SNG Commercial Support Fund
Fund details & criteria
Fund purpose
Do you trade for social good in an SNG community? Does your enterprise have a ‘shop front’ premises and need investment to increase its community impact and trading potential? Then we might have the solution! The SNG Commercial Support Fund was developed specifically for social enterprises that trade from premises (owned or leased) within SNG communities. We know that social enterprises that gain most of their income via trading on the High Streets have been hard hit post COVID and grant funding for costs that fall outside specific project running costs are hard to come by. We want to ensure that shops and other trading spaces set up for social good continue to play a long-term role in creating vibrant commercial and community spaces in neighbourhoods and continue to provide impact to SNG customers and communities. Organisations must be able to demonstrate that the work that they do is focussed on: • Addressing poverty and inequality, • Supporting those at risk of disadvantage or • Supporting people to enter employment or training. SNG are offering grants of between £1000 and £4000 to pay for specific capital expenditure related to enhancing or improving the impact of your organisation within SNG communities. Applicants must be a social enterprise or community business trading primarily for social/environmental purposes and constituted and registered as a CIC, CIO or other registered charitable organisation as articulated in their governing documents. Examples of what we can fund include: • Cosmetic building works such as refitting or developing a shop or community space. • Small items such as shop signage, shelving/display areas, carpets. • Health and safety equipment for use in the premises (unless part of the fabric of the building) • Physical promotional material such as banners and pop-up display that help to generate more impact. The Commercial Support Fund launches on the 21st November 2024, and will close on Friday 31st January 2025 at 5pm. Please visit https://www.sng.org.uk/commercial-support for more full details about the fund, and if you have any specific questions, please contact our grants team who would be happy to help on grants@sng.org.uk