Managed by Big Issue Invest and UnLtd, the fund will invest between £50,000 and £1.5 million in organisations that are committed to improving diversity and tackle inequality.
Up to £15,000 grant funding is also available for social businesses in need of support to get ready for investment, and up to £20,000 as additional funding to help organisations grow.
The Zero Carbon Communities Grant Scheme supports communities in South Cambridgeshire to take action on climate change.
Plunkett UK is a charity that works to support groups to set up community businesses, helping them to save their assets and run them in a sustainable and impactful way.
With funding from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Plunkett is currently able to offer early-stage community businesses free advice and support on how to get their business off the ground, including guidance on community engagement, legal structures, business planning and raising the funds to do it.
St John’s Innovation Centre, Cambridge’s original technology incubator, has entered an exciting new phase. After more than 15 highly successful years in charge of the centre, Managing Director David Gill is moving on, making way for a dynamic new management team.
