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WeGrow Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for support for the WeGrow programme, businesses must:

  • Be a women-led or women-founded business
  • Be based on the island of Ireland
  • Have less than 250 employees
  • Have a minimum two years trading history
  • Have a minimum annual turnover of £75,000/€90,000 and less than £40m (or euro equivalent)
  • Have a product or service that has potential to gain customers outside their local region
  • Be beyond start-up stage, seeking growth and connections across the island
  • Demonstrate commitment to fully participate in the programme, including attending all workshops and completing any pre-work or preparatory tasks

Sole Traders and Social Enterprises that satisfy the eligibility criteria are welcome to apply.

Where demand exceeds available resources, InterTradeIreland reserves the right to apply additional assessment criteria to the WeGrow Programme. Management decisions are final in these matters.

    Ineligible Sectors

    Businesses involved in the following sectors are generally not considered eligible for support: Wholesale, retail, distribution, tourism, hospitality, primary agriculture, personal services and professional business services.

    Applications from the sectors above may be considered if the business has developed a unique product, system, or process that provides additional value to the core business activity.

    Businesses involved in practices associated with gambling, health risks or immoral activity or any other activity that may be negatively perceived and bring the reputation of InterTradeIreland into disrepute will not be supported.