Business grants and support in Workington
Workington is a town in Cumberland, Cumbria. About 21,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Workington can apply to the 286 schemes open across Cumberland. None of them is only for Cumberland or Cumbria yet: they are for the wider region or the whole country. Updated 26 Oct 2026.
Places to work and meet in Workington
Coworking spaces, incubators and workspaces a business can use, and venues to hire for a meeting, training day or event, each from its own website. Those with a known address are dots on the map below.
Event venues to hire (4)
- Carnegie Theatre & Arts Centre
Arts venue · Workington
Meeting rooms, a theatre or auditorium, studios and catering
- Energus
Conference centre · Workington · Atrium up to 250 guests in a formal setting; lecture theatre 204 seats
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space and catering
- Helena Thompson Museum
Heritage venue · Workington
Meeting rooms, a conference hall, exhibition space and catering
- Lakes College
Event venue · Workington · Boardroom 20 (conference style); Conference Rooms 90 (theatre style); Street Cafe 120 (theatre style)
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall and catering
Nothing just for Cumberland or Cumbria is open on the site right now. The Cumberland page lists the schemes open more widely, which businesses in Workington can apply to.
Need to talk to someone?
Local services that help businesses in Workington and the rest of Cumberland. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Advice, training, funding, networking and start-up help for businesses across Cumbria.
Cumbria Accelerator (Cumbria Combined Authority)
Fully funded one-to-one advice for established SMEs across Cumbria, from the Combined Authority.
Cumberland Council Business support (Invest in Cumberland)
Council pages on investing or expanding in Cumberland, pointing to the Growth Hub and funding.
Your chamber of commerce: Cumbria Chamber of Commerce (01228 534120)
Closing in the next 30 days
Open to businesses in Workington, local and national, soonest first.
- Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3Closes 3 November 2026 at 11am (2 days)
- Space for Sustainable Industry and Digital Business Transformation ContestCloses 4 November 2026 (3 days)
- CfI: Battery innovation for dual use & defence Phase 1Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- DRIVE35 Scale-up Fund Drawdown 5Closes 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- Future Leaders Fellowships: Round 11, business and non-academicCloses 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- Scale-up FundCloses 4 November 2026 at 11am (3 days)
- Access to Elected Office FundCloses 4 November 2026 at 2pm (3 days)
- International Bilateral Fund - Call 3Closes 4 November 2026 at 3pm (3 days)
Narrow it to your business
What it does, how long it has been going, how many people work there, what it needs help with and what it is looking for: the best matches for Cumberland come first.
Business events in and near Workington
In-person events in the next 30 days in Workington, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
No in-person events found in or near Workington in the next 30 days.
No business in Workington has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and pin you on the map at Workington.
Other towns in Cumberland
Where Workington is
Workington is a town in Cumberland, Cumbria. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Workington; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Cumberland: Northumberland, Westmorland and Furness
The dots are its workspaces and venues. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (built-up areas, 2022).
Local Landscape gathers these details automatically from public web pages, and only some have been checked by a person, so check them with the organisation before you apply. Part of Cumberland. Every area