The Fermanagh Trust Grants Programme
Overview
Objectives
The objectives of the Fermanagh Trust as set out in its trust deed are ‘to promote any charitable purpose, and to support initiatives which will lead to social and community development to improve conditions and life for people in the County of Fermanagh and immediate hinterland’.
Size of Grants
Total fund available per annum: Currently £30,000.
Normally grants of between £150 and £3,000 maximum are made for successful applications.
Grants can be sought for: capital, project and revenue funding. Interest free loans will be considered in special circumstances. All applications will need to show evidence of fundraising - locally or otherwise.
What do they fund?
Since its inception in 1995 the Fermanagh Trust has been particularly keen to support local groups, neighbourhood or community-based practical projects. The range of interests supported are good causes that will promote social and community development, good relations, and the understanding and appreciation of cultural and historical heritages.
The Trust will be particularly interested in initiatives or projects that:
- involve a wide participation of local people in actively addressing local needs;
- that demonstrate a capacity to develop and manage solutions for local concerns, and
- that will bring a lasting benefit for the group, neighbourhood or community concerned.
Applications from projects of an unusual or innovative nature that demonstrate a creative potential, yet which may not be within the normal charitable or welfare range of other trusts, will be considered.
Applications will only be considered from groups acting in a voluntary capacity.
Applications will also be considered in respect of needs assessments where, for example, a group, neighbourhood or community wishes to find out more about local needs and/or the solutions to local needs.