Deadline: 4-Nov-22
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland is seeking applications for the Thornog Community Benefit Fund.
This local community fund has been set up by Energia Renewables, working in close partnership with local groups from the areas surrounding the Thornog Wind Farm.
Energia has set up the fund to ensure that the wind farm, whilst having obvious environmental benefits, will also provide significant social and economic benefits to the local community.
Funding will be available to local community projects that are planned and run for the benefit of the local population and are within 7 miles of the windfarm (70% of the funds will be awarded to eligible groups based within a 5 mile radius of the windfarm) – as per map.
Priorities
- Energy efficiency and sustainability
- Social, cultural or sporting benefit for the local community
- Educational issues with a sustainability angle
- Environmental benefit or economic benefit.
Themes
- The fund will support projects addressing issues within the following theme areas:
- Energy efficiency and sustainability
- Social, cultural or sporting benefit for the local community
- Educational issues with a sustainability angle
- Environmental benefit or economic benefit
Types of Grants
- Micro Grant
- Strategic Grant.
Funding Information
- There will be two elements to this fund.
- Micro grant of up to £2,000 for small projects. They anticipate supporting up to 20 projects.
- Strategic grant of £10,000 for larger scale strategic partnership projects, with one lead applicant. They anticipate supporting up to 2 projects.
Examples of projects that the fund might support:
- Local cultural projects recording and researching history
- Establishment of a “Men’s Shed” or other similar initiative
- Small capital works to a community facility
- Contributions to core costs to run local community facilities/projects
- Environmental awareness projects
- Activities supporting young people, the elderly, those with disabilities
- Community wide events
- Strategic projects that will benefit a number of communities, including partnership applications.
Eligibility Criteria
- Constituted voluntary organisations and community groups
- Local youth groups.
What they will not fund
The Community Foundation will not fund organisations or activities which promote causes that are contrary to their purposes. Causes and activities that are contrary to their purposes include, but may not be limited to, those outlined in their investment policy. They will not therefore fund organisations or activities which threy determine are linked to the promotion of armaments, alcohol, human rights abuses, tobacco or pornography.
Ineligible
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In addition, the Thornog Community Benefit Fund will not fund:
- The advancement of religion. This includes organisations 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;
- CIC Companies 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 unrelated;
- 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 organisations;
- Salaried posts;
- Trips abroad;
- Vehicles;
- Activities that duplicate existing services;
- Retrospective Funding;
- Substitution for statutory funding.
For more information, visit Thornog Community.
For more information, visit https://communityfoundationni.org/grants/thornog-community-benefit-fund/
