Rural Business Development Grant Scheme (RBDGS) 2024/2025

This Scheme is funded under the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affair’s Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation (TRPSI) Programme.

Rural business development grants of between £500 and £4,999 are available to micro enterprises based in a rural area to support sustainability and growth by providing a small capital grant for the business at a 50% rate.

This grant includes attendance at a mandatory online pre-application workshop. In Causeway Coast and Glens, workshops are being delivered as follows:

Tuesday 22 Oct @2pm
Thursday 24 Oct @10am
Tuesday 29 October at @5pm
Thursday 31 October @1pm

The grant closes for applications at 12 noon, Friday 8th November 2024.

To register for an online workshop, please contact lorraine.bell@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk

To apply for funding -  www.daera-ni.gov.uk/services/rural-business-development-grant-scheme-rbdgs

To access the Guidance Notes - www.daera-ni.gov.uk/rural-business-development-grant-scheme-rbdgs-general-guidance-notes