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Booster Fund
Apply to the Booster Fund for business development grants and equity match-funding for your community share offer.
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The Community Shares Booster Fund is a funding scheme to support community share offers.
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Booster Fund application guidance
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Community Shares
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£200 million has been raised through community shares by more than 126,000 people since 2012. We work to grow the community shares market through our leadership in best practice standards and investing in communities through the Booster Programme.
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Case studies
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A space that gives the local community what it needs
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The closure of a venue in Holmfirth galvanised residents into action, resulting in the community buying and revitalising a local building to give people a valuable shared space.
4 months ago
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The heart of a community, saved by the community
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Pulling together, local people from a Cumbrian parish raised the funds to keep their local pub going – and preserve a cherished focal point for their community.
4 months ago
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From derelict library to thriving community hub
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When a dilapidated but much-loved building in Greater London got some TLC from the community, a share offer turned them into its owners – and the former library into the heart of the town.
4 months ago
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Building a better community and creating quality homes
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Thanks to a community share offer, residents in a disadvantaged part of North East Lincolnshire will have access to more affordable homes from an ethical community landlord.
4 months ago
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LATCH: Solving acute housing needs in Leeds
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From derelict properties to homes for those with acute housing needs - the story of LATCH and how community shares is helping to solving a cash conundrum.
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Booster Fund Events
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Training (CPD): Assessing financials in line with the Community Shares Standard Mark
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Organised by Co-operatives UK
Join us for this online training on 3 and 10 November from 9.30am-12.30pm (both days).
Thursday 03 November 2022
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Preview questions for the Booster Fund application form.
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