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.
Gillian Patterson from Hagans Croft Equestrian talks to Alderman Dillon MBE, Development Committee Chairman about her experience with the first round of the Rural Business Development Grant Scheme.Gillian Patterson from Hagans Croft Equestrian talks to Alderman Dillon MBE, Development Committee Chairman about her experience with the first round of the Rural Business Development Grant Scheme.
Gillian Patterson from Hagans Croft Equestrian talks to Alderman Dillon MBE, Development Committee Chairman about her experience with the first round of the Rural Business Development Grant Scheme.

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