• The LCR Race Equality Hub Investment Programme is an opportunity for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic businesses from across the Liverpool City Region to be able to access business growth grants between £3,000 and £15,000.
• These grants will be a one-time opportunity for this period of October 2025 through to April 2026*.
• These grants are specifically ring fenced for growth and business development.
• To access the investment grants, eligible businesses will initially be matched to a business advisor to complete a diagnostic exercise which will determine viability of growth and suitability of the programme.
• Following this initial phase, businesses will be required to complete a learning programme. The learning programme will include the following topic areas for which business are required to select three to enrol upon: Building and managing your team, Business planning for growth, Financial management, Marketing and communications, Project management, Sales strategy
• The workshops are scheduled to be 3-4 hours each in duration.

Over the last two-years, the Race Equality Hub has connected with businesses, business leaders and the stakeholders across Liverpool City Region.

Those connections have led to conversations about how we can invest in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic businesses to enable growth, development and sustainability. This has all been underpinned by the findings highlighted by Kuumba Imani, Teach Consultancy and The Women’s Organisation, in the Nia Report (2021), and further built on by the Innervision Consultancy (2025) findings from our recent business growth programme.  

Expressions of Interest are now open for businesses to submit.

Businesses will be matched to advisors to complete a diagnostic exercise. This diagnostic exercise will determine viability of growth and if this is a suitable programme.