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Blended Finance & Grant Support

Blended Finance & Grant Support is a grant of up to £200,000 for smaller social enterprises and charities already trading in the United Kingdom, combining a loan with a grant element. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Big Issue Invest

Checked against the official page (bigissue.com) on 5 Oct 2026.

Blended finance combining a loan with grant support, offered to help organisations grow sustainably and strengthen long-term impact and financial resilience.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Not confirmed on the official page

How much

Up to £200,000

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Smaller social enterprises and charities that are already trading and delivering impact, where blended finance (a loan with a grant element) can make borrowing more affordable and support long-term sustainability.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Social enterprises

Confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Submit an enquiry through the Big Issue Invest contact page.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Amounts not stated.
  • Page does not say whether ordinary private businesses can apply; eligibility is for social enterprises and charities.
  • Deadline and opening status not stated.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (bigissue.com) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Big Issue Invest before you apply.

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