Community Innovators Programme

The Community Foundation is delighted to announce that a fresh cycle of our unique Community Innovators Programme, delivered in partnership with WorkWest, will open for applications on 2nd September 2019.  The Community Innovators programme is free to access and is for voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations who would like support to explore and develop new solutions to a real world social, economic or environmental challenge. All organisations who complete the Community Innovators Programme will be eligible to apply for a grant from the Foundation’s Social Innovation Seed Fund to help them deliver the idea or ideas they develop through participation in the programme.
Details of information workshops for those considering applying are as follows:

• Enniskillen, 19th September 10.30am – 12pm: register here
• Derry-Londonderry, 19th September 2pm – 4pm: register here
• Ballymena, 20th September 9:30am – 11am: register here
• Belfast, 20th September 12pm – 1.30pm: register here

Further information and the Expression of Interest form will be available on the Community Foundation’s website under ‘Achieving Impact’ and ‘Available Grants’ from 2nd September. The deadline for completed Expressions of Interest will be 4pm on Friday 27th September 2019. For any queries contact Paul Braithwaite via pbraithwaite@communityfoundationni.org