Deadline: 2-May-23
The Community Foundation Northern Ireland is accepting applications for the Telecommunity Fund.
Priorities
- Projects must aim to directly support one of the following specific groups:
- Young people
- Older people
- People with disabilities
Examples of types of projects that may be supported within Fund themes:
- Community education and training opportunities
- Communication and leadership skills
- Local initiatives to improve resources and community facilities
- Creativity and self-expression through drama, music or a range of arts activities
- Inclusion and involvement of disadvantaged communities
- Out of school projects for young people
Funding Information
- Grant size: £500-£2,000
Criteria
- Priority will be given to applications from small groups, typically with an annual income of less than £200,000, as evidenced in most recent set of accounts
- The Fund will not support projects targeting all ages.
- Priority will be given to projects that will benefit groups dealing with disadvantage (e.g. rural isolation, low income, social exclusion, reduced access to services), and projects that involve the beneficiaries in their development and delivery.
Eligibility Criteria
- Constituted grass roots community and voluntary groups.
Ineligible
- Individuals
- Salary costs and ongoing running costs
- Capital projects and large equipment (generally over £1,000)
- Trips outside Northern Ireland, holidays away and one-off residentials are ineligible, however, trips may be eligible within Northern Ireland at the panel’s discretion as long as they are essential to a longer term project
- Community Interest Companies (CICs) Limited by Shares, or CICs without an asset lock clause. Eligible CICs must have at least three unrelated committee members, and/or the majority of the committee must be unrelated
- Sports activities
- Promotion of religion or party politics
- Funding for projects that are already taking place and looking for retrospective funding
- Replacement for statutory funding
- Portable IT equipment (except in exceptional circumstances and at panel’s discretion, for example IT equipment for disabled beneficiaries which is specialised and necessary for their development)
For more information, visit Telecommunity Fund.
