for filmmakers, producers and creative professionals looking to start and grow their careers in the industry.

The Productivity and Growth Programme supports businesses in all sectors in County Durham.

The Creative Enterprise Business Builder is a grant initiative designed to support companies who work in moving image for storytelling, spanning film television, games, animation and immersive industries.

The Early Connect Employer Service is your one-stop-shop for expert apprenticeship guidance and advice.

North East Enterprise Agency is a unique collaboration of multi-award winning enterprise agencies supporting businesses across the North East of England.

Wear Together provides social entrepreneurs in Sunderland with access to business support and grants assisting them with start, development, and growth of social businesses.

The Community Shares Booster Fund is a funding scheme to support community share offers.

Sunderland City Council offers eligible SMEs a flexible approach to cutting their energy bills and their carbon emissions.

Search current funding opportunities from across UKRI, research councils and Innovate UK

Could your business idea change the world? Here’s your chance to prove it.

Solve for Tomorrow is a tech-for-good competition open to all young people aged 16-25 across the UK and Ireland.