The Rural Action Awards for 2025/2026 are open for applications.
/The Awards offer rural community-based organisations in Northern Ireland or the border region of Ireland the opportunity to apply for and secure £1000 or €1000 towards their volunteer led community action project.
CURRENT CLOSING DATE:
20th NOVEMBER 2025
What is a Rural Action Award?
Our Rural Action Awards scheme for this year will again support 12 volunteer led community action projects up to March 2026.
As before, the scheme is open to constituted rural community-based organisations including charities, not for profit community groups, sporting and cultural organisations, heritage groups, Parent Teacher Associations, youth groups/clubs and social enterprises.
The scheme seeks to support practical, tangible and timebound projects where the project must complete within 12 weeks.
What is different for this years Awards?
This years Awards will operate 3 calls for applications in the financial year to end March 2026. After each call a random selection will identify 4 recipients. Upon successful completion of verification, each will receive £1000/€1000 towards their chosen community project.
The current call for applications will close on 20th November 2025.
Rural Action Awards Terms & Conditions.
A bonafide rural community organisation
Evidence of governing document can be supplied if successful
Based in rural Northern Ireland or the border region of Ireland
Must be able to use the Award within 12 weeks of receipt
Registered bank account in name of applicant organisation
“Rural Action was established out of a continued desire to make a positive contribution to the everyday lives of rural communities.
Our strapline is ‘Making it Happen’ and we hope that these modest awards, can in some way, contribute to doing just that, to help to support rural communities to make things happen locally”.
To apply to the Rural Action Awards simply follow the link below:
