Deadline: 30-Apr-24
The Community Foundation Northern Ireland is currently accepting applications for the Keadue Community Grants Fund to provide support to local organisations tackling the growing social need in Derry City and surrounding Waterside areas.
With these grants they aim to fund local organisations who are already making a difference in the lives of people who are struggling with difficult life issues and their subsequent effects.
Priorities
- For the shortlisting process they will prioritise organisations that:
- Are embedded in the local community and can evidence knowledge of local issues
- Can provide impact stories of meeting need
- Can provide long term support to the people they are helping if needed
- Can specify organisational need
- Recognises the need to provide skills-building for staff and volunteers
- Are well regarded in the local community, and if needed, can provide 2 references
Funding Information
- Grant sizes will typically be between £10k and £20k to be awarded over periods of up to two years.
Eligible Funding Activities
- Grants can be used to fund any of the following activities:
- An existing support programme
- Creation of a new programme
- Staff costs including salaries, core costs and specialist training
- Small scale capital costs including premises refurbishment and the
- purchase of equipment
- Events and awareness raising activities
- Capacity building activities to address elements of organisational sustainability
- Partnership building activities to strengthen support and impact
- Volunteer costs and associated expenses
Eligibility Criteria
- The fund is open to constituted groups, organisations and small registered charities based in Derry City and surrounding Waterside areas.
- Partnerships are encouraged to apply, with one organisation identified as the lead.
- Applicants must have a signed, locally adopted governing document as well as associated paperwork such as accounts, current bank account, management committee, relevant policies, in the name of the applicant organisation.
Ineligibility
- The fund is not open to:
- Projects located outside of the stated geographical area.
- Non registered or unconstituted groups.
- Activities connected to a political party.
- Individuals or individual sponsorship.
- Activities generating private profit.
- Statutory agencies.
- The Foundation will not fund organisations or activities which promote causes that are contrary to the purposes. Causes and activities that are contrary to the purposes include, but may not be limited to, those outlined in the investment policy. They will not therefore fund organisations or activities which they determine are linked to the promotion of armaments, alcohol, human rights abuses, tobacco or pornography.
For more information, visit The Community Foundation Northern Ireland.