This programme is supported with money from Dormant Assets NI. Dormant Assets NI is an expansion of the Dormant Accounts Fund NI.

This programme aims to address the gaps in our Dormant Assets investment to date. We want to fund support organisations – sometimes known as network, umbrella, membership or community anchor organisations. We want these organisations to improve access to the help they provide to small, underrepresented community groups in Northern Ireland.

By small community groups, we mean groups with an annual income of around £10,000 up to £100,000.

By underrepresented community groups, we mean groups that focus on representing the needs of:

older people
disabled people
women
ethnically minoritised people
faith-based communities
LGBTQ+ people
rural communities.

Specifically, we want to fund support organisations so that they can help community groups with things like:

financial planning and budgeting
project management
good governance
diversity and inclusion
digital skills
impact measurement
strategic planning
volunteer management
collaboration
leadership
succession planning.

We want the projects we fund to address existing barriers and achieve meaningful and inclusive participation.

You might be a generalist support organisation that already helps a diverse range of community groups. You might want to improve access to underrepresented community groups who are not currently benefiting from that support.

Or you might be a specialist support organisation that already specialises in helping underrepresented community groups. For example, women, older people or disabled people.
Your aim might be to get more resources to meet the needs of these groups.

Area

Northern Ireland

Suitable for

Support, network, umbrella, membership or community anchor organisations.

Funding size

Up to £150,000, for up to 3 years.

Total available

£3 million. We aim to make around 25 to 30 grants.

Application deadline

12pm on Thursday 4 July 2024

For more information, please visit Access to resilience | The National Lottery Community Fund (tnlcommunityfund.org.uk)