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Business for Good

Business for Good is a support programme for social enterprises, co-operatives and not-for-profits in Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by North East BIC

Last read from ne-bic.co.uk on 30 Oct 2026.

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.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

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How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Social enterprises, co-operatives and not-for-profits, whether at the idea stage, about to launch or established.

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Business size

Social enterprises

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How to apply

Send a message through the North East BIC's social enterprise enquiry form or call its advisers on 0191 516 6138.

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Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area

Sunderland, Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Northumberland

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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

Shaded: Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, Sunderland, Gateshead.

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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. Last read from ne-bic.co.uk on 30 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 30 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 9 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with North East BIC before you apply.

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  • ne-bic.co.ukvia GOV.UK business finance and support finder, read 30 Oct 2026