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Apply to the Fund

The £10m Investment and Contract Readiness Fund enables social ventures to access new forms of investment and compete for public service contracts.

From Monday 21 May 2012, grants between £50,000 and £150,000 will be available on a rolling basis to ambitious social ventures who will go on to raise at least £500,000 investment, or who want to bid for contracts over £1 million.  

Ventures will be required to apply in partnership with an approved provider.

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Find an approved provider


Social ventures will need to work with one of the Fund’s approved investment and contract readiness providers to apply. If you’re looking for a provider who can support and guide you to develop realistic proposals to become investment/contract ready, you can browse through our list of approved providers now.

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Delivering rehabilitation services?


The Fund will also offer targeted support packages for social ventures working in rehabilitation.

From May 2013, ambitious social ventures looking either to become prime providers or to work within the rehabilitation supply chain and bidding for public service contracts can apply for grants up to £150,000.  

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Become an approved provider


If you are a specialist investment and contract readiness provider with a track record in providing support to social ventures to develop realistic proposals to attract investment or win public service contracts, then we want to hear from you. Applications for approval are now open.

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