Apply Now for Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund – UK

Deadline: 1-Nov-21
Applications are now open for the Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund.

Purpose of the fund

• This local community benefit fund was set up by Gaelectric in 2016 and is now managed by CGN Europe – a wind energy and energy storage company that believes in a sustainable future. GCN is committed to ensuring that their wind farms, whilst having obvious environmental benefits, also provide significant economic benefits to the local community.
• The Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within the Monkstown, Grange, Woodburn, Greenisland and Ballynure areas.
• The Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.

Aims

The fund aims to encourage:

• Stronger more inclusive communities by ensuring that local people have ownership and involvement in the design and delivery of the project.
• Partnership working with community, voluntary and statutory agencies to ensure a coordinated approach.
• Sustainable solutions that address local issues.

Focus Areas

• The fund will support projects addressing issues within the following theme areas:
  • Older people
  • Families with young children
  • Young people
  • Environment and living spaces
• Priority will be given to:
  • Projects aimed at providing skills development for young adults
  • Intergenerational projects
  • Rural insulation tackling projects
  • Projects based around community arts
  • Projects which improve the usage of community space

Funding Information

• Amount: Up to £ 5,000

What they will not fund?

In addition, the Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund will not support:

• The advancement of religion. This includes organizations whose purposes include the advancement of religion;
• The establishment of endowment of any school or institution providing further education within the meaning of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1972;
• The provision of assistance to any Housing Association within the meaning of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
• Promotion of religious or political activity, including any flags and emblems that may deem to be associated with such;
• Applications from individuals;
• Applications from statutory organizations;
• Salaried posts;
• Trips abroad;
• Vehicles;
• Activities that duplicate existing services;
• Retrospective Funding;
• Substitution for statutory funding.

For more information, visit https://communityfoundationni.org/grants/carn-hill-community-benefit-fund/