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Funding and business support in Wakefield

Open to businesses in Wakefield, including schemes for the wider region and the whole country.

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Local to Wakefield 1 scheme

ClosedSupport programme

Business sustainability support

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Funding and advice to help small businesses across West Yorkshire measure their carbon footprint and climate risk, plan to reduce environmental impact, and cut emissions and increase energy resilience. The project is now completed.

Amount
The project received £10.597 million in funding through Gainshare and £9.250 million in match funding from small businesses. This is the whole project budget, not an amount for one business.
Deadline
Closed 31 March 2026
Area
West YorkshireLocal Landscape rating 7 out of 10

National schemes 5 schemes

Open to businesses across England or the UK, including Wakefield.

ClosedGrantEngland-wide

Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)

Rural Payments Agency

The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) aims to help farmers manage land in a way that improves food production and is more environmentally sustainable.

Deadline
Closed 28 August 2026
Area
EnglandLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
ClosedGrant

The Arctic Region

ESA Business Applications

A non-competitive BASS Call for Proposals made up of three sub-calls supporting space-enabled services for resilience, safety, sustainability and security in the Arctic.

Deadline
Closed 4 September 2026
Area
Arctic region; no UK-specific area stated.Local Landscape rating 8 out of 10
ClosedGrantNational

Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Talan (Delivery Partner)

Grants for improvements to existing district or communal heating projects in England and Wales that are operating sub-optimally. Revenue grants fund Optimisation Studies; capital grants part-fund installation of improvement measures.

Amount
Capital grants: up to (but not including) 50% of eligible project costs. Revenue (Optimisation Study) grants: up to 100% of eligible project costs, within the budget range in the guidance.
Deadline
Closed 9 October 2026
Area
England, WalesLocal Landscape rating 10 out of 10
ClosedGrantUK-wide

Depot Charging Scheme

UK Government, Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV)

The Depot Charging Scheme supports uptake of zero-emission HGVs, vans and coaches by part-funding the installation of charging infrastructure at fleet depots.

Amount
Up to £1,000,000
Deadline
Closed 27 October 2026
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 9 out of 10
ClosedGrantUK-wide

EIT Culture & Creativity: Innovation Projects 2026

EIT Culture & Creativity

Support for high-impact, close-to-market innovations in architecture, audio-visual media and fashion sectors, progressing from TRL 7 to full market deployment. Stage 1 provides €20,000 per project; stage 2 provides up to €900,000 per project (70% of eligible costs).

Amount
Stage 1: up to €20,000 per project (up to 30 projects funded). Stage 2: up to €900,000 per project (up to 70% of eligible project costs, up to 11 projects funded).
Deadline
Closed 30 October 2026
Area
United KingdomLocal Landscape rating 8 out of 10

Email me more like this

We will email you when new funding appears for a business in Wakefield, wanting to cut its energy use and carbon.

How often

We send nothing else, and every email has a link to stop. How we use your address

Or save these answers in a free business profile: your alert then follows them whenever you change them.