Community Foundation News

29 Apr 2022

Our Community ‘Through our eyes’

Gilford Youth, a participant in the Foundation’s Community Innovators Programme, have been showcasing the efforts young people are making to improve relationships between…

Read More

5 Jun 2020

Reflections on community responses to COVID-19

Paul Braithwaite, Community Foundation, and Maurice Meehan, Public Health Agency  (This article was published by PHA on 27 May)   In Northern Ireland we are used to…

Read More

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…

Read More

16 Oct 2019

Community Innovators announces second burst of funding! 

Have you got an idea to overcome a challenge in your community?  Our Community Innovators is a programme which supports you to find lasting solutions to challenges within…

Read More

26 Feb 2019

Community Innovators Programme opens for applications with three promotional workshops in Belfast, Newry and Omagh

Our Community Innovators Programme, has reopened for applications from organisations focused on health and wellbeing. With three promotional taster workshops taking place…

Read More

28 Aug 2018

£33,533 Awarded To Four Innovative Projects To Overcome Challenges Facing Communities 

  The Community Innovators Programme, the first of its kind in Northern Ireland is a partnership between the Community Foundation and WorkWest and aims to support…

Read More