Business association and town team grant programme

Who can apply

The grants are open to volunteer-led town teams, trader/business associations and resident associations operating from one of Barnet’s main or district town centres.

They are also open to organisations that are looking to form a new town team or business/trader association, where one does not already exist in that town centre.

Eligible town centres are:

Brent Street
Burnt Oak
Chipping Barnet
Colindale/The Hyde
Cricklewood
East Barnet
East Finchley
Edgware
Finchley Central
Golders Green
Hendon Central
Mill Hill
North Finchley
New Barnet
Temple Fortune
West Hendon
Whetstone

Applicant groups must have their own bank account and a written constitution, defining your group’s objectives and how it intends to function. Guidance and templates on how to create and set these up will be provided.

About the funding

The money comes from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund government scheme to provide local authorities with funding for communities, places, businesses, people and skills.

All funded activities must be delivered before the end of September 2024 and all data on supported local businesses must be submitted to Barnet Council before the end of November 2024. A full list of what data will be required is provided in the application guidance document.

Your bid should respond to the needs of local businesses in your town centre and help achieve at least one of the objectives listed in Our Plan for Barnet 2023 to 2026

There is a wide range of activities that applicants could propose, for example: events, festivals, markets, training, internships, business advice and mentoring, shopping vouchers, etc.

However, Barnet Council will not fund:

work that doesn’t support local businesses to either safeguard or create new jobs
projects without local business input
personal utility bills, ongoing costs of the group or business as usual activities
work that has already started or taken place
wage support mechanisms
capital projects
projects that do not benefit a diverse range of local businesses and business leaders
work that does not focus on Barnet’s town centres
Local Authorities receiving money

How to apply

Applications for the grant programme are now closed.

Get application support

We are working with independent consultant Jen Scott (Hustle+Heels Ltd) to support applicants and grant recipients. Jen has a wealth of experience of working with community groups and business associations and will run group briefing sessions, one-to-one advice clinics and guidance and templates to help applicants.