Community Foundation News

30 Mar 2020

The Community Foundation receives £100,000 from National Emergencies Trust Coronavirus Appeal

The National Emergencies Trust (NET) has announced the first allocation of nearly £2.5m going out to front line charities to help those most in need. £100,000 of the…

28 Mar 2020

ARN Foundation contributes an additional £100,000 to the Coronavirus Community Fund

The Community Foundation welcomed an additional contribution of £100,000 from the ARN Foundation today, funding which is much needed in Northern Ireland . The ARN…

26 Mar 2020

Communities rally together to offer support to the vulnerable

In just three weeks the Coronavirus Community Fund has reached a total of £1 million! Awarding over 245 community groups and awarded over £624,000 to groups seeking to…

25 Mar 2020

Community Foundation broadens criteria for Coronavirus Community Fund

Adapting to what we’ve been hearing from groups on the ground, other funders in NI and the changing daily challenges presented by Covid19, the Community Foundation will…

24 Mar 2020

A note from our CEO

Like everyone, my life is currently dominated by background noise of uncertainty and fear. It’s completely daunting. I’ve just spent 30 minutes reading through the…

20 Mar 2020

£200,000 for the Community Foundation Coronavirus Community Fund

The Community Foundation are delighted to be working with the Department for Communities. Communities Minister, Deirdre Hargey MLA, has announced that she is providing…

20 Mar 2020

Ulster Garden Villages Limited match fund the Community Foundation Coronavirus Community fund

The Community Foundation are delighted to receive this first major contribution from Ulster Garden Villages to their recently launched Coronavirus Community Fund. This…

18 Mar 2020

The National Emergencies Trust Appeal

The National Emergencies Trust has today (Wednesday 18th March) launched an appeal to raise funds to help local charities to support those individuals suffering hardship as…

15 Mar 2020

Community Foundation launches Coronavirus Community Fund

Joining the wave of generosity that the coronavirus is provoking from communities across Northern Ireland, the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has opened a fund…

14 Mar 2020

Funding new solutions to real world social, economic and environmental challenges

This week we completed our latest Community Innovators programme with 18 groups pitching for a share of £140,000 of seed funding. The teams presented their ideas and…

12 Mar 2020

Cregganconroe Community Benefit Fund supports Galbally Youth & Community Association Eco Kids Project

In the beautiful townland of Cregganconroe in Pomeroy near Omagh, a local community fund set up by CGN Europe Energy is committed to supporting marginalisation and helping…

4 Mar 2020

Sign up to our Grassroots Leadership Programme

We are seeking individuals from a range of communities across Northern Ireland to take part in our Building Leaders, Building Peace: A Grassroots Leadership Programme. Each…

2 Mar 2020

Five Northern Ireland mental health charities benefit from partnership between the Institute of Directors and the Community Foundation.

Five local mental health charities which were supported through an 18-month partnership between IOD and the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland. Gordon Milligan,…

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