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Digital Pathfinders: business support

Digital Pathfinders is a fully funded support programme helping small businesses, charities and social enterprises in the North East adopt digital technology. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Digital Pathfinders, Sunderland Software City

Checked against the official page (digitalpathfinders.uk) on 15 Oct 2026.

Digital Pathfinders helps SMEs, charities and social enterprises across Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland adopt digital technology.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Fully funded (no amount stated)

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Businesses, charities and social enterprises with turnover under £43m, fewer than 250 employees, a registered or trading address in the listed North East council areas, under £300,000 of state aid in three years, and registered as a company, CIC or charity.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Micro (under 10 staff), Small (10 to 49 staff), Medium (50 to 249 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

Sectors

technology

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How to apply

Call 0191 716 5085 or email hello@digitalpathfinders.uk, or visit the provider website for how to apply.

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Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area

North East Combined Authority

Confirmed on the official page

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

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

  • Deadline and how to apply not stated on this page
  • Run by Digital Pathfinders, so its own rules may apply
  • Charities also included, so it is not clear if the support is only for SMEs and social enterprises

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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 (digitalpathfinders.uk) on 15 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 20 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 16 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Digital Pathfinders before you apply.

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