Grants, funding and business support in Greater Manchester

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Community grants help neighbourhoods mark Remembrance Sundayaward £400 · closes 19 Oct 2026 · with Macc: funding opportunities
DF Capital Foundation grants of up to £2,500 for Greater Manchester community groups (Forever Manchester)max award £2,500 · closes 22 Oct 2026 · with Forever Manchester: DF Capital Foundation grants
Eric Wright Charitable Trust Grantscloses 25 Oct 2026 · with Bolton CVS: funding opportunities
Too Great for Hatemax award £500 · closes 26 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
Saddleworth Hydro Sustainability Fundaward £10,000–£25,000 · closes 30 Oct 2026 · Oldham · with Action Together: find funding
Ford Britain Trust’s Small Grantaward £250 · closes 31 Oct 2026 · with Macc: funding opportunities
Trafford Council VCSE grant: up to £10,000 for community safety and cohesion projectsmax award £10,000 · closes 31 Oct 2026 · Trafford · with Trafford Council: VCSE grant (Standing Together community safety)
Manchester Connecting Communities Fund: grants up to £5,000 for youth sport, movement and performing arts projectsmax award £5,000 · closes 2 Nov 2026 · with City in the Community (Manchester City): Manchester Connecting Communities Fund (EURO 2028)
Manchester's Rising Stars Fund: grants up to £5,000 for young Mancunians, including to start a businessmax award £5,000 · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with We Love MCR Charity: Manchester's Rising Stars Fund (grants up to £5,000 for young Mancunians)
Oglesby Spotlight: Local Climate Action grants of £500-£5,000 for Greater Manchester community groupsaward £500–£5,000 · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with Oglesby Charitable Trust: Spotlight - Local Climate Action (Greater Manchester)
Stronger Communities Fund: up to £4,000 for City of Manchester community projectsmax award £4,000 · closes 3 Nov 2026 · with We Love MCR Charity: Stronger Communities Fund (up to £4,000, City of Manchester)
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trustaward £25,000–£200,000 · closes 4 Nov 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
Hot Bed Press open call: £500 to £10,000 for public art in Salford's Makers District (closes 9 Nov)award £500–£10,000 · closes 9 Nov 2026 · Salford · with Hot Bed Press (Salford): open call for public art projects in The Makers District
Tameside Communities Fund: grants up to £11,000 for Tameside community groups (closes 9 November)max award £11,000 · closes 9 Nov 2026 · Tameside · with Action Together: Tameside Communities Fund 2026 (micro up to £1,000, small up to £11,000)
Tameside Live Well Spaces Fund: £25,000 for community anchor organisationsaward £25,000 · closes 9 Nov 2026 · Tameside · with Action Together: Tameside Live Well Spaces Fund 2026 (£25,000 for community anchor organisations)
Hate Crime Awareness Week 2027 grants: ten £1,000 awards for Manchester groupsaward £1,000 · closes 11 Nov 2026 · with Macc (Manchester Community Central): Hate Crime Awareness Week 2027 grants programme
Equans North Manchester Community Funding: grants or volunteer help for projects in M8, M9 and M40closes 14 Nov 2026 · with Equans North Manchester Community Funding (grants or volunteers, M8, M9, M40)
American Express small restaurant grants: £10,500 for independent restaurants in Greater Manchester and Londonmax award £10,500 · closes 16 Nov 2026 · with American Express / IDA Foundation: Backing International Small Restaurants grant (London and Manchester)
Wythenshawe Social Value Fund: £7,000 to £10,000 for community projectsaward £7,000–£10,000 · closes 16 Nov 2026 · with Wythenshawe Community Housing Group: Social Value Fund
SUEZ Communities Trust Landfill Communities Fundcloses 18 Nov 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
In Our Nature: up to £4,000 of support for Manchester community climate projectsmax award £4,000 · closes 23 Nov 2026 · with In Our Nature (Manchester): community climate action support (up to £4,000 in kind)
Hate Crime Awareness Fund 2026-27award £500–£750 · closes 27 Nov 2026 · with Salford CVS: current funding opportunities (grants it manages)
The Charity Service Greater Manchester Grants: up to £3,000 for local charities and community groupsmax award £3,000 · closes 27 Nov 2026 · with The Charity Service: Greater Manchester Grants (up to £3,000)
Heywood Pride in Place capital grants: up to £180,000 to improve community spacesmax award £180,000 · closes 30 Nov 2026 · Rochdale · with Action Together: Heywood Pride in Place Capital Grants (up to £30,000 or £180,000)
Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund: grants up to £3,000 for community groups near the airportmax award £3,000 · closes 6 Dec 2026 · with Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund
Culture Bolton Micro Grants: up to £500 for Bolton creative practitioners and organisationsmax award £500 · closes 14 Dec 2026 · Bolton · with Culture Bolton (Bolton Council): Small Grants Programme - Micro Grants
Smallbridge, Hurstead and Belfield Pride in Place grants: up to £5,000 for local groupsmax award £5,000 · closes 1 Feb 2027 · with Action Together: Smallbridge, Hurstead and Belfield Pride in Place Community Grants
Crook Hill Community Benefit Fundaward £250–£35,000 · closes 10 Feb 2027 · with Crook Hill Community Benefit Fund (Littleborough area, via GrantScape)
Manchester Neighbourhood Sports Fund 2026-27award £250–£3,000 · closes 1 Mar 2027 · with Macc: funding opportunities
Bolton's Fund 2040award £15,000–£35,000 · open all year · Bolton · with Bolton CVS: Bolton's Fund 2040 (micro, small, medium and partnership grants)
Community safety grantsaward £500–£5,000 · open all year · with Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust: community safety grants
Good Growth FundAdditional Good Growth Fund support where required to unlock delivery, improve viability or accelerate outcomes, subject to funding availability and programme priorities. · open all year · with GMCA: Good Growth Fund (grant, loan and equity for housing, employment space, innovation, infrastructure)
Grant programmesaward £1,000–£20,000 · open all year · with Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity: grant programmes (homelessness)
Greater Manchester Production Fund: £50k to £750k for film and TV made in Greater Manchester (grant or recoupable investment)award £50,000–£750,000 · total pot £10.5m · open all year · with Greater Manchester Production Fund (GMCA) - film and TV
Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trustmax award £3,500 · open all year · with Salford CVS: current funding opportunities (grants it manages)
MITIH Grant Fund Round Threeaward £10,000 · open all year · with MediaCity Immersive Technologies Innovation Hub (MITIH): grants, labs and programmes
Oldham Council Innovation Grant: up to £10,000 towards capital projects that create jobsmax award £10,000 · open all year · Oldham · with Oldham Council: Innovation Grant (up to £10,000 capital grant)
Rochdale Communities Fundaward £1,000–£3,000 · open all year · Rochdale · with Action Together: find funding
Stockport VRU Mini Grantsaward £1,500–£20,000 · open all year · Stockport · with Sector 3: funding
Wigan Future Apprentices for Business: £3,000 or £5,000 grant to hire a young apprenticeaward £3,000–£5,000 · open all year · Wigan · with Wigan Council: Future Apprentices for Business (FAB) grants (£3,000-£5,000)
Awards for All Environment - National Lottery Community Fundwith Sector 3: funding
CDL Fundmax award £1,000 · with Sector 3: funding
Crowdfund Salford match fundingaward from £2,000 · Salford · with Salford City Council: Crowdfund Salford match funding (up to £20,000)
Energy Accelerator for Non-Domestic Buildingswith Energy Innovation Agency: funding programmes
Healthy Lifestyles: Equipment and Training Fundaward £500–£2,000 · with Salford CVS: current funding opportunities (grants it manages)
HOME Arches Seed Residenciesmax award £1,500 · with HOME Manchester: Artist Opportunities (commissions, residencies, calls)
Manchester Building Society Community Fundwith Forever Manchester: Manchester Building Society Community Fund
Manchester Met Graduate Recruitment Fundaward from £2,000 · with Manchester Met Graduate Recruitment Fund (up to £2,000 per graduate hire)
SKyLight Community Fundmax award £2,000 · with Sector 3: funding
Stockport Business Finance Schemeaward £500–£250,000 · Stockport · with Stockport Council: Stockport Business Finance Scheme (loans £500-£250,000)

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Open across the North West 80

Film Exhibition Fundnon-cash support · closes 23 Oct 2026 · with Film Hub North: film exhibitor funding (Film Exhibition Fund, Pitch Pot, Bursary Fund)
Film Exhibition Fund round 3: up to £10k for independent cinemas, film festivals and film societies in the Northmax award £10,000 · closes 23 Oct 2026 · with Film Hub North: Film Exhibition Fund round 3 (up to £10k for independent film exhibition in the North)
Blackpool Creative Market: £350 commission to run a festive family workshop (apply by 25 Oct 2026)award £350 · closes 25 Oct 2026 · with Aunty Social / Blackpool Creative Market: artist workshop callout (£350, 5 Dec 2026)
Strategic Legal Fundaward £12,000–£30,000 · closes 26 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
Tree Councilaward £10,000–£40,000 · closes 31 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund: £3k-£5k for debut feature writers in the Northaward £3,000–£5,000 · closes 11 Nov 2026 · with BFI NETWORK
GBE Community Fund: up to £40k feasibility, £100k development or £3m capital for community energy projects (closes 12 Nov)max award £3,000,000 · closes 12 Nov 2026 · with Great British Energy: GBE Community Fund (feasibility, development and capital grants for community energy)
Access Funding Scheme for High-end TV Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Crew 2026 - 2027free training (ScreenSkills funded) · closes 16 Nov 2026 · with ScreenSkills training and opportunities (ScreenSkills-funded courses)
School Trips Grant — Clore Duffield Foundationaward £3,000–£6,000 · closes 27 Nov 2026 · with Clore Duffield Foundation
Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Bursariesaward £100–£2,000 · closes 3 Dec 2026 · with Museum Development North: MD North grants (Open Grants, Learning and Engagement Grant, CPD Bursary)
IBIC biotech knowledge exchange grants: up to £60k for north-west business-university projects (next deadline 10 Dec)max award £60,000 · closes 10 Dec 2026 · with IBIC: knowledge exchange grants with north-west biotech businesses
Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fundaward £1,000–£10,000 · closes 18 Dec 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
Get Fishing Fundaward £750–£1,000 · closes 31 Dec 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
Great Northern Read Award: £2,500 and literary agent mentoring for unpublished northern novelists (closes 11 Jan)max award £2,500 · closes 11 Jan 2027 · with New Writing North: Great Northern Read Award 2027 (Johnson & Alcock)
Hachette Children’s Novel Awards 2027max award £3,000 · closes 11 Jan 2027 · with New Writing North: Northern Writers' Awards (all awards and submission windows)
EIT Urban Mobility Strategic Innovation call: up to €2m for cross-border mobility projectscloses 28 Jan 2027 · with EIT Urban Mobility - Strategic Innovation Open Call
Pitch Pot: rolling micro-grants of up to £3k for film screenings and events in the Northmax award £3,000 · closes 12 Feb 2027 · with Film Hub North: Pitch Pot micro-grants for film exhibitors (up to £3k, rolling)
Open Grantsaward £5,000–£7,500 · closes 12 Mar 2027 · with Museum Development North: MD North grants (Open Grants, Learning and Engagement Grant, CPD Bursary)
Awards for Young Writers 2027award £150–£500 · closes 15 Mar 2027 · with New Writing North: Northern Writers' Awards (all awards and submission windows)
Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF)award £10,000–£250,000 · total pot £45m · closes 31 Mar 2035 · with GOV.UK Find a Grant
Arts and Humanities Research Council IAAaward £5,000–£50,000 · open all year · with Arts and Humanities Research Council
Baltic Ventures Angelsaward from £10,000 · open all year · with Baltic Ventures
DSW Ventures Seed Investmentaward £100,000–£1,000,000 · open all year · with DSW Ventures (Daresbury-linked seed VC)
Eco-I NWopen all year · with Eco-I NW (Lancaster University low-carbon R&D support)
Equity Finance, Up to £5 million (North West)max award £5,000,000 · open all year · with Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II (British Business Bank)

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UK-wide 644

The Elephant Trust Main Fundaward £2,000–£5,000 · closes 18 Oct 2026 · with The Elephant Trust
Contracts for Innovation Cymru: Reducing Missed Appointments and Improving Access to Planned Careaward £200,000–£9,600,000 · closes 20 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
Expression of interest: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures R&Dcloses 20 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
Funding opportunity: International Travel Award Scheme for the Biological Sciencesmax award £3,000 · closes 20 Oct 2026 · with Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Next generation artificial intelligence (AI): explainable AImax award £602,500 · closes 20 Oct 2026 · with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Water Efficiency Lab 2: £150,000 to £1.5m for water-saving innovationmax award £150,000 · closes 20 Oct 2026 · with Ofwat Innovation Fund - Water Efficiency Lab 2
Advancing atmospheric and aerial autonomyaward £300,000–£1,000,000 · total pot £4m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
Funding competition Engineering Biology Access to Infrastructure Pilotaward £200,000–£750,000 · total pot £5m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Funding competition Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund Discovery C7award £200,000 · total pot £30m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Henry Smith Foundationaward £25,000–£250,000 · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
Ofgem Strategic Innovation Fund: Innovation Challenges - Discovery, autumn 2026award £200,000 · total pot £30m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
Research Infrastructure Renewalaward £300,000–£1,000,000 · total pot £8m · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
Funding opportunity: Doctoral focal award: UKRI venture doctorates: outline stageaward £25,000,000 · closes 22 Oct 2026 · with Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Creative Foundations Fund (CFF) Round 2 - Strand 1award £100,000–£1,000,000 · closes 23 Oct 2026 · with Arts Council England
Sustainable Darkroom Futures Residency: £3,400 grant and six-month mentored residency for UK artistsaward £3,400 · closes 23 Oct 2026 · with Sustainable Darkroom Futures Residency
Pathways to Work Innovation Fundcloses 26 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
PPL Momentum Music Fund: £5,000 to £15,000 for UK artists and bands at a career tipping pointaward £5,000–£15,000 · closes 26 Oct 2026 · with PPL Momentum Music Fund (PRS Foundation)
Funding opportunity: High performance compute resources for EPSRC communitiesaward £5,000,000–£20,000,000 · total pot £26.25m · closes 27 Oct 2026 · with Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Funding opportunity: Pre-announcement: Trust and confidence in policing: R&I Consortiummax award £2,000,000 · closes 27 Oct 2026 · with Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
iX Challenge: Alternative leak repair materials and methods for canal leakage and seepage repairscloses 27 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
iX Challenge: Identifying leaks and seepage in canal infrastructurecloses 27 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect (opportunities incl. ICURe)
Trust and confidence in policing: Research & Innovation Consortiummax award £2,000,000 · closes 27 Oct 2026 · with Arts and Humanities Research Council
Armed Forces Covenant Fundcloses 28 Oct 2026 · with Action Together: find funding
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grantsaward £500–£10,000 · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with British Academy funding
CfI: counter UAS demonstrations in prison environmentsaward £40,000–£80,000 · total pot £900,000 · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
CfI: Innovation in play to improve child outcomesaward £200,000–£500,000 · total pot £3m · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with UK Research and Innovation funding finder
European Innovation Council: Pathfinder, Transition, and Accelerator 2026non-cash support · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Robotics & AI)
Funding competition Advancing innovation in accelerated cancer diagnosisaward £1,500,000–£4,000,000 · total pot £25.4m · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Funding competition National Materials Innovation Programme: CR&D Rd1award £500,000–£1,000,000 · total pot £12m · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK (Innovation Funding Service)
Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) - Researcher-ledmax award £500,000 · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with NIHR (i4i and funding opportunities)
AI-enhanced x-ray imaging for bomb disposalmax award £60,000 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with HMGCC Co-Creation
Music Creators Growth Fund: £10,000 to £20,000 for artists, bands and producersaward £10,000–£20,000 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with Arts Council England - Music Creators Growth Fund
PRS Foundation Early Career Promoter Fund: up to £3,500 for independent music promoters in Englandmax award £3,500 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with PRS Foundation Early Career Promoter Fund
UK Defence Innovation: Security Open Call 2026 Cycle 2award £150,000–£350,000 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with Innovate UK Business Connect – Opportunities (Digital)
Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2027: £5,000 to £25,000 for projects celebrating the Windrush generationaward £5,000–£25,000 · closes 29 Oct 2026 · with Windrush Day Grant Scheme (MHCLG, run by Near Neighbours)
BBC Children's Northern Star Project: about £17,000 to develop a children's drama idea (closes 30 Oct)max award £17,000 · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with BBC Children's (Salford) with DR, NPO, NRK and VRT: The Northern Star Project development opportunity
Clore School Choirs and Singing Programmeaward £50,000–£100,000 · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with Clore Duffield Foundation
Commercial cooking air quality trialaward £7,000–£10,000 · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with Connected Places Catapult - Open Calls
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)

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International, open to UK applicants 97

CELTIC-NEXT call for projects – Autumn 2026closes 26 Oct 2026 · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
Eureka call for disaster resilience, response and recovery projects – 2026non-cash support · closes 26 Oct 2026 · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
EIC STEP Scale Up Defencenon-cash support · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with European Innovation Council (EISMEA)
STEP Scale Up — European Innovation Councilnon-cash support · closes 28 Oct 2026 · with European Innovation Council (EISMEA)
Eurogia2030 – Call 31 — EUREKA Networkcloses 29 Oct 2026 · with EUREKA Network (incl. Eurostars)
EIT Food Proof-of-Concept co-financing: up to €60,000 for a pilot with a corporate clientnon-cash support · closes 30 Oct 2026 · with EIT Food - Proof-of-Concept Co-Financing Instrument
Innovation Projectscloses 30 Oct 2026 · with EIT Culture & Creativity Innovation Projects (commercialisation grants)
NLnet open-source grants (Restack and CodeSupply): €5,000 to €50,000closes 3 Nov 2026 · with NLnet / NGI open calls (Restack and CodeSupply)
The Arctic Region — ESA Space Solutions — business funding callsnon-cash support · closes 5 Nov 2026 · with ESA Space Solutions — business funding calls
FIERCE 2nd Open Call: up to €50,000 in services for space-data green innovationnon-cash support · closes 9 Nov 2026 · with FIERCE - Open Call for Financing (space-enabled green innovation)

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Contracts in Greater Manchester and the North West 41

[P-1558] PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT Statutory and Non Statutory Advocacy Servicecloses 19 Oct 2026 · with The Chest (North West councils e-tendering portal, via Proactis ProContract)
Manchester Piccadilly Strategic Regeneration Framework Updatecloses 21 Oct 2026 · with The Chest (North West councils e-tendering portal, via Proactis ProContract)
Manchester International Airport - Rail Footprint Civilscontract value £1,000,000 · closes 22 Oct 2026 · with Kier Transportation - CP7 NWC
Manchester, Cotton & Transatlantic Slavery AV hardware supply and integrationcontract value £69,300 · closes 22 Oct 2026 · with Science Museum Group
A66 Northern Trans Pennine Project(NTP) - Schemes 1, 2 Traffic Signals Packagecloses 23 Oct 2026 · with KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED
GMCA 2027 Stock Condition Surveycloses 23 Oct 2026 · with The Chest (North West councils e-tendering portal, via Proactis ProContract)

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Questions

How many opportunities are open for businesses and organisations in Greater Manchester?

On 18 October 2026 Bearings lists 937 live opportunities a business based in Greater Manchester can apply for: 543 grants, loans, investment and prizes, 275 programmes, advice and support, 119 training offers. 116 are only for Greater Manchester, 80 are open across the North West and 741 are UK-wide or international.

Which funding closes soonest?

The Elephant Trust Main Fund (closes 18 Oct 2026)
Community grants help neighbourhoods mark Remembrance Sunday (closes 19 Oct 2026)
Contracts for Innovation Cymru: Reducing Missed Appointments and Improving Access to Planned Care (closes 20 Oct 2026)

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Funding and support in Greater Manchester