New or Updated Funding Initiatives

Tuesday 13th June 2017

New or Updated Funding Initiatives

 Belfast City Council: St Patrick's Celebration Grant

The funding is for small-scale community events or activities to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day as part of the Council’s aim to promote and support the cultural diversity of the City, and should be seen as an inclusive occasion for those who wish to celebrate. The maximum award is £1,000 for each organisation in each financial year.

http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/community/goodrelations

ESB: Energy for Generations Fund

ESB has been supporting initiatives in the areas of suicide prevention and homelessness since 2005.

Each year the Fund now awards €1m in direct funding through a quarterly fund to charities working in the areas of

• suicide prevention
• homelessness 
• education access and support. 

The remainder is allocated across a range of initiatives including support for ElectricAid, wind farm community funds, fuel poverty programmes and support for staff volunteering.

The guideline application amount is c. €10,000. This is neither a minimum nor a maximum, rather an indication of the scale of the resources available.  Average funding awards in recent years have been c. €6-7,000

https://www.esb.ie/main/community-sponsorship/energy-for-generations-fund.jsp

Tree Council: Community Trees Fund

The Tree Council's Tree Futures offers help for tree planting through three grants programmes, Trees for Schools, Community Trees and Orchard Windfalls.

http://www.treecouncil.org.uk/Grants

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Lidl Community Works

This initiative provides support for community groups across NI with each of LIDL's 38 stores in NI making £6000 available to local community groups. Customers across NI are being invited to nominate groups in their local area that could benefit from Lidl’s support. 

Closing Date 25 Jun 2017