Sources of start-up funding for small business run by ASD person

Hi Richard,

I had my own distillery a few years back, and originally I had applied for funding via The Start Up Loans scheme. It's backed by the government and you'd get mentoring/support, it's also low interest and targeted for those who'd struggle to get an alternative:

https://www.startuploans.co.uk/

Having said that, given this seems more of a community project I'd then tend to lean towards a crowd funding platform, probably more relevant to one that has experience with, or a specific listing section for: community projects. I'd suggest that crowdfunder would seem the best:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk

With that site, you also have the ability to apply for +Extra funding, for projects relating to specific causes or regions, they do tend to vary, and its a case of what funding is open to applications. This is the page about +Extra:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/funds

As far as alternative grants etc, .gov.uk has a searchable list of grants and financing, relevant to different: regions, councils, cities or projects etc.

You may also want to contact you local councils. Both town: as the Mayor tends to have a discretionary pot of funds, and county/unitary authority: as they tend to have their own schemes to tackle localised needs, which are more charitable in nature, and don't tend to get shown on .gov.uk It should list any available things on their websites, but as with mayoral funds... it can be buried somewhere on the website...

Other than that, the usual stuff: Rotary Club, the Masons, Round Table and perhaps more generally: local business groups. All of which, at least outwardly, like to be seen to be 'helping the community'.

Best of luck with it all!

Chris

I was once debagged at a Rotary Club annual dinner.

No, wait. That was a dream.

I was once debagged at a Rotary Club annual dinner.

No, wait. That was a dream.