Updated 31 October 2026
Grants and funding for health and social care providers
Schemes open today that name health and social care providers in their published criteria, or fund the kind of work health and social care providers do. Read from the funders' own pages and re-checked daily.
10 open today. Whether your business qualifies for any of them depends on your legal form, your size, your age and where you are, which is what the check does.
Which of these can you actually get?
Enter your company number. We read each funder’s own page against your business and tell you which fit, which do not, and why.
Check my businessWhat kind of funding these are
- Grants
- 4
- Loans
- 3
- Equity investment
- 1
- In-kind and free support
- 1
- Tax reliefs
- 1
A grant is money you keep. A tax relief lowers a bill rather than arriving as cash. In-kind support is training, credits or expert time instead of money. Loans and equity have to be paid back or bought back, and are worth treating as a different decision entirely.
Who can apply
Every one of these has published criteria. Across the 10, the conditions that come up most are that you must:
- work in a named sector7 of 10
- be under a headcount limit4 of 10
- be a particular kind of organisation3 of 10
- be under a turnover limit2 of 10
- work with another organisation1 of 10
- be spending within a range1 of 10
Which of them you meet depends on your legal form, size, age and where you are registered. That is what the check reads for you, scheme by scheme, and it quotes the funder’s own sentence beside each answer.
What the money is for
- Business growth 5
- Premises 3
- Research and development 2
- Equipment 2
- Job creation 1
- Marketing 1
- Energy efficiency 1
- Property improvements 1
How to apply
You apply to the funder, never to us. Every scheme above links straight to its own page, and that page is the only thing that decides whether you get it.
Before you spend an afternoon on a form, three things are worth checking: that you are inside the deadline; that you have not already started or paid for the work, which a great many grants refuse; and that you can fund the share they expect you to.
Most refusals are not close calls. They are a rule the applicant never saw, in a sentence on the funder’s own page.
Where else to look
The government publishes its own list, free, and you should use it. What is above is wider than that list, because it also holds council schemes, tax reliefs and in-kind support that Find a Grant does not carry — but if you only want a list, start there.
Find a grant, on GOV.UKThe 10 open today
Loan
Charity Bank Impact Lending
Charity Bank
Up to£7,000,000
Charity Bank offers secured loans of £250,000 to £5-7 million to UK charities and social-purpose organisations, and to impact-led private businesses in housing, health and social care, children's care or environmental sectors. Funds can be used for refinancing, property purchase, development, refurbishment, energy efficiency and cashflow.
RollingThe funder’s page
Grant
NHS Cancer Programme - Innovation Open Call 4: Real-World Implementation and Evaluation Fund
NHS England
Up to£3,000,000
Funding for a single organisation, in partnership with an NHS organisation in England and an independent evaluation partner, to deploy and evaluate a market-ready innovation across multiple NHS sites that improves productivity on cancer care pathways or drives earlier cancer detection and diagnosis. Delivered through SBRI Healthcare on behalf of NHS England's Cancer Programme, with projects 100% funded up to £3 million over up to 24 months.
Closes 1 December 2026The funder’s page
Loan
Midlands Engine Investment Fund II – Debt Fund
Department for Business and Trade
Up to£2,000,000
A flexible debt fund providing loans between £100,000 and £2 million to established SMEs trading business to business across the East and West Midlands, to support growth plans such as working capital, asset purchase, product development, new staff and marketing. It cannot be used to refinance existing debt.
RollingThe funder’s page
Loan
Regional Growth Loan Scheme - East of England
The FSE Group
Up to£500,000
A loan scheme run by The FSE Group offering growth finance to established SMEs across the East of England. Loans range from £50,000 to £500,000 for businesses with turnover of at least £100,000 and a clear plan for significant growth.
RollingThe funder’s page
Grant
Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme
Department of Health and Social Care
Up to£400,000
This scheme reimburses adult social care employers in England for the cost of eligible training courses and qualifications for non-regulated care staff, agency staff, and CQC-registered managers and deputy managers. Reimbursement is capped per employer per financial year, with a separate, larger cap for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training.
Closes 31 March 2027The funder’s page
Grant
AD:VENTURE Growth Grant
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Up to£5,000
AD:VENTURE's Growth Grant offers West Yorkshire SMEs £1,500 to £5,000, covering up to 50% of eligible capital project costs, for growth investment such as equipment and IT. It is paid in arrears after the applicant has joined the AD:VENTURE programme and worked with a Business Manager on a diagnostic and action plan.
RollingThe funder’s page
Grant
Independent Retailer Grant
Test Valley Borough Council
Up to£1,200
Test Valley Borough Council offers a fixed £1,200 grant, paid in two £600 instalments, to independent businesses taking up vacant ground-floor premises in the Andover or Romsey town centre shopping areas. Eligible use classes include shops, cafes/restaurants, medical/health services, community shops, and specific personal-service trades.
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In-kind support
Investment Strategy Foundations | Medtech
SETsquared
A free, part-time programme from the SETsquared partnership helping up to 15 early-stage medtech founders build investment readiness and a fundraising strategy. It combines self-paced online learning with live mentor-led sessions, ending with an investor networking showcase.
RollingThe funder’s page
Tax relief
Residential Homes Rate Relief
Land & Property Services (LPS), Department of Finance
Land & Property Services in Northern Ireland offers a 100% business rates relief on properties used wholly or mainly to provide residential care, training, occupation or personal social services for people with an illness or disability. It is an application-based relief, not an automatic discount.
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Equity
Venture Capital Schemes (EIS, SEIS, VCT) — raise investment for your company
HM Revenue & Customs
Venture capital schemes let small and medium UK companies raise equity investment by offering their investors tax reliefs. The Enterprise Investment Scheme, Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme, and Venture Capital Trusts each set different limits on how much a company can raise and different eligibility conditions on company size, age and trade.
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