UnLtd — Awards for Social Entrepreneurs

What it is

Cash awards plus mentoring for social entrepreneurs: Starting Up awards up to £8,000 for venture costs and Scaling Up awards up to £18,000 (can cover venture and living costs), for UK-resident founders aged 16+ whose social venture has been running less than four years. Current application window closes 31 August 2026 at 10:00.

Verified 2026-08-21 on unltd.org.uk/awards: window open, 'Closes 31 August 2026 at 10:00 (9 days left)', application capacity listed as 'No limit' — this supersedes the earlier 650-application cap recorded on 2026-08-10. Starting Up up to £8,000; Scaling Up up to £18,000 including living costs. Two routes per level: Millennium Awards Trust (age 16+) and Funding Futures Programme (16–30). Venture must have been operating less than 4 years ('we do not fund activities that have already been running for more than four years'); applicant must have the right to live and work in the UK for the award period; the mandatory online Eligibility Checker gates access to the application form. The £500 minimum award recorded earlier was not shown on today's page, so no valueMin is stated. Age bands and UK right-to-work are not expressible in engine fields.