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Growth Impact Fund: loan

The Growth Impact Fund is a loan of £50,000 to £1,500,000 for social enterprises and social purpose organisations across the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Growth Impact Fund, Big Issue Invest, UnLtd

Last read from teesvalley-ca.gov.uk on 27 Oct 2026.

A social impact fund that invests in organisations led by people with lived experience, offering a range of investment options for those starting out or looking to scale.

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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

£50,000 to £1,500,000

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Organisations seeking investment must first check the eligibility criteria; the pages describe them as social purpose organisations.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Social enterprises

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Email enquiries.gif@bigissue.com to find out more; the text does not give a formal application route.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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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

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

  • Eligibility criteria beyond social enterprise status not stated
  • Listed as delivered through the Tees Valley Combined Authority directory; the fund's own rules may apply
  • Location listed as five Tees Valley local authority areas; areas set to tees-valley as the closest match

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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 teesvalley-ca.gov.uk on 27 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 31 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 31 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Growth Impact Fund before you apply.

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