Deadline: 26-Aug-21
The Community Foundation Northern Ireland is seeking applications for its Sir George Earle Benevolent Fund & the Older People’s Fund to support current and former employees of Blue Circle Industries in the UK or relevant subsidiaries in cases of financial hardship and to fund local projects supporting older people facing loneliness and isolation.
The Sir George Earle Benevolent Fund is named after its principal benefactor, the late Sir George Earle. The fund was established in 1974 and was transferred to UKCF in 2018.
The Older People’s Fund, originally called the Turkington Fund, was created with financial support from NICVA via resources from Turkington and Seapark and is managed by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland. The fund has grown significantly in recent years with additional investment from the Community Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies.
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is delighted to combine these two funds together, to make up one larger funding stream, to enable them to distribute more grants to older people’s projects in Northern Ireland.
Objectives
- To work with local communities and projects which support older people, particularly projects which aim to reduce loneliness or isolation in Northern Ireland.
- The intended difference this programme will make is as follows:
- Improve older people’s access to social activity.
- Reduce feelings of loneliness or isolation in older people.
- Increase the availability of local projects or activity which supports older people.
- Respond to local social or economic needs.
Funding Information
- Grants available between £500 to £3,000.
They Will Fund:
- Core Project costs: for running and facility costs; office equipment, supplies, travel and accommodation, printing, etc;
- Core salary costs: for those organisations who are focussed on working with older people, and who employ fewer than 3 full time employees;
- Volunteer expenses: e.g. telephone calls, travel and meals;
- Activity costs: resources to facilitate a project/activity; costs that fall outside capital, volunteer staffing costs, e.g. catering, insurance;
- Temporary/sessional staff costs: external consultants and sessional staff that are employed for the specific project/activity that is being funded;
- Small scale capital costs: for small-scale set up costs including one-off expenses for equipment or fixed assets that may have use or benefit beyond the life of the grant/one financial year, such as computer hardware. This can also include perishable capital, which are items that are required for the delivery of a project, such as paint, paintbrushes and gardening equipment;
- New organisations: if they can demonstrate a well-planned project with evidence of need, they don’t need to have an existing track record.
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered NI and UK charities
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations
- Companies Limited by Guarantee
- Community Interest Companies
- Co-operatives
- Credit Unions
- Social Enterprises, as long as they have a management board and are not for private profit.
- Constituted community groups, e.g. small community group including scouts, guides, brownies and cubs, singing groups, gardening clubs, Sports and recreation clubs.
- Schools who have “out of school hour” projects which have a wider community benefit.
For more information, visit https://communityfoundationni.org/grants/sir-george-earle-benevolent-fund-the-older-peoples-fund/
