London-Based Small Business? Grab a £30,000 Grant – Here’s How

Mayor’s Resilience Fund - Helping London Bounce Forward

The coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt how we work and live. But even in the face of such disruption, there are still opportunities to adapt and grow our businesses for the good of our communities and the people in them – in fact, never has it been more important.

The Mayor’s Resilience Fund is one such opportunity for London-based organisations.

The £1 million innovation programme aims to support London’s small businesses and community groups with innovative ideas to help London ‘emerge stronger from the current coronavirus crisis, and to ensure the capital is better prepared for future disruptive challenges’, through the awarding of grants, as well as access to expert knowledge and insight.

What is Available?

Grants of up to £30,000 will be available to support the design and testing of innovations that:

  • Build digital and data tools to help London emerge from the current crisis, and fare better during future stresses and shocks.
  • Help small businesses and community organisations to adapt and diversify.
  • Create positive social change that addresses London’s major stresses – from inequality to food insecurity and poor health and wellbeing.

Who Can Apply?

The fund is open to applications from almost any type of organisation, as long as your work aligns with the fund’s themes – to help London’s small businesses and civic society emerge from the coronavirus crisis stronger and more resilient. Some examples include:

  • London boroughs and sub-regional partnerships.
  • Town teams and business improvement districts.
  • Workspace providers.
  • Community groups.
  • Social enterprises.
  • Small and medium-sized businesses.
  • Charities.

What Can the Grants Be Used For?

The Mayor’s Resilience Fund is focused on funding a variety of projects that will help London’s small businesses and civic society emerge from the coronavirus crisis stronger and more resilient. Eligible projects must come from a London-based team with a registered company or charity in the UK. 

While not exhaustive, this list includes one or more stresses or challenges that eligible projects might address:

  • Lack of social cohesion
  • Inequality
  • Poor air quality
  • Food insecurity
  • Poor housing affordability and quality
  • Aging infrastructure
  • Poor health and wellbeing
  • Brexit

Ready to Play Your Part in Building London’s Resilience?

The deadline for applications is just a few weeks away – December 2020.

If you think you have an idea that might be eligible for the fund, there’s no need to go it alone. Now is the time to collaborate with experienced partners to give you the best chance of bringing your fantastic idea to life, particularly if you haven’t applied for this type of funding before.

Grantify is your expert funding application partner. 

We help businesses like yours to secure government funding, with detailed application coaching and a professional team of advisors and editors, all available through our online portal.

See if you qualify

To see whether you qualify for the grant, you can take our quick quiz! It will ask you a series of short questions to determine whether this grant is right for you.

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Why Use Grantify?

  • Collaboration Works. For a previous round of applications, we had a 60% success rate, compared to just 8% when applying by themselves. In fact, we successfully help our customers secure £1 million per week in grant funding, on average.
  • Time Matters. Using our platform to submit your application makes the process focused and smooth. You get expert insight and model answers, breaking the application down to help you write great answers in the fastest possible time. We tell you what to write and how to write it.
  • Sector Expertise: Once your application is complete, it’ll go to our team of experts for review. Our experts have a variety of specialisms from PhD microbiologists to financial advisers, programmers to engineers – and they all know exactly what the Resilience Fund is looking for.
  • Professional Editing: Your application will also pass through a thorough edit and review process with professional writers and proofreaders, to help you craft an exciting narrative to inspire your idea. At any point in the process, you can lift the phone and call us, or fire off questions over email – we’re here to make your application excellent.
  • Full Business Support: You will have access to our support channel, ready to answer your questions via email or a phone call. We also assist you with sourcing the technical facts and figures you will need to create a strong application. We provide you with complimentary access to our affiliate service with Statista to save you having to do your own market research.

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Apply to the Resilience Fund with Grantify, Today

We love helping people with great ideas get the funding and support they need, to make a difference to the communities they love; so we’ve created a special service just for the Mayor’s Resilience Fund.

Your community needs your idea – so meet your Grantify team and bring your idea to life today.

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