5 Jan 2021
Star Amature Boxing club has been an integral part of the New Lodge community for 82 years. So much more than a boxing club, they work hard to reach young people in the…
Read More1 Oct 2020
Sarah Scullion As a mum, freelancer and entrepreneur Sarah Scullion leads a busy life. Launching a travel startup specialising in event tourism was her next step. …
Read More26 Aug 2020
Covid-19 has impacted on all of us, including the enriching interactions and activities we previously took for granted and for many have disappeared from their lives. …
Read More16 Jun 2020
Nicole Downes is a full-time career to her sons Levi, 8 and Jamie, 5 who both have autism. She also has another son, Gabriel who is one. After her son Levi’s…
Read More26 May 2020
Mollie Browne, recently received an award from the Thomas Devlin Fund to support her journey on an Art Foundation Course at the Ulster School of Art in Belfast. A past…
Read More12 Mar 2020
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…
Read More9 Jan 2020
Aquinas Upper Sixth pupil Oisín Cahalane has raised £500 in partnership with the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland to fund new games and play equipment for…
Read More6 Dec 2019
Horses are strong and powerful animals with the potential to support people when overcoming fears and developing confidence and the therapeutic relationship between a…
Read More8 Oct 2019
By Jill Robinson Flourish provides long term tailored support to survivors of human trafficking within Northern Ireland. We work to empower survivors to be able…
Read More28 Jun 2019
When we think of giving and philanthropy, often the image that comes to mind is of a top-hatted Victorian gentleman, Andrew Carnegie or John Cadbury perhaps and if modern…
Read More17 May 2019
When we think of a philanthropist, often the image that comes to mind is of a top-hatted Victorian gentleman, Andrew Carnegie or John Cadbury perhaps. If modern…
Read More1 Apr 2019
Following successful completion of the Techies in Residence programme, uHub Therapy Centre in Bangor is launching a new mental health website to help those at risk and…
Read More28 Feb 2019
International Women’s Day is a day that celebrates womanhood, with events taking place all over Northern Ireland, at community and national level. “It is the…
Read More16 Jan 2019
More than 30 projects working with some of Northern Ireland’s most vulnerable women and girls have received a much-needed funding boost from the Community Foundation.…
Read More4 Dec 2018
At twelve weeks pregnant, 29 year Laura Denny from Belfast was told that her baby had Down Syndrome. She was told her baby was also very unwell and had a zero percent…
Read More29 Nov 2018
The Big Lottery funded Space & Place Programme has marked the delivery of millions of pounds in funding to community and voluntary group across Northern Ireland which…
Read More28 Nov 2018
Three local charities have boosted their fundraising efforts ahead of Christmas at a crowdfunding event organised by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland. The NI…
Read More17 Oct 2018
The eight successful 2018 Thomas Devlin Fund recipients recently received their bursaries at a special event in Belfast. Hosted by comedian Shane Todd, this year’s crop…
Read More16 Oct 2018
On 21st September the Women’s Fund panel headed to Bangor Golf club for a great day of golf, food and raffle prizes, all in support of disadvantaged women and girls in…
Read More10 Oct 2018
We take a look at the impact of funding from the Murlough Foundation on a Men’s Shed project in Rostrevor, Co Down. Later this month in a dimly lit church in Rostrevor…
Read More28 Aug 2018
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 More11 Dec 2017
Homeplus NI, a Belfast based charity working with homeless people received £10,000 from the Community Foundation’s New Beginning’s Fund in 2016. We recently…
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