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- Business Tees Valley
- UK Shared Prosperity Fund
- Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) specific support
Business Tees Valley
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
Tees Valley Export Fund
This £200,000 grant scheme is jointly funded by the Department for Business & Trade (DBT) and the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Open to businesses starting or continuing their export journey who have been trading for longer than twelve months.
- Claim back 75% of eligible costs (up to £10,000) — your business contributes 25%.
- Typical grants range from £3,000 to £10,000.
- All funded activities must be completed by 31 August 2026.
Application Windows:
- Open now until all funds are committed
What Can Be Funded?
- International trade shows (exhibiting or attending)
- Overseas market visits
- Internationalisation of digital assets (e.g. websites)
- Market research and more
Important: Please do not book flights, hotels, or exhibition stands until you receive formal grant approval.
Start with a quick eligibility check via the online form below. If successful, you’ll be invited to complete the full application.
Click here for more information and to apply.
Key information
Available: Now
Can I apply if my business is not trading yet? No
Eligible location: Tees Valley (Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees)
Eligibility Criteria:
- Must be trading for a minimum of 12 months.
- Must have an existing, demonstrable interest in exporting (e.g. having previously participated in DBT Export Academy Course or carried out sector-specific export research). This list is not exhaustive.
- Must have capacity to complete and claim for grant project activity by the end of August 2026
Applications from businesses in the following sectors are particularly encouraged to apply:
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Business & Professional Services
- Construction
- Culture & Leisure
- Digital & Creative
- Education
- Health & Biologics
- Health Care
- Process Chemicals and Energy
Award available:
Typical grants range from £3,000 to £10,000
Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) specific support
Enovert Community Trust
Enovert Community Trust (formerly Cory Environmental Trust in Britain) is an environmental body which supports community and environmental projects within 10 miles of Enovert’s site on Teesworks (TS6 6UG). The Trust is committed to supporting community and environmental projects across the UK.
Example of what type of projects can this fund support?
- Improving community halls
- the creation of new play areas and skate parks
- restoring green spaces.
Five project criteria
In line with the Landfill Tax Regulations, Enovert Community Trust is able to support projects under the following categories, so please make sure that your project complies with one of the following objects:
- Opening up access for the public to an area of land that has been closed or partially closed up to now.
- Cleaning up land that has been polluted because of now ceased activity.
- Helping to improve, protect, provide and/or maintain land or a building as a public amenity.
- Protecting the environment, and conserving or promoting biological diversity.
- Helping to preserve, maintain, restore and/or repair a religious building or one of historical or architectural interest.
For more information about the Enovert Community Trust and it’s grants, please visit their website here.
Key Information
Available: Now
Eligibility:
Based within 10 miles of Enovert’s site on Teesworks (TS6 6UG)
Non-profit distributing: You don’t need to be a charity, but any surplus you make must be used to further your organisation’s objects. Surplus must not be used to pay dividends or other rewards. If you are a sporting organisation you must be CASC registered or a limited company or registered charity. If you are a sporting organisation you must be CASC registered or a limited company or registered charity.
Available to the general public: Your facility must be available to the general public as much as possible, and no less than four evenings or two days a week, or for more than 104 days in any one year.
Award: up to £50k*
*the Trust requires 10%
independent 3rd party funding
Redcar Fund Seekers
Redcar Fund Seekers is a grant portal funded and provided in partnership by Tees Valley Rural Action and Redcar and Cleveland Voluntary Development Agency.
Powered by IDOX GrantFinder, this grant portal gives you access to the widest possible range of national, regional, and local funds from national and local government to private trusts and charitable foundations and corporate sponsors.
By signing up for a free account you’ll be able to create easy, customised funding reports that makes sure that you receive opportunities that are tailored to your needs.
This grant portal is only available to Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations, and will only display funding opportunities available to them.
Access to the Redcar Fund Seekers grant portal is available here.
