Acorn Flood Fund

Overview

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has announced an emergency appeal for communities in the aftermath of flooding in Derry~Londonderry. The Acorn Flood Fund is making its first donation from the Fund to Eglinton Community Ltd which is helping people most affected by the floods.

The Foundation, which helps local communities through impactful grantmaking, is launching the appeal with £10,000 of its own money and is making a further £10,000 available to match donations received from the public. Community Foundations are uniquely placed to support communities with a wide range of issues, and they have many years of experience and connections to local community groups and local government bodies.

It is their intention to support groups who apply to them for this emergency funding with grants up to a maximum of £2500 to those who are eligible.

Funding Criteria

• They are funding groups, and will refer individuals to:

o The local council

o Groups they are funding

• They will prioritise groups who are working to provide emergency support
• They will fund groups providing ongoing support to those affected by the floods
• They will fund groups whose work is in line with the charitable purposes of the Foundation and whose work has been impaired by the flooding
• Typically they will be able to provide grants of £1k but will consider applications for up to £2,500