Grants, funding and business support in Liverpool City Region

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Only for Liverpool City Region 140

Home: A Celebration of Place community grants: £500 to £5,000 for neighbourhood arts, events and festivals in Liverpoolaward £500–£5,000 · closes 21 Oct 2026 · with Culture Liverpool
Liverpool Bay CCS Community Benefit Fund: up to £20,000 for groups near Chester, Ellesmere Port, Frodsham and Nestonmax award £20,000 · closes 2 Nov 2026 · Cheshire West · with Cheshire Community Foundation: Liverpool Bay CCS Community Benefit Fund
BBC Comedy Liverpool Script Development Project: five sitcom script commissionscloses 9 Nov 2026 · with BBC Comedy Liverpool Script Development Project
Creative Industries investment: expressions of interest for Liverpool City Region projectscloses 18 Nov 2026 · with Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Creative Industries EOI)
Pilkington Charities' Fund: up to £20,000 for Liverpool City Region community organisationsmax award £20,000 · closes 27 Nov 2026 · with Community Foundation for Merseyside: Pilkington Charities' Fund (up to £20,000)
Business Rates Hardship Reliefnon-cash support · open all year · with Business rates hardship relief (St Helens)
Charitable Rate Relief80% mandatory relief; up to 100% discretionary relief · open all year · with Charitable and discretionary non-profit rate relief (St Helens)
Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) Rate Relief80% mandatory relief; up to 100% with discretionary 20% top up · open all year · with Charitable and discretionary non-profit rate relief (St Helens)
Flexible Growth Fundaward £1,000,000 · open all year · with Flexible Growth Fund (Growth Platform)
Hardship reliefopen all year · with Business rates hardship relief (Liverpool)
Production Fund — Liverpool Film Officenon-cash support · open all year · with Liverpool Film Office
Rapid Response Fund — The Pandemic Instituteopen all year · with The Pandemic Institute (Liverpool)
Sefton Ways to Work ILM Programmenon-cash support · open all year · Sefton · with Sefton Council
Submit a solution — Alder Hey Innovationnon-cash support · open all year · with Alder Hey Innovation
SWEF Enterprise Fund: grants up to £2,000 for young Merseyside entrepreneursmax award £2,000 · open all year · with Community Foundation for Merseyside - SWEF Enterprise Fund
Apply for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure 2026-27 multiplierswith Retail, Hospitality and Leisure 2026-27 business rates multipliers - apply (Knowsley)
Discretionary Non-Profit Rate Reliefnon-cash support · with Discretionary non-profit rate relief (Sefton)
Electric Vehicle Charging Point (EVCP) Relief100% business rates relief · with Electric Vehicle Charging Point business rates relief (Wirral)
Employer recruitment support and £4,000 Youth Guarantee bursarymax award £4,000 · with Employer recruitment support and £4,000 Youth Guarantee bursary (Wirral)
Gateway Angelsaward £50,000–£1,000,000 · with Gateway Angels (LCR angel investment network)
Health and Life Sciences Proof of Concept Fundmax award £55,000 · with LCR Life Sciences Innovation Zone
Kindred - Support for Socially-Trading Organisationsnon-cash support · with Growth Platform
Kindred LCRwith Kindred LCR (socially-trading organisations)
Our investment focus areas — LYVA Labsaward £10,000–£250,000 · total pot £7m · with LYVA Labs
Pre-Seed Challenge Funds — LYVA Labsaward £10,000–£250,000 · total pot £7m · with LYVA Labs
Pub and Live Music Venue Business Rates Relief15% reduction on business rates bill for 2026–2027 billing year, with bills frozen in real terms for a further two years · with Pub and live music venue business rates relief (Liverpool)
Supporting Small Business Rate Reliefmax award £800 · with Business rates reliefs and exemptions (Sefton)
Transitional relief and supporting small business for 2026-2029award £800–£100,000 · with Business rates relief and reductions (Liverpool)
Business Adviser and Expert AccessFree · open all year · with Business & IP Centre Liverpool
Business Support and Mentoring — Sci-Tech Daresburynon-cash support · open all year · with Sci-Tech Daresbury (campus programmes)
Clinic for entrepreneurial guidance — Business & IP Centre LiverpoolFree · open all year · with Business & IP Centre Liverpool
Free Start-up Supportnon-cash support · open all year · with Start Up Sefton - free start-up support (Sefton)
Funding Support Services — Sefton CVSnon-cash support · open all year · with Sefton CVS
Funding Surgeriesnon-cash support · open all year · with Sefton CVS funding advice
InvestSefton Business Supportnon-cash support · open all year · with Liverpool City Region Start Up Support
LCR Finance Clinic — InvestSefton business events and free workshopsFree · open all year · with InvestSefton business events and free workshops (Sefton)
Liverpool City Council Business and Economic Supportnon-cash support · open all year · with Liverpool City Region Start Up Support
Liverpool City Region Start Up Supportnon-cash support · open all year · with Liverpool City Region Start Up Support
Patents clinic — Business & IP Centre LiverpoolFree · open all year · with Business & IP Centre Liverpool
Pre-application Advice and Funding Supportnon-cash support · open all year · with Sefton CVS funding advice
Research collaborations and partnerships — University of Liverpoolnon-cash support · open all year · with University of Liverpool (business engagement)
Southport BID Free Business Promotion and Content CreationProfessional videos and content creation (£250,000 value of professional videos produced for BID businesses in past year) · open all year · Sefton · with Southport BID free business promotion and content creation (Southport)
St Helens Start-up Support Packagenon-cash support · open all year · St Helens · with Liverpool City Region Start Up Support
Tendering Supportnon-cash support · open all year · with Invest Knowsley tendering support and tender alerts (Knowsley)
Wirral Chamber Business Supportnon-cash support · open all year · Wirral · with Liverpool City Region Start Up Support
Bid-Writing Supportnon-cash support · with LCVS funding & bid-writing support
Business Funding and Programmeswith Growth Platform
Business supportnon-cash support · with Invest Knowsley business support
Business Support Servicenon-cash support · with Business Support Service (LCR local authority business support teams)
Employer & Employee Support (help finding work)non-cash support · with Halton People into Jobs - employer job matching and recruitment support (Halton)

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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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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 Liverpool City Region and the North West 32

Asset Valuations & Associated Servicescontract value £10,125,000 · closes 19 Oct 2026 · with The Chest (North West councils e-tendering portal, via Proactis ProContract)
Design, Build and Delivery of Invest Liverpool City Region Real Estate Exhibition Standscloses 19 Oct 2026 · with The Chest (North West councils e-tendering portal, via Proactis ProContract)
A66 Northern Trans Pennine Project(NTP) - Schemes 1, 2 Traffic Signals Packagecloses 23 Oct 2026 · with KIER TRANSPORTATION LIMITED
Racial Trauma Support Service — The Chestcloses 23 Oct 2026 · with The Chest (North West councils e-tendering portal, via Proactis ProContract)
Science and Industry Museum Wonderlab Group 2 Interactives Makers 2contract value £155,000 · closes 23 Oct 2026 · with Science Museum Group
Marketing, Advertising and Media Buying Services - Wirral Met Collegecontract value £92,000 · closes 25 Oct 2026 · Wirral · with Wirral Metropolitan College

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How many opportunities are open for businesses and organisations in Liverpool City Region?

On 18 October 2026 Bearings lists 961 live opportunities a business based in Liverpool City Region can apply for: 517 grants, loans, investment and prizes, 306 programmes, advice and support, 138 training offers. 140 are only for Liverpool City Region, 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)
Contracts for Innovation Cymru: Reducing Missed Appointments and Improving Access to Planned Care (closes 20 Oct 2026)
Expression of interest: Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) medical countermeasures R&D (closes 20 Oct 2026)

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Funding and support in Liverpool City Region