Whether you have a great idea for a business or you've already launched, our resources offer a wealth of information such as sources of funding, hiring staff, legal requirements, business support in your area and much more

 

 

Plinth

 

Plinth uses AI to identify funding opportunities relevant to your organisation and your project, and helps you to write great applications. Lewisham's Business and IP Centre access gives you a grant writing credit which lasts for 1 month, for an unlimited number of grant applications.

 

Access Plinth

*Please note that access to Plinth is paused until 11/7/25. In the meantime, please email [email protected] and we will email your token for access as soon as it becomes available.

 

View Plinth AI Grant Writer step-by-step guide on Youtube.

 

Access our step-by-step PDF guide for both the Grant Writer and Funder Finder.

 

 

Grant Finder

 

Grant Finder is the leading funding database in the UK covering local, national, and international sources of funding. Thousands of funding sources are included such as charitable trusts, societies, research councils, national government, the EU and corporate sponsors.

 

Access Grant Finder

Grant Finder can be accessed on PCs at the hub libraries (Catford, Deptford and Lewisham) through this link. Please ask staff to log you on.

 

 

COBRA Complete Business Reference Advisor

 

COBRA Complete Business Reference Adviser contains all the information you need to turn your idea into a business. Find more than 4,000 factsheets, market reports, contacts, and sources of funding and support plus hundreds of practical guides to starting up more than 350 types of business. 

 

Access COBRA

COBRA can be accessed remotely or on library PCs with your Lewisham Library card number through this link.

 

 

For all of our business support services, take a look at BIPC Lewisham.