Does Your Village Need A Grant?

5th September 2011

VILLAGE SOS COMPETITION

Village SOS has announced that the next funding round of the Village SOS Competition opened for entry on the 24th August 2011. A total of £5.3 million in funding will be available to support the setting up of 250 community businesses with awards
of between £10,000 and £30,000.

Village SOS are particularly interested in giving money to enterprising ideas that will use the skills of local people, and the area''s natural resources, land and buildings.

The competition will be open to Village SOS members and to be eligible entrants must be SOS members; be a community enterprise and the village must be in a rural area and have fewer than 3,000 people living in it. For information on how to join Village SOS and further information on the funding available please go to -
http://www.villagesos.org.uk/get-involved/business-essentials