Community Foundation Northern Ireland: Evishagaran and Craiggore Community Benefit Fund

Overview

Applications are invited from charities and community organisations based within a 7km radius of the Evishgaran and Craiggore wind farm sites.

Evishgaran Map

Craiggore Map

Applicants can apply for financial support for any one or more of the following purposes:

• The advancement of education; and/or
• The advancement of environmental protection or improvement; and/or
• Projects for environmental and/or biodiversity benefit; and/or
• Improving the health of residents; and/or
• Promoting care & support of vulnerable people; and/or
• Promoting recreational or sporting activities; and/or
• The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science; and/or
• Improving or maintaining community buildings or facilities; and/or
• Social and local community development; and/or
• The promotion of culture and knowledge; and/or
• Support for young people and sports; and/or
• Promoting ERG’s culture and sustainability of renewable energies; and/or
• Any purpose that is adverse to the wind farms, to ERG or to the wind energy industry as a whole
• Supporting social development leveraging on ERG’s business activities; and/or
• Supporting the “call of ideas” for the innovation in the nearby areas; and/or
• Education in relation to sustainability, the development of renewables, and the fight against climate change

Priority will be given to:

• Education programmes for the next generation on the topics of Sustainability and Renewable Energy
• Collaborative projects
• Projects that aim to improve the health of residents, particularly mental health
• Projects that promote care & support of vulnerable people, particularly relating to the cost of living/fuel poverty

Funding available:

Grants up to £4,000.

If additional funding is available from this fund, the panel may decide to award grants up to £10,000. 

To be considered for additional funding, please complete the specific question included in the application form. They anticipate supporting up to 2 grants at this level.

Please Note

Applications for capital build projects will only be considered if full Planning Permission has already been approved and match funding is in place.

In 2024, the success rate for applications to this fund was 81%.