Fermanagh and Omagh District Council Grant Aid: Remembering and Commemoration - Decade of Centenaries

Overview

The District Council deliver a range of grant programmes each year available to voluntayr clubs, societies, community and sporting organisations. Groups must be based in the Council area.

1st Call for Applications – 2023 / 2024; closes on Friday 3 March 2023 at 5pm

Programmes

Grant Aid:

• Community & Wellbeing*
• Community Premises Support
• Good Relations
• Irish in the Community
• Remembering & Commemoration – Decade of Centenaries
• Seeding
• Summer Schemes 2023 - July/August
• Ulster Scots in the Community
• Verti- Draining

For further information on the Grant Aid Streams Open

For further information on Bursaries

Remembering and Commemoration - Decade of Centenaries

Funding covers the period: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024

The priorities for 2022/23 are: i) Legacy of the Irish War of Independence/Anglo-Irish War on the Fermanagh and Omagh district and its communities ii) The Irish Civil War including from the Unionist perspective iii) 1912 - 1923: The Decade of Centenaries and its legacy for the Fermanagh and Omagh area and its communities For other local/national events see: https://www.fermanaghomagh.com/services/arts-and-culture/ni2021-event-programme/timeline-of-local-events-1919-1923

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has established a Councillor led working group to oversee the delivery of a programme to mark the key Centenary anniversaries taking place in in the period 2012 – 2023.

Funding is now available for groups that wish to organise Centenary initiatives, events, activities, record and archive local stories or carry out research leading to public lecture, exhibition, publication - including films and oral histories - relating to the period 1912 - 1923.

Applications will only be accepted from groups based in the Fermanagh & Omagh District Council area or for projects with a specific relevance to the Fermanagh and Omagh District area.

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is keen to see applications for projects that:

 Explore the changing role of women within the decade of centenaries

 Tell hidden histories and personal stories

 Highlight everyday life over 100 years

 Mark the centenary of a specific event or events relevant to the Fermanagh and Omagh District

 Capture local stories and oral histories

Programme specific criteria

All proposals must demonstrate how they will adhere to the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council agreed key principles of Commemorating and Remembering: -

1. Start from the historical facts

2. Recognise the implications and consequences of what happened;

3. Understand that different perceptions and interpretation exist; and

4. Show how events and activities can deepen understanding of the period. All to be seen in the context of an ‘inclusive and accepting Society’.

Further explanation of these principles and other relevant background information can be found at - https://www.community-relations.org.uk/decade-centenaries

The following criteria will be used in the assessment process.

1. A demonstration of how the proposed initiative, event or activity is relevant to a Centenary and has a local resonance

2. Evidence of how the initiative, event or activity meets the key principles of remembering

3. The capacity of the applicant to deliver the event, initiative or activity

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council will prioritise projects that;

1. Encourage groups with differing perspectives to work together towards a shared narrative.

2. Are inclusive and encourage people from a range of backgrounds to take part.

All costs associated with the delivery of an initiative, event or activity are eligible for funding. However, no more than 20% of the grant applied for can be used for hospitality and catering.

Grant amount

It is anticipated that Fermanagh and Omagh District Council will be making the following awards in 2022/23:

• Small Grants of up to £1,000
  • A maximum of 4 Grants of up to £5,000
• Small Grants of up to £1,000 are for community led projects of local interest.
• Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are for significant projects that will achieve at least two of the following:
  • i.Leave a lasting legacy
  • ii.Create lasting local/regional/national partnerships
  • iii.Increase knowledge and understanding of the period