Crighshane and Churchill Community Benefit Fund

Closing Date:

Jan 10, 2025 13:00

• Area:

• Applicant organisations must be located within the 6km radius

• Grant size:

• £5,000

• Priorities:

• Energy efficiency and sustainability; Social, cultural or sporting benefit for the local community; Educational issues with a sustainability angle; Environmental benefit or economic benefit

This local community benefit fund was originally set up by Energia Renewables, and has now been taken over by Greencoat Capital.

The fund has been established to ensure that the Crighshane and Church Hill wind farms, whilst having obvious environmental benefits, also provide significant social and economic benefits to the local community.

Funding is available to local community projects that are planned and run for the benefit of the local population and are within 6km of the Wind Farms.

The SWEF Enterprise Fund

Ongoing - No Deadline

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Up to £2,000

• Priorities:

• To be eligible to apply, you need to: - Be between the ages of 18-30 - Live in Northern Ireland - Be running your own business which has been trading for no more than 2 years or planning to start your own business imminently - Be from a low-income household or facing other financial challenges preventing you from developing your business

Community Foundation NI is working in partnership with SWEF Enterprise Fund which helps young people from Northern Ireland develop their business idea and gain support with business investment that they would otherwise not be able to afford.

Grants of up to £2,000 are available to help young people in Northern Ireland who are running their own business which has been trading for no more than 2 years or planning to start their own business imminently, to help a business expand or become more sustainable.

Micro Community Investment Fund

Ongoing - No Deadline

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Up to £1,500

• Priorities:

• Financial wellbeing, physical wellbeing and mental wellbeing. Focus on the positive contribution of people within the community. Enable active participation of a community in decision-making and involvement in making their community a better place to live in. Focus on the assets within the community which the project will use to make the community a better place to live in. Help get people engaged in taking community action where it hasn’t happened before to make the community a better place to live in. Projects that address more than one particular strand of well being.

The Micro Community Investment Fund has been launched in partnership with Bank of Ireland and Comic Relief, in recognition and celebration of the contribution of voluntary groups and people to our society and the need for a simple application process for small amounts of funding.

The fund will provide valuable investment for community initiatives making a difference in towns and villages across Northern Ireland.