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Flexible Social Finance
Flexible Social Finance is a repayable loan of £30,000 to £400,000 for social enterprises and charities that are trading and have strong social impact, based in the North East. Open, no fixed deadline.
Run by Big Issue Invest
Checked against the official page (bigissue.com) on 16 Oct 2026.
Repayable finance of £30,000 to £400,000 for socially trading organisations with strong social impact goals struggling to secure affordable finance elsewhere.
These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with Big Issue Invest before you apply.
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Status and deadline
Status
Not confirmed on the official page
Deadline
Not confirmed on the official page
How much
Confirmed on the official page
Who can apply
Confirmed on the official page
Business size
Not confirmed on the official page
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How to apply
Confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area
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Shaded: County Durham, Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Gateshead.
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- Confirmed on the official page
- Uncertain, or sources disagree
- Important, but we could not find it
Things we could not confirm
- Businesses_can_apply unclear: the text says 'socially trading organisations' and 'designed with the social sector, for the social sector', which may exclude conventional businesses; social enterprises and community interest companies may qualify but this is not explicit
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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 16 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 31 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Big Issue Invest before you apply.
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- growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk/resourcevia North East Growth Hub: finance and funding, read 24 Oct 2026
- northeast-ca.gov.uk/get-involved/funding-opportunitiesvia North East Mayoral Strategic Authority: funding opportunities, read 17 Oct 2026
- bigissue.com/invest/flexible-social-fund/the official page, checked automatically, read 16 Oct 2026
- growthhub.northeast-ca.gov.uk/resource/flexible-social-financethe official page, checked automatically, read 5 Oct 2026