Community Foundation News

28 May 2021

Philanthropy Fortnight – Our annual celebration

Our annual celebration of charitable giving explores, encourages and celebrates generosity to causes and communities across NI. As we come to the end of the 9th anniversary…

27 May 2021

Young Decision Makers award over £120k in funding to local groups

A Thursday Throwback to 2018 when The Change Something Fund was established to give young decision-makers in the North West a real voice with over £120k of funding.…

26 May 2021

Tech-for-good projects receive £67k boost

The Foundation’s Techies in Residence programme awarded almost £70,000 seed funding to five local projects following a virtual pitch and online showcase (Thursday 20th…

21 May 2021

Energia wind farm funding supports Termon Community responders

Termon Community Responders a team of 22 that is set up to support vulnerable individuals until the ambulance service arrives. Received £4,800 of funding from Energia,…

19 May 2021

Community Foundation welcomes new CEO

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has appointed Róísín Wood as its new Chief Executive. Róisín, previous CEO of Kick It Out, English football’s equality…

17 May 2021

Young Volunteers in NI Sports to gain major skills boost through leadership programme

A leadership training programme for young people in sport, supported by the David Cross Young People’s Fund, established in partnership with The Community Foundation and…

17 May 2021

Accolade – communicating through music

Accolade a community association, which includes two community choirs and one Studio Voices choir, a community orchestra, a chamber ensemble and a ukulele group. Based in…

13 May 2021

Addressing social injustice in the deaf community

View Digital have been recently awarded from Comic Relief Community Support programme to produce and publish journalism on deaf inequalities. The UK Deaf community of…

11 May 2021

Upcoming £10 million Mental Health Fund

The Foundation is proud to announce a new £10 million Mental Health Support Fund, funded by the Department for Health, which will open for applications in the next few…

7 May 2021

Meet our inspirational Board

The growth and success of the Community Foundation is due in no small part to the knowledge and dedication of our Trustees, past and present. Their contribution has been a…

5 May 2021

Philanthropy Fortnight 2021 celebrating the outburst of generosity during a pandemic

As one of the most charitable and generous regions in the UK, Northern Ireland is set to celebrate the positive impact of philanthropic giving in our community. During…

4 May 2021

New Community Investment Fund launching soon

New Community Investment Fund launching, with support from Bank of Ireland UK, Community Giving Fund. We are excited to be launching a new Micro-Community Investment…

4 May 2021

A century on – ‘my space’, ‘your space’ or ‘our space’

By Michael Hughes As we move towards some of the pivotal dates in the centenary of the formation of Northern Ireland (including 3rd May when one hundred years ago it was…

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