Halifax Foundation for NI: EMPOWER Programme

Halifax Foundation for NI

Open or will open again Active citizenship Addiction and substance misuse Adult Education/Learning Advice services Age Aged 26 - 59 years Aged 60+ Archives and artefacts Arts, culture and heritage Black and minority ethnic Built heritage Children (0-12) Communities Community and neighbourhood development Community development Community safety and crime prevention Cross community Cultural heritage Cultural, events and festivals Dependants and carers Education and learning Family and parenting good relations Governance and charity law Health promotion Health, wellbeing and sport Healthcare services Housing and homelessness Information Technology Miscellaneous Monitoring and evaluation Multiculturalism Offenders and ex-offenders organisational development Peace and reconciliation People with disabilities Performing arts Poverty and deprivation Pre-school education research Rural development Social inclusion Social partnership Social welfare and poverty Strategic and project planning Transport, travel and tourism Un/Employed Urban devel Northern Ireland Medium (up to £60,000) Small (up to £10,000)

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Overview

The EMPOWER programme is in place to support established infrastructure charities only, regional or subregional, that support voluntary & community groups. The charities main function must be to support other groups.

To be eligible for this fund, your group must be registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. If you are registered with another charity regulator in the UK/Ireland, it must show that you operate in Northern Ireland.

Applicants must have at least one year of annual returns published on Charity Commission NI website.

Applications must be strategic/transformational in nature. Projects must not duplicate activities supported by or the responsibility of government departments.

EMPOWER is now open for applications however, applicants must have a pre-application call with a member of the Grants Team prior to submitting an application. To book a call, please contact grants@halifaxfoundationni.org

Flexibility Commitment– They recognise that costs you need supported at the time of application may not be what you need throughout the lifetime of your grant. They encourage you to speak to your grants officer should things change and they will endeavour to be as flexible as possible. (Please note – you must receive confirmation of approval before changes are made.)

Funding

Maximum Award - £20,000
1-2 year grants

TYPES OF COSTS CONSIDERED

Research / Publication costs
Capacity building
Materials & Equipment
Salary Contributions
Overheads / Core costs
Transport Costs
Volunteer expenses
Training / Tutor costs
Activity costs
Minor refurbishment

Eligibility

Your organisation needs to be a registered charity: Your group needs to be a registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland or other charity regulator within the UK or Ireland. Your application must support people residing in Northern Ireland.

You must have at least 3 unrelated trustees/board members: In addition, you must follow the rules around the minimum number of Trustees/Board Members as set out in your governing document.

You must have a safeguarding policy in place, reviewed at board level: If you work with children, young people or vulnerable adults, you must have a safeguarding policy in place. For further information published by NSPCC, click here

There must be adequate insurance cover to run your charity and activities within this application: You will not be able to submit an application if you do not have adequate insurance cover to run your charity and activities contained in your application.

Your application must fit within your charitable purpose as outlined in your governing document: For guidance published by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, click here

Your application must not be completed by a fundraising consultant: They do not accept applications completed by a professional fundraising consultant. If you need support to complete this application, sign up for one of their pre-application support sessions at grants@halifaxfoundationni.org

Note

Your charity can normally only hold one grant from the Foundation at any given time. If you currently hold a grant, you cannot be considered for another grant until the evaluation process of your current grant has been completed.

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