My award account Awards Events Blog Get involved Our work About us Inclusive Recovery Fund Home Our work Past work Inclusive Recovery Fund The Inclusive Recovery Fund This fund closed on the 13th of November. Applicants have been informed of the outcome of their application, and we will announce this information in the coming weeks. If you are seeking other funding, please scroll to the bottom of the page where alternative funding opportunities are sign-posted. The Inclusive Recovery Fund was a £4.75 million fund to help social entrepreneurs in England, designed to help social entrepreneurs deliver their important services and grow their impact while adapting to the challenges the Coronavirus crisis has presented. The Inclusive Recovery Fund was a partnership between UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs, and Comic Relief, announced in the autumn as part of a £10 million matched funding bid. It was supported by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport as part of the Government's £750 million support package for charities. The fund offered grants between £10,000 and £500,000 to asset or mission-locked ventures, with an emphasis on ventures with ideas to accelerate their growth, build resilience and create a deep and lasting impact. It aimed in particular to support leaders with lived experience. Leaders with direct first-hand experience of the social problems, who are activating these experiences to inform, shape and lead their social ventures to directly benefit the communities they share those experiences with. New emerging opportunities to grow impact (for example, services that have emerged during the pandemic) Projects or infrastructure that will benefit social enterprises’ future resilience, recovery and growth Existing services, projects or models that are performing well, with the potential to accelerate growth and impact. In recognition of the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on these communities, UnLtd particularly encouraged applications from social entrepreneurs who identify as Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background, and disabled people. UnLtd aimed for 50% of the funding to reach these typically underrepresented groups. Longer-term, social entrepreneurs are likely to need significant ongoing support to face the challenges of a post-COVID future, so this partnership will allow UnLtd to develop an inclusive, ongoing support offer that will help social entrepreneurs to build their resilience post this fund and long into the years to come. Key Information Application Window The Inclusive Recovery Fund opened for applications on the 3rd of November, and closed the following Friday. This short application window was to ensure the funds could reach successful applicants before the end of this year. In recognition of this, we offered comprehensive pre-application support. This support is visible further down this page. Eligibility We looked for ventures with ideas to create deep and lasting impact, build resilience and accelerate their growth. The key eligibility: England-only An incorporated social purpose organisation Substantially reliant on trading income Annual income between £20,000 and £2.5M Application Assessment In assessing the applications, we focussed on these principles: Long-term social impact Impact during the crisis Resilience Inclusion Financial need Due to the high volume of applications, it was not possible to offer personalised feedback on applications. We appreciate your understanding with this. Application Support Offered Pre-Application Support To disburse this funding as quickly as possible, we set a two week timeframe for submitting applications. In recognition of the limitations this timing presented, we offered as much pre-application support as we could, in the hopes of avoiding unnecessary delays and ensuring everything required wass submitted.We designed our support offering specifically on this fund, but believe that the principles could be applied to other funding opportunities too. This included: 1:1 support sessions with a member of staff Guidance documents and checklists Guidance application document (PDF) Guidance for Ventures under 12 months old (PDF) Guidance for Ventures over 12 months old (PDF) Document checklist (PDF) Webinars and workshops Application forms downloadable prior to the fund opening Part One: Ventures under 12 months old (PDF) Ventures under 12 months old (Word Doc) Ventures over 12 months old (PDF) Ventures over 12 months old (Word Doc) Part Two: Supplementary questions for ventures under 12 months old Supplementary questions for ventures over 12 months old An application walkthrough video: Inclusive Recovery Fund Application Guidance Financial Support We required supporting financial documents, with a strong preference that applicants supply this information on the excel templates we provided. Budget Template Cashflow Template We hosted video support webinars, including the two below which are still available to watch. For the ventures applying for less than £50,000, we hosted a webinar to help prepare the financial elements of the application Getting to grips with the finances for the Inclusive Recovery Fund Our partners Hogan Lovells also shared their webinar on Asset and Mission Locks Video explanation from Hogan Lovells on Asset Locks and Mission Locks Other Funding Opportunities If you are currently looking for funding, we encourage you to continue to seek out alternative funding opportunities, such as the below: Good Finance Guidance Grants Online TNLCF COVID-19 Community-led Organisations Recovery Scheme Lloyd's Bank Racial Equity Fund GOV.UK support Pioneers Post Spark & Co. Charity Excellence Funding Finder Back to top UnLtd is a registered Charity No. 1090393. 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