FINANCE & FUNDING

One of the key challenges for small and medium, private and social, enterprises alike is access to start up/development and business growth finance.
This continues to be a challenge, through austere times and otherwise, and the difficulties of accessing finance from traditional sources (banks, etc), particularly for young and small businesses, is well known.

However there are innovative forms of finance emerging that can help SMEs of all types to overcome these difficulties.

Community Works helps SMEs to access both traditional and new forms of finance and support including :-

• Crowdfunding
• Peer to Peer Lending
• Local Authority grants/loans/support
• Specialist Research & Innovation grants
• National grants/loans/support
• European grants/loans/support
• Municipal bonds
• Local Community, Energy & Housing funds
• Local Community/Charity joint ventures