North Down Borough Council's Tourism Grants
Archived
Arts, culture and heritage
Cultural, events and festivals
Miscellaneous
Transport, travel and tourism
Ards & North Down
Micro (up to £1,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
The main aim is to fund those tourism events which:
- Are tourism focused and held within the Borough of North Down
- Are in a position to provide at least 50% of project funding
- Give some degree of benefit to the residents of the Borough
- Promote Bangor and the Borough of North Down as Northern Ireland’s premier events’ location
- Produce direct or indirect economic benefits for the Borough, including the creation of bednights*
*[a bednight refers to one overnight stay per person]
They would also like the event to provide:
- Media coverage i.e. local, regional or national press, radio or television coverage
- Increased usage of hospitality facilities, such as accommodation, restaurants etc.
- Attraction of overseas visitors and domestic visitors
- Attraction of an audience or spectators
Who Can Apply?
You can apply for a Tourism Events Grant if you are a voluntary and/or community organisation and:
- you have a UK Bank or Building Society Account in the name of your organisation, which requires at least two unrelated signatures on each cheque or withdrawal
- you can meet requirements for event accounts
- you can spend the Grant Award within one year
- the event will take place in the Borough of North Down
- you have adopted appropriate policies in line with your type of Organisation
- your Grant Award will pay for project related costs