Bexhill Chamber of Commerce is 100 years old in 2025 and in celebration we are launching a £25k Capital Grant fund to support our business community.
These funds have been provided as part of the Government levelling up initiative through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The fund is administered by Eastbourne and District Local Enterprise Partnership Ltd (Edeal) in co-operation with Rother District Council (RDC) and Dr Kieran Mullan MP for Bexhill and Battle.
Applications for funds are open to:
- Businesses Registered at Companies house that can provide a registration number.
- Charities Registered with the Charity Commission that can provide a registration number.
- Community Interest Companies and other social enterprises registered with companies house.
- Associations of members that have been active for more than fives years and have audited accounts.
Local authorities including Bexhill Town Council may not directly apply to the fund but may act as funding or delivery partners of third party submissions. Approval for Local Authority participation must be submitted with initial application.
To be eligible to receive funding all applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are able to deliver the project for which funding is applied and that the outcome of the funding will be of benefit to the business community of Bexhill within the nine recognised wards of Bexhill.
Applications to the fund must only be submitted in the first instance through this website.
Applications will be assessed by an independent panel of business and grant funding experts approved by Bexhill Chamber of Commerce, EDEAL and RDC.
Applications for funding can be for £500 up to the £25k limit of the fund.
Match funding or shared funding projects may be considered however full details of co-funding must be provided with the initial application.
