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SWEF Business Grant

SWEF Business Grant gives young people aged 18 to 30 grants of £500 to £2,000 to start or grow a business in County Durham and Tees Valley. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by SWEF

Checked against the official page (pointnorth.org.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Grants of up to £500 for pre-revenue businesses or up to £2,000 for established businesses, for young people aged 18–30 living in County Durham or Tees Valley.

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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

£500 to £2,000

Confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Applicants must be aged 18-30, majority shareholders, currently living in County Durham, Tees Valley, Tyneside, Wearside and Northumberland, from a low-income household or facing other barriers, running a business trading for under two years, and registered as a sole trader or limited company/CIC. Young people not in education, employment or training are encouraged to apply.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Start-ups

Not confirmed on the official page

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How to apply

Complete the online application form; decisions given within eight weeks.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: County Durham and Tees Valley

County Durham, Tees Valley

Not confirmed on the official page

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Things we could not confirm

  • No deadline stated; rolling status assumed from lack of closing date mentioned

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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 (pointnorth.org.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 5 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with SWEF before you apply.

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