Tamworth Borough Council is inviting Tamworth town centre businesses to apply for a new town centre ‘experience’ grant to be used to help the business attract and reach new customers.
The Tamworth town centre experience fund offers grants between £1,000 to £10,000 to registered businesses, organisations, or traders to deliver projects and activities in Tamworth town centre.
The grant is designed to help businesses and traders to fund new initiatives that generate or increase footfall to the town centre, improve and add value to Tamworth as a visitor destination, and support tourism, leisure and heritage activity.
The funding can be used towards new projects, products, services, promotional campaigns or events.
Successful applications must use the full grant amount awarded, provide all relevant paid invoices, receipts, and obtain relevant permissions and follow regulations required to deliver their project.
The grant is designed to fund new projects and will not fund existing activities or projects delivered prior to official grant award being made. Purchases made prior to formal grant award will not be reimbursed. Awarded grant funding will be offered on a reimbursement basis, not as an upfront payment and all projects MUST be delivered by 1 March 2025.
More details regarding the grant criteria can be found on the council website: https://www.tamworth.gov.uk/business/help-business/town-centre-business-grants
Eligible applicants must be:
- Tamworth based business with fewer than 250 employees.
- Business operating for more than six months.
- Business registered with HMRC or as a registered company on companies house.
Businesses who have received grant funding in the past may apply, provided they have fully fulfilled the previous grant scheme terms and conditions.
Businesses that do not meet the criteria and who also have exceptional ideas or projects that may have a high economic impact on Tamworth town centre, please contact Tamworth Borough Council at [email protected] for a further discussion.
To apply for funding, complete an application form made available to download at or at request from [email protected].
Deadline for submissions: 13 May 2024 at 2pm.
Grant applications will be taken to the council’s nominations and grants committee for approval on the 16 June 2024.
Stephen Gabriel, Chief Executive of Tamworth Borough Council said: “We’re delighted to announce the launch of this new grant scheme to support our town centre and encourage people to visit Tamworth.
“Successful applications will use the funding to help attract new and reoccurring customers to the town centre, supporting not only the applicant’s business, but the wider town centre economy. With the aim of supporting local business growth, and potentially attract future investment to the town.
“We hope these grants will help local businesses continue to raise Tamworth’s profile as a destination to visit, and increase awareness of our town’s businesses, attractions and great assets.”
Any business that would like an informal discussion to determine their eligibility of a proposal before submitting an expression of interest, is encouraged to get in touch via [email protected].
Tamworth Borough Council also offers various support for local businesses, including start-up grants, growth advice and training opportunities. These are all outlined at Help for business | Tamworth Borough Council.
Notes:
Businesses classed as a ‘town centre’ location, can be found on the highlighted map areas found on our website: https://www.tamworth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/graphics/Town_Center_map.pdf