Funding Available for Building Community-Pharmacy Partnerships (NI)

Funding is available to community organisations working in partnership with community pharmacists on projects and initiatives that address local health and social wellbeing needs across Northern Ireland.

The Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership (BCPP) is a joint venture between the Community Development and Health Network (CDHN) and the Health and Social Care Board with strategic direction offered by a multi-agency Steering Group. The programme works towards:

• Enabling project participants to reach their full potential.

• Promoting the role of community pharmacies in public health advocacy.

• Supporting community partners to address and recognise health inequalities in their community.

• Increasing social capital to build connected and engaged communities.

Both of the programme's grant streams are currently open to applications from community organisations working in partnership with community pharmacists:

• Level 1 - for groups interested in developing ideas and a community pharmacy partnership. Grants of up to £2,500 will be awarded for projects lasting up to six months.

• Level 2 - for groups seeking to develop a community pharmacy partnership that will address a range of locally identified health and well-being needs. Grants of up to £12,000 will be awarded for projects lasting approximately one year.

Participants must be key in the planning, delivery and evaluation of initiatives. The closing date for submissions depends on the level of funding being sought:

The deadline for Level 1 applications is 27 February 2025, and the deadline for Level 2 applications is 20 March 2025.

For more information, please visit Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership Programme | Community Development and Health Network

Army Benevolent Fund Opens for Applications for 2025 Funding

The Army Benevolent Fund provides grants to charities and organisations that provide lifetime support to soldiers, veterans and their immediate families when they are in need.

The funding is intended to support charities and organisations with projects and activities that directly benefit the Army community in six key areas: supporting the family; employment, education and training; elderly care; mobility; housing; and wellbeing.

Applications will be accepted from the following organisations which support the Army community:

• Not-for-profit organisations

• Community Interest Companies (CICs)

• Community Projects

• Housing Associations

The Charity prefers to support those organisations working directly with beneficiaries at a grassroots level.

Funding is at the discretion of the Grants Committee. The charity has not set a minimum or maximum amount. Applications from organisations with which the charity has no established relationship are likely to be below £15,000. Typically, grants are made for a single year; however, the Charity’s Trustees may consider making a grant spread over a number of years at their discretion if they feel this would be appropriate.

The main Grants Committee normally sits three times a year, in February, June and November. New partners and projects are considered at the February Committee.

Applications open on 10 December 2024 and close on 17 January 2025.

For more information, please visit Grants to charities - Army Benevolent Fund

Small Grants for Small Charities Supporting Older People

UK registered charities with an annual income of less than £350,000 can apply for a grant of up to £7,000.

The funding will support programmes in the British Isles that are:

• Aiming to alleviate isolation and depression in older people, including informal day care or social, physical and recreational activities.

• Which give practical help, assistance and support for older people living in their own homes.

• Addressing the emotional and practical needs of older carers.

• Designed to meet the specific needs of people with dementia.

The Charles Hayward Foundation, who offers these grants, wish to fund preventative and early intervention programmes being delivered at the community level which allow older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent. Programmes need to demonstrate their effectiveness in improving the quality of life of older people. The Foundation favours projects that offer a consistent and sustained benefit rather than one-off events or short-lived activities.

Please note this is a very popular fund and is usually oversubscribed.

Applications are currently being accepted. There are no deadlines.

For more information, please visit A grant-making charitable trust for UK charities - Charles Hayward Foundation

Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund Opens for UK Applications

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has recently relaunched its Collection Fund as the Communities and Collections Fund to better represent its dual focus on collections and inclusion. 

Although the overall purpose of the Communities and Collections Fund has not changed, the fund will place more emphasis on equitable working, supporting wellbeing and legacy planning.

The fund offers:

• Core grants to museums that have established strategic aims for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and that are ready to use their collections and the funding to support social and climate justice, in ways that are relevant to local contexts and relationships.

• Partnership project grants to museums and community organisations that work equitably together and share aims for DEI, and which have ambitious and compelling ideas for inclusive project work with collections.

Grants of £40,000 to £100,000 are available over a period of up to three years. It is expected that around 12 grants will be awarded across the two funding rounds in 2025.

Applications are open to all Museums Association institutional member museums and galleries in the UK. Applicants should initially contact a member of Communities and Collections Fund staff before submitting an EOI to ensure that the fund is a good fit and to help draw out the strengths in their application.

Commenting on the relaunch, Sharon Heal, director, Museums Association said:

“The development of the fund over the past 11 years has shown a real desire on the part of museums to forge strong connections between collections and communities and our research earlier this year told us that the fund should have a focus on people and should support community organisations to have a say in how the funding is spent.

“In order to do that well, we have to look after the people that we work with – staff and community partners – and make sure relationships between museums and communities are truly equitable. These exciting changes will be part of the new fund and I hope will support museums across the UK to put people at the heart of what they do.”

The next deadline for expressions of interest is 5 February 2025.

For more information, please visit Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund - Museums Association

Micro Community Investment Fund

Fund Aims

The fund will provide valuable investment for community initiatives making a difference in towns and villages across Northern Ireland.

The fund will enable those organisations who are making the lives of others in their communities better, by improving their financial, physical, and mental wellbeing.

Criteria

You do not have to have a constitution to apply to this fund.  We will discuss your project with you in advance of application if you do not have certain governance requirements for funding in place.

We want to support smaller, grassroots organisations delivering great work.  For this reason, whilst groups with an income of up to £30,000 per annum are eligible to apply preference will be given to groups with an income of up to £10,000.

Community Investments available: Up to £1,500

Applications are sought to support both new and existing activities and projects that enhance the financial, physical and/or mental wellbeing of people in communities. We will support new or existing community initiatives that have a particular focus on addressing the challenges people are facing around the rising cost of living.

The Micro fund aims to support Community projects should focus on improving at least one of the following:

• Financial wellbeing

• Physical wellbeing

• Mental wellbeing

Applications for funding must target one of the themes below:

• Projects promoting inclusion and belonging, particularly to enhance the physical and mental well being of the local community

• Projects that strengthen the capacity of individuals to engage with a range of available digital services in order to help manage their money in a digital age

• Projects that enhance people’s financial knowledge through financial education programmes

• Projects promoting physical activity which uses the assets located within the area

• Projects that improve the ability of individuals to access mental health and wellbeing services either i) directly, through the provision of support or ii) indirectly, through education/awareness raising programmes

• Projects that encourage the active participation of individuals in their own mental wellbeing. Projects should aim to promote increased independence/resilience in relation to an individual’s mental health

We want to prioritise projects that:

• Focus on the positive contribution of people within the community and support the challenges that people face in light of the rising cost of living

• Enable active participation of a community in decision-making and involvement in making their community a better place to live in

• Focus on the assets within the community which the project will use to make the community a better place to live in

• Help get people engaged in taking community action where it hasn’t happened before to make the community a better place to live in.

• Projects that address more than one particular strand of wellbeing

For more information, please visit Micro Community Investment Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

Funding to Support Vulnerable Young People and Child Carers Across the UK

7Stars Foundation is offering grants of up to £2,500 for registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £1.5 million across the UK to deliver projects and activities that support young people aged 16 years and under across the priority themes of abuse, addiction, child carers, and homelessness.

Funding for offered across the following streams:

• Project grants to cover the costs of projects that respond to one or more of the funding priorities of the 7stars Foundation.

• Shine Bright funding for groups to purchase educational, wellbeing, or recreational items for young people, aligned to funding priorities of the Foundation.

• Direct grants funding to individuals affected by the Foundation's priorities, supported by outreach/social/care workers or legal professionals.

• Social Impact funding for three charities across the year for projects that align with awareness days across the year.

The trustees typically meet three times a year to review grant applications.

The next deadline for applications is 2 February 2024. 

For more information please visit Apply for Funding - the7stars foundation

NI's Community Relations and Cultural Diversity Funding Programme Open for Applications

Northern Ireland's Community Relations/Cultural Diversity Grant Scheme is inviting applications from locally based voluntary and community organisations to develop their capacity to engage in community relations work and to enhance the community relations potential of projects they undertake.

The scheme is aimed at community development groups, cultural organisations, women's and men's groups, faith-based groups, tenants' associations, youth groups and rural groups involved in community relations, reconciliation projects and cultural engagement for projects primarily involving adults.

The funding is for projects which address at least one of the Community Relations Council's objectives:

• Develop opportunities for groups to explore their own cultures, beliefs and traditions increasing their capacities to develop relations with those from other cultures.

• Develop opportunities for groups to extend their knowledge and understanding of others' culture, beliefs and traditions.

• To enable groups to challenge stereotypes of their own and other communities to acknowledge and address differences.

• To increase the ability and confidence of groups and organisations to identify issues which divide them.

• To develop networks of communication, trust and cooperation between divided communities.

• To promote models of good practice for community relations work in Northern Ireland.

Groups can apply for grants of up to £10,000, but most grants awarded will be between £2,000 and £5,000. There is limited funding, and the programme may close early depending on demand.

The deadline for applications is 31 March 2025 (4pm).

For more information please visit Community Relations / Cultural Diversity | Community Relations Council

Maker Relief Fund Supports UK Craftspeople in Need

The Maker Relief Fund is offering grants to UK-based professional craftspeople facing financial hardship.

Grants of £1,000 will be awarded to 50 eligible applicants over the course of a year, starting in November 2024 and running through to the end of October 2025.

These grants are intended to provide flexible financial support, allowing recipients to use the funds without restrictions.

Practising professional craftspeople are eligible to apply if they identify with one or more of the following groups:

• Individuals on low incomes.

• Working-class people.

• Black and ethnically diverse people (including Gypsy, Roma, and Travellers).

• People with disabilities, neurodiversity or those managing chronic physical or mental health issues.

• LGBTQIA+ individuals.

• People with caring responsibilities.

The initiative aims to support these people in sustaining their careers during times of financial difficulty.

Applications can be submitted at any time until the end of October 2025.

For more information, please visit Maker Relief Fund - Heritage Crafts |

Arts Council NI Accepting Applications to Annual Funding Programme

Grants are available for organisations in all artforms and practices to support core and programming costs under the Annual Funding Programme provided by Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI).

The programme is accepting applications from the following:

• Non-profit distributing organisations that can demonstrate that they require a year-round resource to deliver the programme.

• Commercial organisations if the proposed programme is primarily for the benefit of the public and where there are plans to re-invest any surplus into a similar and ongoing arts programme.

All new applicant organisations to the programme must have been in receipt of a single award of at least £10,001 from ACNI since 1 April 2022 in order to be eligible for the scheme.

No minimum or maximum value of grant is specified. Organisations may apply for one year funding only.

Within the overall grant, funding is also available for successful applicants who can clearly demonstrate that additional costs such as sign language provision, translation and carers' costs are associated with the delivery of their project to relevant people as defined under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.

New applicants must contact the relevant art form officer by 5pm on 9 December 2024, at the latest, to discuss a possible application.

The deadline for applications is 20 December 2024 (noon).

For more information, please visit Annual Funding Programme 2025/26 | Arts Council NI

Steel Charitable Trust Reopens for 2025 with New Funding Strategy

Following a review of their strategic policy in August 2024 and the decision to temporarily suspend new applications, Steel Charitable Trust has announced a new funding strategy which is expected to be in effect for the next five years.

From 2025, the Trust will now offer two funding streams:

• A new LUTON MATTERS Programme will focus on supporting projects in Luton that are broadly in line with Luton Council’s 2040 vision. Full details will be published in January 2025, and applications are expected to open in Spring 2025. 

• For the rest of the UK the Trust will support charities working with or on behalf of children and young people under 26, with an emphasis on creating educational and/or access opportunities for those in circumstances, groups, or locations that face economic challenges, social marginalisation or poor outcomes in later life.

Through the UK Under 26 Fund, project-restricted grants starting from £10,000 are available for not-for-profit organisations with an annual income of at least £50,000 in the previous financial year.

Applications for the UK Under 26 are taken and reviewed on a rolling basis. The trustees meet quarterly to consider applications.

The next deadline for applications is 15 January 2025 for consideration at the mid-March 2025 trustee meeting. 

For more information, please visit UNITED KINGDOM Under-26 Fund

Fight for Sight Offers Funding for Capacity Building

This funding is designed to support the creation of a sight loss sector that is coherent, sustainable, and resilient to the rising demand for equal service provision across the UK.

The fund offers unrestricted grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 for not-for-profit organisations in the sight loss sector across the UK whose growth and sustainability are challenged by the uncertain economic climate and cost of living crisis.

The grants will focus on two key areas:

• Collaboration between organisations within the sight loss sector and between the sight loss sector and external organisations.

• Small charities and grassroots organisations. 

Only organisations whose primary purpose is supporting those living with or at risk of sight loss are eligible.

This fund is designed to support organisations to overcome barriers to increasing their capacity.  This could include (but is not limited to):

• Contributions to core costs.

• A merger of organisations.

• Strengthening of systems and processes. 

This funding is not designed for specific projects. 

The deadline for applications is 7 January 2025 (9:00 am).

For more information, please visit Fight for Sight - Capacity Building Fund

Royal Countryside Fund’s New UK-Wide Grant Programme to Open 10 January

The new Supporting Rural Communities grant programme will open to applications from across the UK on 10 January 2025.

The Royal Countryside Fund has announced that this ‘new differentiated funding will support transformative, community-led initiatives across the UK, unlocking the huge potential for positive change in rural communities’. The aim is to support innovative solutions that will ‘power up, not prop up’ communities, inspiring change and encouraging economic vibrancy.

Not-for-profit community organisations with an income of less than £500,000 a year can apply for grants of up to £25,000 over a period of 24 months to deliver activities along the themes of:

• Keeping young people in the countryside

• Powering up rural communities

• Increasing environmental sustainability

• Building emergency resilience in rural areas.

Support will be focused on isolated rural areas where the activity is required due to a lack of alternative services. Projects must be community led and show that they actively listen to, understand and respond to the needs of their local community. 

The funding is for communities to create tangible change. This could be a project that generates a new income stream for the local community, or the delivery of training to develop skills opportunities for young people. It could also be activities to increase community awareness and engagement in the local environment, or an initiative to bring the community together to plan for the impacts of climate change.

The grants can be used for direct costs, organisational development, core or fixed costs, refurbishing or developing of land and buildings.

A webinar for prospective applicants will be held on 17 December 2024 (18:00). Registration is required and can be done on Zoom.

Expressions of interest for the grant will be accepted from 10 January 2025 to 21 February 2025.

For more information, please visit Supporting Rural Communities - The Royal Countryside Fund

Funding for UK Visual Artists and Small Arts Organisations

Grants for artists, small organisations and galleries within the UK to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds.

The fund is committed to helping artists and art institutions and galleries that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities.

Priority is given to artists in the fine arts and small organisations and galleries within the UK.

The Trustees’ main objective is to support new work within the UK.

Grants are usually between £2,000 and £5,000.

Arts festivals, group exhibitions, charities organising community events, theatres, symposia and conferences will not be considered.

There are normally four rounds each year.

The next deadline for applications is 19 January 2025.

For more information, please visit The Elephant Trust

The Pathway Fund 2025/26 and 2026 /27 NOW OPEN

The Pathway Fund is delighted to announce the opening of three funding streams.

Stream A and B of the Pathway Fund will support registered providers or facilitators of early years (0-4) education and learning provision and Stream C, a NEW stream specifically to support registered childminders and Approved Home Childcarers.

• Stream A for awards between £20,001 and £40,000

• Stream B for awards up to £20,000

• Stream C for awards up to £500

Online Applications are now open on for the year 2025/2026 and provisionally for 2026/2027 - Applications - Closing date for applications is 4.00pm on Friday 20th December 2024.

The Pathway Fund is one the Department of Education’s (DE) supports for the early years sector.  In support of the DE vision “Every child and young person is happy, learning and succeeding”.

The outcomes of the Pathway Fund are:  

• Improved development of children who are at risk of not reaching their full educational potential ; and

• An enhanced, more sustainable Early Years sector.

For more information, please visit The Pathway Fund — Early Years - the organisation for young children

Take 5 steps to wellbeing - your voice, your choice

Participatory Budgeting in Belfast gives residents a direct say in the decisions that affect them. It helps generate new ideas, strengthen community spirit and direct funding to where residents think it will make a difference.

With Participatory Budgeting, residents decide which projects get funded – it’s ‘your voice, your choice’.

The next participatory budgeting project in Belfast supports the Take 5 steps to wellbeing.

What is ‘Take 5 steps to wellbeing’?

Evidence suggests there are 5 steps we should all take to help improve our mental health and wellbeing. These are:

• Connect

• Keep learning

• Be active

• Take notice

• Give

Together and even individually, they encourage us to think about our daily routines and embrace the 5 activities to support better health and wellbeing.

Even if these are behaviours you already follow, the Take 5 steps to wellbeing is about increasing the time we spend doing them. Find out more at Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing(External link)

How to get involved?

We want to encourage local groups to apply for a share of funding to deliver projects that they think will improve emotional health and wellbeing within the community.

If you, your family, friends, neighbours, school or organised group have got an idea that helps bring the Take 5 steps to wellbeing to life, submit a short application.

If people in your area agree that it’s a good idea, then you'll get funded.

Groups can apply for funding up to £2500, and if successful you will have around six months to deliver your project, from April – October 2025.

We want to make it as easy as possible for people to get involved so here are some key reminders:

1. You don't have to be a large organisation or community group.

2. You don’t need to have previous experience or have done anything like this before to make an application.

3. The application form is simple and straightforward. You will just need to prepare a short summary of your project idea so people can learn more about your project before casting their vote.

4. Groups will be invited to present their project in a local venue and showcase their idea to the community and ask for their support.

How do we help?

We'll check that the project can be delivered safely, feasibly and legally within budget and the stated timeframe.

However, it will be up to the community to decide which projects are funded. As a condition of your funding, you will be required to show what you did with the money at a showcase celebration event in November 2025. But don't worry, we'll be there to help throughout this process.

Getting started

If you have an idea or want to learn more, please click on the information links provided (you'll find these on the right-hand side of this page or by scrolling to bottom of the page).

How to apply?

Applications open at 9.00am on Monday 25 November 2024 and close at 4.00pm on Friday 10 January 2025. Applications can be submitted in one of three ways:

• Online: Using the link below to submit an online form. This would be the preferred option.

• Email: Download a form using the link below. Once completed, email to mlbt@bhdu.org(External link)

• Post: Use the download option to print a copy of the application form. Hard copies can be posted or hand-delivered to:

Belfast Health Development Unit

Cecil Ward Building, 3rd Floor

4-10 Linenhall Street

Belfast BT2 8BP

Closing date

The closing date is 4.00pm on Friday 10 January 2025. Unfortunately applications received after that time cannot be considered. Please be aware that the online application form will become unavailable after this deadline.

To apply online, please visit Take 5 steps to wellbeing - your voice, your choice | Your say Belfast

National Lottery Heritage Grants £250,000 to £10million

National Lottery Heritage Grants is our funding programme for all types of heritage projects in the UK.

Use this guidance to apply for grants from £250,000 to £10m.  

You must first submit an Expression of Interest and, if you are successful, we will invite you to apply.

Your application will usually go through two phases: a development phase of up to two years, enabling you work on your project proposal, and a delivery phase of no more than five years. If you think a two phase application is not right for your project, please contact your local office to discuss.

Is this the right programme for you?

• Is your organisation looking to care for and sustain heritage in the UK?

• Will your heritage project run for no more than five years (excluding the development phase)?

• Do you require a grant of between £250,000 and £10m?

• Are you a not-for-profit organisation or a partnership led by a not-for-profit organisation?

• Does your project take into account our four investment principles?

If you answered yes to these questions, then National Lottery Heritage Grants could be for you.

Our investment principles

Four investment principles guide all our grant decision making under our 10-year strategy, Heritage 2033:

• saving heritage

• protecting the environment

• inclusion, access and participation

• organisational sustainability

You must take all four principles into account in your application. The strength of focus, and emphasis on each principle, is for you to decide and demonstrate.

The investment principles, and our strategic initiatives, will help us achieve our ambitions for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone’s future.

Things you need to know

• Your project must not start before we make a decision.

• You must first submit an Expression of Interest to tell us about your idea, and we will let you know if you are invited to apply.

• Deadlines for development and delivery applications are quarterly

• Once we receive your application and all the correct supporting documents, we will assess your application within 12 weeks and, following assessment, it will be assigned to the next scheduled decision meeting.

• For grants under £1m, you must contribute at least 5% of your project costs. For grants over £1m, you must contribute at least 10% of your project costs.

• Payments for development grants under £250,000 are made in three stages: 50% in advance, 30% in advance, and then 20% in arrears. Payments for development grants over £250,000, and all delivery grants, are made in arrears.

• We provide lots of good practice guidance. We recommend that you read the guidance that is relevant to you to help you develop and manage your project.

• We may consider applications for over £10m for truly exceptional heritage projects. If this applies to your project, you should contact your local office to discuss this.

For more information and to apply, please visit National Lottery Heritage Grants £250,000 to £10million | The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Department of Health - Core Grant Funding Scheme

The Department awards grants to voluntary and community sector organisations which are, through the work of the organisation, contributing towards the outcomes envisaged by the key departmental strategic and policy initiatives outlined below:

• Public Health, including the Live Well Initiative;

• Reform of Adult Social Care;

• Reform of Children’s Social Care with an emphasis on supporting families;

• Mental Health Strategy (2021-2031);

• Adult and Children with a Disability; and/or

• Cancer Strategy for Northern Ireland (2022-2032).

To be eligible for funding, an organisation must:

• demonstrate that the funding will benefit the Northern Ireland population (i.e. the organisation must operate in Northern Ireland only or allocate the funding to costs incurred by activities in Northern Ireland); 

• be independent, not for profit, and have a constitution or set of rules defining its aims, objectives and operational procedures, bona-fide, self-governing constitutionally independent and not directly controlled by a ‘for-profit’ organisation;

• have appropriate governance and financial controls in place (If successful you will be asked at Stage 2 to demonstrate financial viability, either from your published financial accounts, or realistic financial plans and credible references); and

• comply with relevant legislative requirements in respect of employment, safeguarding, health and safety, discrimination, data protection and equality of opportunity.

Applications from individuals, statutory bodies, commercial organisations, academic institutions (schools), trade unions or political parties will not be considered. Applications where the grant may be associated with political activity are excluded.

To be eligible for funding, one or more of the following activities must be satisfied by the organisation;

• supporting the development and/or implementation of key departmental strategy and policy through representation on structures established by the Department and/or at the request of the Department;

• giving service users a voice/ensure that their views are effectively represented;

• promoting social inclusion and quality of life;

• facilitating capacity building within the sector, including through training, information-sharing and the provision of corporate [or other] services; and/or

• facilitating/enabling collaboration and co-operation across VCS organisations.

Financial contributions (ranging from £5,000 - £100,000) towards core costs will be offered on the basis that the outcomes specified in the organisation’s application form will be delivered.

The following costs are eligible:

• up to 25% of a permanent member of staff’s annual salary (the member of staff must not be involved in service delivery while funded by the Scheme);

• relevant training costs (training for staff and/or volunteers);

• relevant running costs and overheads (e.g. rent, rates, electricity, gas etc);

• equipment and minor (less than £15,000 in total) capital items;

• management and audit costs;

• costs of involving volunteers (e.g. travel); and

• evaluation costs for the organisation or service.

The Department is now seeking applications for funding from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026.

The application form and guidance for applicants are available by clicking below:

• Application Form

• Guidance for Applicants

Please read both documents carefully before starting an application.

You may email a completed application form to CoreGrantAdmin@health-ni.gov.uk or mail a completed physical form to:

DoH Core Grant Scheme
FCPD Admin
Room A3.7
Castle Buildings
Stormont Estate
BT4 3SQ

Completed forms must be received prior to the application deadline of 12pm on Friday 13th December 2024.

Tyrone 3 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 Tyrone 3 Windfarms.  The Tyrone 3 Windfarms comprises three farms, which are:

• Altamuskin (6 wind turbines / 14.1MW)

• Eshmore (3 wind turbines / 7.0MW)

• Gortfinbar (5 wind turbines / 15.0.MW)

The windfarms are situated in close proximity to each other between the town of Ballygawley and the villages of Carrickmore, Sixmilecross and Beragh in County Tyrone. They are located in the Mid Ulster District and Fermanagh and Omagh District Council areas respectively.

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 Tyrone 3 Windfarms 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 the 5 mile radius – as per the boundary map.

Applicant organisations must be located within the 5-mile radius.

Boundary map

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

Fund priorities:

• Projects that improve the utilisation of existing community space in areas within the fund boundary.

• Contributions towards running/administration costs and for purchasing additional equipment to expand and support new and existing services/activities in each of the areas.

• Particular emphasis will be placed on funding activities/services that are specifically aimed at older people, people with disabilities, children and teenagers (including pre-school children), providing skills development of local people and promoting health related activities or services.

• Applicants are encouraged to network, share best practice and co-operate more between the areas. Projects which demonstrate the ability to collaborate, network and share best practice will be encouraged and supported.

• Projects and programmes offering invaluable advice and information and signposting on key Rural issues should be supported e.g. Farm Support Services, Welfare & amp; Benefits and Parenting/Family issues etc.

• Outdoor/Environmental projects will be considered in terms of encouraging a healthier and active community as well as protecting and enhancing the local environment.

• Wider community events and programmes that encourage greater community interaction (including cross community aspects) encompassing the local rich and varied cultural aspects of music, drama, dance and sport.

Examples of who can apply:

• Constituted voluntary organisations and community groups

• Local youth groups

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

• 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

Grants size:

Grants up to £5,000

Closing date for applications is 6th December 2024.

For more information, please visit Tyrone 3 Community Benefit Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

Voices from the Frontline

Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund, now in its seventh year of running, offers  grants of up to £10,000 over 18 months to women’s and girls’ organisations to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change. 

Rosa is proud to champion the campaigning and influencing work that women’s and girls’ organisations do, as we recognise that every progress in culture, law and practice in women’s and girls’ lives over the last two hundred years has been pioneered by women and girls, organising and mobilising. 

Women’s and girls’ organisations are at the forefront of addressing social issues and we believe change comes about when women and girls who have lived experience of injustice and inequality get heard. 

However, there remains a critical need for funding for women’s and girls’ organisations to deliver activism and campaigning to raise awareness of the issues women and girls face. This is why Voices from the Frontline exists. 

The deadline for applications is 4pm on Monday 9th December. You need to submit your application form and video by this date.

For more information, please visit Voices from the Frontline - Rosa

Henry Moore Foundation Accepting Applications for Autumn 2024 Funding Round

Henry Moore Foundation is offering various grants for not-for-profit organisations for projects and activities that promote the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern, and contemporary registers, and research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.

 The Foundation offers funding in the following categories:

• New projects and commissions: Grants of up to £20,000 to encourage new thinking about sculpture or sculpture history or contribute to public awareness and appreciation of sculpture.

• Acquisitions and collections: Grants of up to £20,000 for museums and galleries to acquire or conserve sculpture for their collections, cataloguing, and display costs.

• Research and development:

• Long-term grants of up to £20,000 for projects that require funding for more than one year, such as a permanent collection catalogue.

• Small research grants of up to £2,500 for academics, curators, and independent scholars for research costs on the history and interpretation of sculpture.

• Conferences, lectures, and publications: Grants of up to £5000 to publish a new book or journal, or to stage a conference or other event related to sculpture.

This funding round is for projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 April 2025.

There are typically four deadlines per year.

The next deadline for applications is 1 December 2024 (23:00).

For more information, please visit Grants & fellowships | Henry Moore Foundation