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The Family Business Foundation: business support

The Family Business Foundation is a support programme with match-funded education and professional development for current and future family members working in small and medium-sized family businesses across the UK. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by The Family Business Foundation, The Family Business Community

Checked against the official page (fambizcommunity.com) on 7 Oct 2026.

Educational and professional development support for current and future generations in small and medium-sized family businesses across all sectors in the UK.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with The Family Business Foundation before you apply.

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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

Not stated

You put in: Match funded education and professional development

Who can apply

Current and future generations working within small and medium sized family businesses from across all sectors.

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

Could your business apply?

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How to apply

Visit the provider website for further information about how to apply.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

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

  • No specific deadline stated
  • No funding amounts specified
  • Application process details not provided on this page

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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 (fambizcommunity.com) on 7 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 7 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with The Family Business Foundation before you apply.

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