Only for Cumbria 1
- Walney Extension Skills Fund: £10k-£100k for STEM and skills projects on the Cumbria and Lancashire coastaward £10,000–£100,000 · closes 24 Mar 2027 · with Walney Extension Community Fund: The Skills Fund (STEM and skills projects, £10k-£100k)
Open across the North West 1
- Strategic Legal Fundaward £12,000–£30,000 · closes 26 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
UK-wide 30
- Funding opportunity: Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stageaward £25,000,000 · closes 22 Oct 2026 · with Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- Pathways to Work Innovation Fundcloses 26 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
- eBay Grants Support Business Growth and Young Talentaward £1,000–£10,000 · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with eBay UK Up & Running Grants
- eBay Up & Running Grants: £10,000 for young eBay sellers and youth employersmax award £10,000 · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with eBay UK Up & Running Grants (Young Entrepreneur Edition)
- Education Endowment Foundationcloses 2 Nov 2026 · with Education Endowment Foundation
- Teacher Development Fund — Paul Hamlyn Foundationmax award £165,000 · closes 11 Nov 2026 · with Paul Hamlyn Foundation
- BFI Skills Fund pilot call: up to £150,000 for a technical and craft skills framework in screenmax award £150,000 · closes 24 Nov 2026 · with BFI National Lottery Skills Fund: Pilot Projects (Call 1)
- Essential Employment Skills Fund — Nuffield Foundationaward £500,000 · closes 10 Dec 2026 · with Nuffield Foundation (funding for research)
- Arts-based Learning Fund — Paul Hamlyn Foundationaward £30,000–£300,000 · open all year · with Paul Hamlyn Foundation
- Bank Referral Schemenon-cash support · open all year · with Bank Referral Scheme (designated finance platforms)
- Export Finance and Insurancenon-cash support · open all year · with UK Export Finance
- Green Buy-to-Let Mortgage for Limited Companyopen all year · with Barclays Green Loans for Business
- Green Loans for Businessaward from £25,001 · open all year · with Barclays Green Loans for Business
- Green Residential Investment Loan for Professional Landlordsopen all year · with Barclays Green Loans for Business
- Haatch Investmentopen all year · with Haatch (SEIS/EIS digital)
- Social Tech Ventures: pre-seed and seed investment for UK impact techopen all year · with Social Tech Ventures (Social Tech Trust)
- AI Upskilling Challenge Fund — Department for Science, Innovation and Technologymax award £800,000 · with Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Connect with Ufi Venturesaward £50,000–£1,000,000 · with Ufi Ventures
- Lab Discovery Programme — Lloyd's Labnon-cash support · with Lloyd's Lab (InsurTech accelerator)
- Patient Capital Funds — British Business Bankwith British Business Bank
- Lawtech Mentoring — LawtechUKnon-cash support · with LawtechUK
- Next Wave: Global Business Innovation Programme – Createch South by Southwest (SXSW), Texasnon-cash support · closes 22 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
- Aviva & Founders Factory Fintech Accelerator: £50k capital and four months' supportmax award £50,000 · open all year · with Aviva & Founders Factory Fintech Accelerator
- Digital Securities Sandboxnon-cash support · open all year · with Bank of England Digital Securities Sandbox
- Fintech Forward Programmeopen all year · with J.P. Morgan Fintech Forward
- FinTech Innovation Lab London 2027non-cash support · with FinTech Innovation Lab London (Accenture)
- NatWest Fintech Programme 2026non-cash support · with NatWest Fintech Programme
- VocTech Together Support Programmemax award £10,000 · with Ufi VocTech Trust (grant funding)
- Amazon Small Business Acceleratornon-cash support · with Amazon Small Business Accelerator
- Leading the Arts in Your Schoolaward £660–£1,250 · with Curious Minds (NW cultural education)
International, open to UK applicants 4
- MC Sonae – Submission call for retail-industry pilotsnon-cash support · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
- WISE EdTech Accelerator 2027: coaching, masterclasses and investor access for seed to pre-series A edtech startupsnon-cash support · closes 31 Oct 2026 · with WISE EdTech Accelerator 2026-2027
- Alliance ALL19 crypto accelerator: $400k on admissionnon-cash support · closes 18 Nov 2026 · with Alliance (crypto accelerator)
- Eksim Ventures — EUREKA Networknon-cash support · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
Contracts in Cumbria and the North West 6
- James Rennie School at Bishop Harvey Goodwin School, Carlisle - Consultancy Servicescontract value £150,000 · closes 19 Oct 2026 · Cumberland · with Cumberland Council
- GMC2376 People Survey — General Medical Councilcontract value £166,818 · closes 9 Nov 2026 · with General Medical Council (GMC)
- Financial Advisor. — Great British Energy - Nuclearcontract value £500,000 · closes 12 Nov 2026 · with Great British Energy - Nuclear
- R/WP-27/28-NCIC-External Audit Services — Atamis Health Family: NHS England, NHS trusts and ICBs, DHSC, UKHSA, MHRA, FSA tender portalcloses 23 Dec 2026 · with Atamis Health Family: NHS England, NHS trusts and ICBs, DHSC, UKHSA, MHRA, FSA tender portal
- Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Framework 2025closes 31 Mar 2029 · Westmorland and Furness · with The Chest (North West councils e-tendering portal, via Proactis ProContract)
- Management Consultancy Dynamic Market — EU-Supply UK: YORtendercloses 3 Nov 2030 · with EU-Supply UK: YORtender (15 Yorkshire councils), universities (NWUPC, LUPC, SUMS), NHS and housing buyers
Questions
How many opportunities are open for Professional & Business Services in Cumbria?
On 18 October 2026 Bearings lists 36 live opportunities a business based in Cumbria can apply for: 23 grants, loans, investment and prizes, 11 programmes, advice and support, 2 training offers. 1 are only for Cumbria, 1 are open across the North West and 34 are UK-wide or international.
Which funding closes soonest?
- Funding opportunity: Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stage (closes 22 Oct 2026)
- Strategic Legal Fund (closes 26 Oct 2026)
- Pathways to Work Innovation Fund (closes 26 Oct 2026)
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