Community Foundation for NI: Monnaboy 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 Craft and design Cultural heritage Cultural, events and festivals environment Family and parenting Performing arts Rural development Social inclusion Social partnership Social welfare and poverty Un/Employed Verbal arts Visual arts and media Voluntary and community infrastructure Young people (13-25) Derry City and Strabane Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

The Monnaboy Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within 7km of the Monnaboy Wind Farm site which is located off the Monnaboy Road, Greysteel.

Applicant organisations must be located within the 7km radius (*straight-line measurement).

The Monnaboy 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 and/or the unemployed
Intergenerational projects
Collaborative projects
Projects tackling rural isolation
Projects based around community arts
Projects which improve the utilisation of community space