Council calls for applications to rural business grant scheme
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council has announced the upcoming Rural Business Development Grant Scheme funded by the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and is encouraging local rural micro-businesses to consider applying.
This grant scheme is funded under their Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation (TRPSI) programme.
It will open for applications between August 3 and 12noon on September 11.
The capital grants are capped at £4,999 at a match-funding from DAERA.
Alderman Jim Dillon MBE, Development Committee Chairman said: “We are delighted to get another opportunity to offer this small capital grants scheme to local non-agricultural businesses. Eligible applications must be from existing micro-businesses with less than 10 full time employees.”
Find out more about the scheme at www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/trpsi