Deadline: 05-Nov-2024
The Community Foundation Northern Ireland is pleased to announce the Brockaghboy Community Benefit Fund Programme.
Priorities
- The fund aims to encourage projects:
- Reducing poverty and disadvantage
- Improving the health of residents
- Helping to tackle climate change and encouraging sustainability and environmental projects
- Promoting care and support of vulnerable people
- Improving community safety and regeneration
- Promoting a wide range of recreational, sporting and cultural activities
- Improving rural transport and business opportunities
- Building the capacity of voluntary organisations to learn skills and develop experience with a view to them becoming sustainable organisations
- Improving community buildings and facilities
- Developing active, engaged and involved communities
Thematic Areas
- They support projects which focus on the following thematic areas:
- Sports and Recreation
- Health and Wellbeing
- Environment and Conservation
- Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
- Culture and Heritage
- Education
- Children and Young People
- Elderly People
Funding Information
- Funding available: Grants of up to £3,000
Eligible Projects
- Priority will be given to:
- Projects which address issues relating to improving collaboration among local groups and organisations.
- Projects which provide clear community benefit to people experiencing disadvantage and / or life limiting circumstances.
- Projects which increase the use of existing community space and sustainable venues.
- Intergenerational projects.
- Projects which increase local participation through sports, culture and the arts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are invited from charities and community organisations located within the 6 km radius (straight-line measurement).
Ineligibility Criteria
- 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.
- Individuals
- Funding for retrospective project costs
- Projects or activity that promote or advance religion
- Promotion of religious or political activity, including any flags and emblems that may deem to be associated with such
For more information, visit The Community Foundation Northern Ireland.