November 2019 Community Funding Bulletin
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Community Funding Bulletin November 2019 Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Financial Assistance Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Applications are open from 9.00am Monday Council is offering financial assistance to eligible 11 November 2019 until 12noon on Friday groups in the voluntary, community and social 13 December 2019 enterprise sector for the period 1st April 2020 – 31st March 2021 for: Further information, including details of how to apply, • Running costs (for eligible organisations) is available from • Programmes www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk/resident/ • Events community-grants Funding is available through the following grant Groups wishing to be notified of future funding programmes: opportunities and other relevant information should • Community Grants request their details be added to the Council’s • Arts, Culture and Events Grants database by contacting Mairead McCavigan as below. • Good Relations Grants Places must be booked in advance by contacting • International Linkages Grants Mariead McCavigan (028) 38312589 or • Commemorative Events Grants [email protected] Call for financial assistance 2020-2021 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council invite applications for Financial Assistance towards the programme areas below: • Minor Grants Community Works Schemes • Community Capital Schemes • Summer Schemes • Irish Language • Minority Communities • Local Biodiversity Enhancement • Tourism Events • Tourism Partnership Marketing fund • Community Engagement • Community Events and Festivals Application forms can be downloaded from www.newrymournedown.org/residents-grants-and-funding or can be collected from reception in O’Hagan House, Monaghan Row, Newry or Downshire Civic Centre, Downpatrick. The opening date: Monday 4 November 2019. The closing date: Monday 9 December 2019, 12pm. Completed applications must be returned to either the reception in O’Hagan House, Monaghan Row, Newry or Downshire Civic Centre, Downpatrick. Late applications will not be considered. For further information on the application process, please contact: The Programmes Unit : Telephone: 028 3031 3024 Email: [email protected] New Participatory Budgeting for Lisburn and Castlereagh Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council is pleased to Councillor Andrew Ewing, announce a pilot ‘Participatory Budgeting’ initiative Chairman of the Lisburn & called ‘Grand Choice’ which offers up to £1,000 to 15 Castlereagh PCSP, said: “Grand projects in the Killultagh area. Choice is the perfect opportunity for local residents to bring a The key difference between Grand Choice and other project or event to their local council managed funding opportunities is that the community. To apply, you don’t successful projects will be chosen by the community. need to be part of an existing constituted group but such groups are also eligible to apply. If you and a Your vote will matter to your community, as you will few friends have an idea that will support your local have the power to will decide which 15 projects community then please consider applying. You can receive the much sought after funding. apply for £1,000 to pay for things such as equipment, events, tutors, venue hire, transport for trips and other The council and its partners have £15,000 available innovative ideas. for projects across the district electoral area including, Aghalee, Ballinderry, Dundrod, Glenavy, Maghaberry, All applications will be assessed to ensure the project Stoneyford and White Mountain. is legal, safe, achievable within the budget and timescale. If your group is not constituted you must Those projects that receive financial support must obtain sponsor support from a local constituted relate to one or more of the following themes: Policing group.” and Community Safety, Mental Health and Wellbeing or Engaging Young People. Lisburn & Castlereagh PCSP, Sport NI, PSNI and the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust have contributed to the scheme in addition to the council. To download an application form please click here Open Data Fund opens The Department of Finance has opened a £30,000 Innovation and Outreach Fund to encourage the use of open data. Awards of between £300 and up to £5,000 are available to fund the development of apps or other interactive visualisations that make innovative use of data on the Open Data NI portal. Organisations and individuals hosting engagement activities including hackathons, workshops, seminars or events that will raise awareness of open data will also be eligible to apply to the fund. Encouraging people to apply, Sue Gray Permanent Secretary at the Department of Finance said: “Opening up public sector data has the potential to provide commercial opportunities and drive economic growth and innovation. This fund will encourage creative re-use of the growing number of public sector datasets available on the Open Data NI Portal and help us deliver on the ambitious targets set out in the Open Data Strategy. I look forward to seeing the exciting proposals which come forward.” Welcoming the fund, Colm Burns, Chair of The Northern Ireland Open Government Network said: “This initiative is another positive step in creating a culture of data openness. The latest NI Open Data Strategy and the Open Data Fund will help open up government data and provide new opportunities for research, innovation and engagement. Open Data innovation and outreach will improve government, empower citizens and create opportunities to solve problems in original and creative ways.” Further information about the Innovation and Outreach Fund can be found at https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/niopendatafund. Deadline to apply is Friday 7 February 2020. 2 #CelebrateNationalLottery25 People have always been passionate about their communities and The National Lottery Community Fund has revealed this special birthday that it will be making a special £7.5 million pot of fund means they can funding available to mark The National Lottery’s 25th bring even more great birthday. ideas and projects to life.” The fund, #CelebrateNationalLottery25, will help communities celebrate the extraordinary impact the Everyone who submits an application will be entered National Lottery has had since its launch in November into the lottery draw, which will take place after the 1994. Thanks to National Lottery players, £40 billion deadline closes at 2pm on Friday 6 December has been raised for good causes so far, funding over 2019. The National Lottery Fund will then run a few half a million (565,000) projects across the UK. straightforward checks to make sure that applications meets their eligibility criteria and genuinely benefit the The #CelebrateNationalLottery25 funding will support community. activity designed to bring people and communities together all over the UK. Up to £2 million will be made There will be separate lottery draws for Scotland, available this year in small grants of up to £1,000. The Wales, Northern Ireland and within different regions in remainder will be released to the sector through the England to ensure a fair distribution of Fund’s National Lottery Awards for All programme. #CelebrateNationalLottery25 funding across the UK. Dawn Austwick, CEO of The National Lottery The National Lottery Fund will hope to let you know Community Fund, said: “For 25 years The National by email whether you have been successful by Lottery has been helping communities to thrive. We 31 January 2020. are launching our fund, #CelebrateNationalLottery25, to say happy birthday and a huge thank you to Join the celebration and apply today at everyone who has helped make it such a great https://www.celebratenationallottery25.com/ success. The National Lottery Community Fund: Great Ideas The Great Ideas programme is designed to support great ideas that don’t necessarily involve people at If you think it might be for you, talk to the funding every stage but if implemented would contribute to team in your local area, give them a call on 028 putting people in the lead and enable organisations to 90551455 or email them at work with local people to bring about positive changes [email protected] in their communities. Funding from £10,001 to £500,000 is available. Exclusions They cannot fund Scheme details • Costs for items or activities you have already The National Lottery Community Fund believe that incurred before you get a decision working with people at every stage of the process helps communities to thrive. • Activities outside the UK • Fundraising activities However, they have learned that this approach • Second hand vehicles. sometimes leaves gaps for great ideas which don’t necessarily involve people at every stage of their How to apply development, but if implemented would contribute to Talk to them – they're really interested in your putting people in the lead. So they have developed ideas. And are there to support you to make the best Great Ideas to support projects like this. application possible. Projects that they could support under Great Ideas If you think it might be for you, talk to the funding might include activity like testing digital approaches, team in your local area, give them a call on developing user led approaches or developing 028 9055 1455 or email them at community decision making. [email protected] 3 Make It Click - Belfast & Northern Ireland funding round is now open for applications Now accepting applications until Friday 31st January, and have three contract sizes available that organisations can apply for: To do this Good Things Foundation have created a • £1,250 to support 31 learners Learning Pathway that includes a brand new website, • £2,500 to support 63 learners the Digital Skills Directory. • £5,000 to support 125 learners This website is the key tool for delivering the To apply for the Make It Click funding opportunity you programme. The Digital Skills Directory consists of a need to make sure you're set up an Online Centre at bank of resources that are trusted, free and highly least three days before the application closes. Joining recommended for people looking to improve their the Online Centres Network is completely free, and career or secure employment.