OxLEP Business held its first Grant Application Workshop to offer guidance on how to apply for an ELEVATE grant.
The grants are designed to fund activities and projects which will ultimately lead to business growth and job creation in Oxfordshire. The workshop was delivered by James Ruel, who has fifteen years’ experience working on European and UK funded projects and programmes. The workshop was well attended and many of the attendees have signed up to work with OxLEP Business’ Network Navigators.
Round 4 of the ELEVATE Programme Grant closes 11 June 2018 at 5pm, though we encourage applications to be sent through as early as possible. Applications must be submitted before 4 June if applicants would like to receive feedback. We ask for applicants to read through the guidance on our website and then call us on 01865 897182 if they feel that they have an eligible project idea. This will give applicants the opportunity to ask questions and for us to advise whether they should make a formal application. If they are successful at this stage an application pack will be forwarded to them to complete and submit.
Helen Brind, Growth Hub Manager, said: “Our ELEVATE grants are extremely popular and we are committed to helping each eligible applicant to submit the best application possible. It is a competitive process and the business cases need to demonstrate clearly how being awarded a grant would help to grow their business and create jobs; ultimately strengthening Oxfordshire’s economy.”