Northern Ireland Executive Office: Central Good Relations Funding

Archived Community and neighbourhood development Community development Cross community Cultural, events and festivals good relations Health, wellbeing and sport Human rights and justice Peace and reconciliation Racial equality Rural development Sport and physical recreation Urban development Victims and survivors Antrim & Newtownabbey Ards & North Down Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Belfast City Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane Fermanagh and Omagh Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland Medium (up to £60,000) Micro (up to £1,000) Small (up to £10,000)

Track grant Notes

Overview

The Fund complements, and will not duplicate or replace, funding provided under other Executive Office (TEO) funding schemes and existing community relations funding delivered through the Community Relations Council, the District Council Good Relations Programme and the North Belfast Strategic Good Relations Programme.

Who can apply?

The Fund is open to properly constituted community groups and voluntary organisations.

In order to be eligible for funding, your organisation must provide documentary evidence to support the following:

be legally able to operate in Northern Ireland;
be independent, established for charitable purposes, and have a constitution or set of rules defining your aims, objectives and operational procedures;
have a suitable management structure and appropriate financial controls;
comply with relevant legislative requirements in respect of employment, health and safety, discrimination and equality of opportunity.

Essential Funding Criteria

In deciding which proposals to fund, applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

The extent to which the project contributes towards the delivery of one or more of the Together: Building a United Community priorities and associated outcomes that are most relevant to your proposed projects.

Additional Criteria

The extent to which the project:

Targets particularly hard to reach groups;
Creates capacity in areas of the community where there has been limited engagement in peace building;
Delivers in an area of high community tension or interface;
Uses play, sport and leisure to deliver outcomes.

Categories of Funding

There are two categories of funding available:

Small Grants
Project Funding

NB All funding is time limited and needs to be spent by the end of the relevant year.

Project Funding

Project funding is available to enable you to develop and deliver projects in line with the funding criteria outlined above. .
The majority of project funding will not exceed £50,000 and typically be used for larger scale projects. This may be through several project events or ongoing project activity.

The following list provides examples of what funding may be awarded in order for you to deliver your project in line with the funding aims outlined above:

fees for facilitators/speakers
project staff salaries
promotional costs
rent
resource materials
seminars
travel costs
vehicle rental
venue hire

Joint applications from organisations for shared staff will be welcomed. Joint applications from organisations proposing to work together will also be considered.

Small Grant Funding

Small grants of between £100 and £500 are available.

Small grants are intended to enable projects and organisations to cover small, normally one-off, purchases for purposes which are in line with the funding aims outlined above. This will normally entail
the submission of one funding claim to the Department.
The application process for small grants funding will remain open throughout the year.