Deadline: 04-Nov-2024
The Monnaboy Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within 7km of the Monnaboy Wind Farm site which is located off the Monnaboy Road, Greysteel.
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. CGN is committed to ensuring that their wind farms, whilst having obvious environmental benefits, also provide significant economic benefits to the local community.
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.
Thematic 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
Funding Information
- Grant size: Up to £2,500
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organisations must be located within the 7km radius (straight-line measurement).
- Priority will be given to:
- Projects aimed at providing skills development for young adults and/or the unemployed
- Intergenerational projects
- Collaborative projects
- Projects tackling rural isolation
- Projects based around community arts
- Projects which improve the utilisation of community space
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Community Foundation will not fund organisations or activities which promote causes that are contrary to our purposes.
- We will not therefore fund organisations or activities which we determine are linked to the promotion of armaments, alcohol, human rights abuses, tobacco or pornography.
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.