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Community Foundation for NI: Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund

Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
Currently closed for applications Active citizenship Age Aged 60+ Arts, culture and heritage Buildings and built environment Children (0-12) Communities Community and neighbourhood development Cultural heritage Cultural, events and festivals environment Family and parenting organisational development Performing arts Rural development Social inclusion Social partnership Social welfare and poverty Verbal arts Visual arts and media Voluntary and community infrastructure volunteering Young people (13-25) Antrim & Newtownabbey Mid and East Antrim Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

Overview

The Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within the 6km radius of the windfarm, which includes the areas of Monkstown, Grange, Woodburn, Greenisland, Ballynure and Carnmoney.

Applicant organisations must be located within the 6 km radius (*straight-line measurement).

The Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland.

The fund aims to encourage:

  • Stronger more inclusive communities by ensuring that local people have ownership and involvement in the design and delivery of the project.
  • Partnership working with community, voluntary and statutory agencies to ensure a coordinated approach.
  • Sustainable solutions that address local issues.

The fund will support projects addressing issues within the following theme areas:

  • Older people
  • Families with young children
  • Young people
  • Environment and living spaces

Priority will be given to:

  • Projects aimed at providing skills development for young adults
  • Intergenerational projects
  • Projects tackling rural isolation
  • Projects based around community arts
  • Projects which improve the utilisation of community space

Size of Grants Available:

Up to £3,000

*Measurement of applicant organisation address will be a straight-line measurement from the location of the windfarm using google maps.

In 2023 the success rate for applications to this fund was 100%.