Ulster Garden Villages: The Common Fund
Overview
The Common Fund is the bedrock of their grant-making and they continue to support a wide range of charitable activities in Northern Ireland.
- The assisted charities must demonstrate a clear need and evidence of the impact of their work along with their capacity to deliver, govern and sustain the initiative.
- Their grants are conditional on the applicants successfully using their funding to leverage funds from other sources.
Objectives and Activities
The objects of the Association are:
a) to carry on, for the benefit of the community, the business of providing housing and any associated amenities for persons in necessitous circumstances upon terms appropriate to their means.
b) to provide, for aged persons in need therof, housing and any associated amenities, specially designed or adapted to meet the disabilities and requirements of such persons;
c) to carry out such added purposes which are charitable under the law of Northern Ireland as the Association shall from time to time determine and to use any of the Association’s funds including accumulations of past profits not required for the purposes of (a) or (b) for such charitable purposes as the Committee shall from time to time determine.
Requirements
- In pursuit of Object (c ) the Association primarily allocates funds to or for projects within Northern Ireland which will have a positive impact on Northern Ireland.
- In addition to outright grants, assistance may be given by way of loans which may carry certain conditions at the discretion of the Committee.
- The purpose of any application must be charitable and normally the Committee will only consider requests from registered charities.
- Applications for grants are made on the Ulster Garden Villages application form and also require applicants to submit their most recent certified accounts.
- The Committee will only make donations toward specific projects under the control of a responsible organisation and when large capital projects are involved, only when satisfied that the sponsoring organisation has raised or is capable of raising the remainder of the finance required.
The main objectives to which funds may be allocated are:
- Health
- Disadvantaged sections of our society
- Young people
- Culture and heritage
- Environment
Preferred projects will be those demonstrating active participation and self-help. They should be innovative and developmental with an achievable, practical and sustainable objective.
For a list of organisations that have received a grant, visit the website
A wide spectrum of charitable projects including involving support for young people, scientific and medical research into cardiovascular disease and support for those who need extra help and support were awarded. Information on their Grant-making can be found in the Annual Report and Financial Statements.