Community Foundation announces £880,000 Comic Relief fund for Northern Ireland

8 May 2019

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has been appointed by Comic Relief to make £880,000 of funding available to voluntary sector and community groups here over the next two years.

Funding will be awarded under four key strategic areas; ‘Children Survive and Thrive’; ‘Global Mental Health Matters’; ‘Fighting for Gender Justice’ and ‘A Safe Space To Be’, while a series of information sessions will be held across Northern Ireland in May to support community and voluntary sector groups with a potential application.

Michael Hughes, Head of Building Sustainable Communities at the Foundation said, “We’re absolutely delighted to be working in partnership with Comic Relief and we are equally excited by the potentially huge positive impact this funding will have on areas of significant need in Northern Ireland.

“The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and Comic Relief share a number of core beliefs and priorities which include directly investing in communities, the importance of lived experiences of people in shaping and improving lives and in shifting ownership of power, as well as partnering with others who have greater experience, knowledge and connections. We also believe in adapting to change learning from lived experiences and influencing future policy and programmes from a lived experience perspective and look forward to lots of learnings over the next two years.”

Workshop places can be booked online at Eventbrite, by searching for Community Foundation for Northern Ireland. Year one applications will open 10.00am Monday 3rd June 2019 – and close 1.00pm Wednesday 10th July 2019. Applications can only be made via the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland website.

Caption: Anne McKay, Mornington Community Belfast, a previous recipient of Comic Relief Funding, pictured with Michael Hughes, Head of Building Sustainable Communities, Community Foundation and Síofra Hughes, Director of Philanthropy, Community Foundation as they announce the launch of a £880,000 Comic Relief fund for voluntary sector and community groups in Northern Ireland.