Deadline: 11-Mar-22
The Community Foundation is pleased to announce the Keadue Community Grants Fund for the local organization tackling the growing social need in Derry~Londonderry and surrounding rural areas including Limavady, Strabane, and Dungiven.
Objectives
- With these grants, they aim to fund local organizations that are already making a difference in the lives of people who are struggling with difficult life issues and their subsequent effects.
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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 organizational sustainability
- Partnership building activities to strengthen support and impact
- Volunteer costs and associated expenses
Priorities
- 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 the organizational need
- Recognizes the need to provide skill-building for staff and volunteers
- Are well regarded in the local community, and if needed, can provide 2 references
How does it work?
- Organizations and constituted groups which are supporting local people through short and long-term crises caused by a range of social factors including issues such as poverty, addiction, and low educational attainment, can apply for a grant.
- The organizations which support people can also apply for running costs to maintain the support offered to those in crisis and need.
- Social factors can include but are not exclusive to poverty, ill-health, addiction, disability, family breakdown, abuse, bereavement, loneliness, isolation, or low educational attainment.
Funding Information
- Grant sizes will typically be between £10k and £20k to be awarded over periods of up to two years.
- Organizations can re-apply in subsequent years following the completion of grant evaluation and monitoring reports.
Eligibility Criteria
- The fund is open to constituted groups, organizations, and small registered charities based in Derry~Londonderry and surrounding rural areas including Strabane, Limavady, and Dungiven.
- Partnerships are encouraged to apply, with one organization 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 organization.
For more information, visit Keadue Community Grants.
For more information, visit https://communityfoundationni.org/grants/keadue-community-grants-fund/