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Deadline: 5-Nov-21
Applications are now open for the Thornog Community Benefit Fund.
Purpose of the 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, Drumquin.
- 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. The Thornog Community Benefit Fund will be administered by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.
- 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).
Thematic Areas
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
Funding Information
Micro grants of up to £1,500 for small projects. Strategic grants of £10,000 for larger scale strategic partnership projects, with one lead applicant.
Eligible 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
Ineligible
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;
- 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 unless directly related to new project;
- Trips abroad;
- Vehicles;
- Activities that duplicate existing services;
- Retrospective Funding;
- Substitution for statutory funding.
For more information, visit https://communityfoundationni.org/grants/thornog-community-benefit-fund/