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    £4.2m to put homes in community hands

    New fund to make grants averaging £50,000 available to community led housing groups in England

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    Join our Health and Social Care Community of Practice

    Does your community business deliver health and social care services? We want to hear from you!

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    Community Business Trade Up open for applications!

    Up to £10,000 of support and a learning programme to grow your community business

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    Make your bright community business idea a reality

    Apply for support from our Bright Ideas Fund from 26 February

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    £1.34m fund to support community food and farming businesses

    Community food and farming businesses offered £1.34m fund for support

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    Making the case for community business in 2019

    Over 25 new research projects being commissioned to learn about the impact of the sector

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