Washington is a town in Sunderland, the North East Combined Authority area. About 51,000 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Washington can apply to the 374 schemes open across Sunderland; 74 of them are only for Sunderland or the North East Combined Authority area. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Washington, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Mon 2 Nov
North East BIC · about 3 miles outside · North East BIC
Mon 2 Nov
North East BIC · about 3 miles outside · North East BIC
Wed 4 Nov
Somewhere in North East BIC · about 4 miles outside · North East BIC
Wed 18 Nov
Newcastle · about 4 miles outside · Sunderland Software City
Thu 19 Nov08:30
Beamish Hall Hotel · about 4 miles outside · Business Durham
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.
Managed offices · Sunderland
Private offices, meeting rooms, training rooms and catering
Arts venue · Washington · Low Barn maximum 120 people; Theatre up to 120 people theatre style or up to 80 cabaret style
Meeting rooms, training rooms, a conference hall, a theatre or auditorium, event space, studios and catering
Schemes for Sunderland or the North East Combined Authority area, not for the whole region, which businesses in Washington can apply to.
Enterprising Sunderland
40% grant towards innovative projects valued between £5,000 and £25,000 for trading businesses based in Sunderland.
North East BIC
Support for social entrepreneurs to change the world by doing business for good, delivered by the North East BIC as a not-for-profit social enterprise.
UMi
A £3.5 million UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme supporting business growth in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Sunderland.
North East BIC
Support for future entrepreneurs and businesses in all sectors to grow and innovate, including free advice, workshops, events and innovation grants.
University of Sunderland
Serviced office and meeting space in Sunderland City Centre for innovation-led businesses, start-ups and SMEs, run by the University of Sunderland's Centre for Enterprise and Innovation.
North East Growth Hub, Business & IP Centre North East
Free on-site research resources, free one-to-one intellectual property surgeries and free business workshops and advice to help start-ups and existing businesses research, protect and commercialise ideas.
Local services that help businesses in Washington and the rest of Sunderland. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Impartial advice, links to support and help finding finance for existing North East businesses.
North East Enterprise Agency (NEEAL)
Fully funded one-to-one advice, workshops and training for people starting a business.
See North East Enterprise Agency Ltd (NEEAL) on Local Landscape
Sunderland City Council Business Investment Team
Council team helping Sunderland businesses start, grow, export, find premises or relocate.
Your chamber of commerce: North East England Chamber of Commerce (0300 303 6322)
Open to businesses in Washington, local and national, soonest first.
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 Sunderland come first.
No business in Washington 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 Washington.
Washington is a town in Sunderland, the North East Combined Authority area. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Washington; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Sunderland: County Durham, South Tyneside, Gateshead
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 Sunderland. Every area