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Celebrating 25 years of impact
Find out more about how Allia creates positive impact – for people, place and planet.
Introducing
We're all about
positive impact.
All of our work is focused on helping people, place and planet.
We support businesses to start and grow, enable job creation, and help ventures deliver more positive environmental and social impact.
We facilitate networking and collaboration and we lead on innovative projects that give a voice to under-represented and diverse groups.
Recent Awards
Workspace of the Year
Readers Choice Award
Our locations
We have Future Business Centres in Cambridge and Peterborough that offer flexible workspace, meeting rooms and networking, all within environmentally focused buildings – creating innovation communities for local businesses and social enterprises. Our expert programme team in London work with local businesses to help them build resilience, grow and create positive impact.
Programmes
Which of our programmes can help you?
We run accelerators to help start-ups grow & scale, intensive programmes for established local businesses to gain more customers, and provide the advice & expertise entrepreneurs need to get their social and environmental ideas off the ground. All are free, and all are focused on helping your business to thrive & grow.
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Use the filter buttons below to find out where our programmes are currently open for applications.
Applications open
CPCA Social Impact Investment Fund
Supporting growth of Social Impact Organisations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - The Social Impact Investment Fund (SIIF) provides capital grants and loans to social and third sector organisations.
Applications open
Abbey Start-up Programme
Do you have a business idea and don't know where to start? Allia offers exclusive free support for those living in the Abbey & Barnwell area.
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Grow Your Business: Self-paced learning
Self paced, specialist support to help your local business thrive & grow
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Green Business Impact Programme
Are you interested in reducing your carbon footprint, improving efficiency, cutting utility costs, and showing your customers how you are moving towards net zero?
Applications open
Grow Your Business
3 months of specialist support to help your local organisation thrive & grow
Applications open
CPCA Social Impact Investment Fund
Supporting growth of Social Impact Organisations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough - The Social Impact Investment Fund (SIIF) provides capital grants and loans to social and third sector organisations.
Register interest
Grow Your Business: Self-paced learning
Self paced, specialist support to help your local business thrive & grow
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Accelerator Challenge
For start-ups in the UK who are passionate about looking for impactful solutions around sustainability challenges.
Applications open
Supported Access to Finance Support
Do you have a business idea and don't know where to start? Tower Hamlets is offering its residents support through structured training and a grant of £2500 to start their first business.
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Balderton Accelerator Challenge
Shaping tech for good and social ventures. One-Day Impact Clinic with Balderton Capital.
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Allia Impact Accelerator
5 months of intensive workshops & support to take you to the next level in your impact journey
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Accelerator Challenge
For start-ups in the UK who are passionate about looking for impactful solutions around sustainability challenges.
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London Start Your Business
Do you have a business idea but don’t know where to start?
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London Grow Your Business
3 months of specialist support to help your local business thrive & grow
Ethos
Can we bring positive impact to your city?
Work with us to bring positive social and economic impact to your area – through supporting local businesses & enterprises to grow and create jobs.
“Thank you Allia for helping us to grow.”
We work with some amazing ventures and small businesses – and feel proud to share their stories with you here. Read about start-ups that have grown in our centres, and founders who have flourished through our programmes
Impact
Transforming communities.
From leading a community housing project to provide much needed affordable homes, to partnering on European programmes for green energy in public buildings and Agetech solutions in people’s homes, we’re involved in some amazing work.
From leading a community housing project to provide much needed affordable homes, to partnering on European programmes for green energy in public buildings and Agetech solutions in people’s homes, we’re involved in some amazing work.
“Allia has been with us through our journey, from providing initial mentorship through to moving into the Cambridge centre. Not many organisations in the UK would be able to provide this level of support as your company scales up from 2-30″
Sachin Shende,
Kisanhub