ESB COVID-19 Recovery Fund
Overview
The fund is open to not-for-profit and voluntary community-based organisations delivering projects and activities to support the community in the existing wind farm areas of benefit.
The funding is not to be used to fund organisational running costs; however, volunteer expenses will be covered.
What can they fund?
The recovery fund will focus on the following themes:
- Continuation of immediate/emergency support to groups at-risk because of covid-19. For example, foodbanks, delivery of meals to shielding, activity packs for home schooling.
- Capital work/equipment required to re-open facilities/services safely. For example, installation of hand sanitising stations, screens, signs, cleaning products and equipment, upgrade to buildings.
- Volunteer schemes that support any of the themes or support the upskilling of individuals who have been directly affected by the economic crisis of the covid-19 pandemic. For example, volunteers’ expenses at the foodbank, volunteer (re) training costs, equipment for volunteer roles.
- Equipment and volunteer expenses for projects addressing the improvement of mental and physical well-being of communities and individuals. For example, outdoor recreation projects, environmental campaigns, community gardens.
** For support in designing a robust adult safeguarding policy, please read Volunteer Now Adult Safeguarding – standard and guidance
Funding Available
Suggested awards of £1,000 per application.
Funding will be paid in advance to successful applicants.
They will expect organisations to account for all expenses incurred in the delivery of the project/activity upon completion of the evaluation report.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply, your organisation must:
- Be located within:
- 10 km of Crockdun Wind Farm
- or 10 km of Crockagarran Wind Farm
- or 7 km of Carrickatane Wind Farm
- or 7 km of Eglish Wind Farm
- Curryfree Wind Farm will not receive applications for the recovery fund. But applications for the yearly ESB Community Fund will open in Autumn 2020
- OR the primary beneficiaries of your project must be located within one of the above areas of benefit
- Be a constituted group*
* A constituted group is one that has a governing document (i.e. memorandum/articles of association or constitution).
New groups formed in response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 Coronavirus or groups that are not formally constituted are encouraged to work with a local constituted group, which has previously submitted an application to ESB for funding on a partnership basis and should identify that the constituted group will be the lead applicant on the project.