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Telecommunity Fund

Managed by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, the Fund supports small, locally based grass roots community projects across Norther Ireland. It prioritises work with young people, older people and people with disabilities. Priority is also give to organisations with an annual income of less than £200,000. Grants range from £500 to £1,500.

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NEW!!! Garfield Weston Foundation: Weston Anniversary Fund

To celebrate its anniversary, a newly launched Weston Anniversary Fund will award capital only grants up to £150,000 to provide new or improve existing community facilities. They will also consider funding the entirety of a project, or help to complete your fundraising, with grants ranging from £30,000 to £150,000.

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Big Lottery Fund: Awards for All

Awards for All is a small grants which aims to fund projects which involve people in their communities, bringing them together to enjoy a wide range of charitable, community, educational, environmental and health-related activities. Grants awarded are between £300 to £10,000.

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Find the funding you need at the touch of a button with our “welcome back” offer and once more get access to GrantTracker - the only “one stop shop” for over 800+ funding schemes relevant to NI.

Until 18th January 2018, we are offering VCSE groups who previously subscribed to GrantTracker a year’s subscription for just £90,

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Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council: Making Art in Communities (Mac)

Making Art in Communities Funding Programme (MAC) supports constituted community groups/organisations based in the Council area to participate in, develop or promote the Arts. Up to £1500 is available for any one organisation in each financial year.

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Ulster Garden Villages (UGV)

UGV gives grants of £1.5m each year. They fund projects that will have a positive impact in NI and which demonstrate active participation and self-help and are innovative and developmental with an achievable, practical and sustainable objective. (Loans are also available).

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Enkalon Community Fund

For its 30th Anniversary, Enkalon has launched a one-off Community Fund to benefit the former Antrim Borough area. The aim of the fund is to enable groups and charities to develop projects which address the areas of need highlighted in the recently published Love Living Here Community Plan There are no minimum or maximum amounts for grants.

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Big Lottery Fund: Empowering Young People

Empowering Young People funds projects that give young people in NI aged 8-25 the ability to cope with challenges in their lives. Funding of between £30,000 to £500,000 is available for projects that last between two to five years.

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Newby Trust: Grants for Charities

The Newby Trust is a small family trust which makes grants to registered charities in the broad areas of education and social and medical welfare. (They also make grants to charities under an annual "special categories" theme programme and grants to organisations on behalf of individuals in crisis.)

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Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland: Community Grant Programme

The Community Grants Programme supports underfunded, grassroots charities that enable people, especially disabled and disadvantaged people, to play a fuller role in society. Open to registered charities (or those on the “deemed list” with an income of less than £1 million. Grants are for one year only and the average grant is currently £3400.

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You can still subscribe to GrantTracker (+ 800 NI-specific funders) for a full year for just £90 until 14th November.

Special Time-Limited Offer on GrantTracker

You can still subscribe to GrantTracker (+ 800 NI-specific funders) for a full year for just £90 until 14th November.

Special Time-Limited Offer on GrantTracker

You can still subscribe to GrantTracker (800+ NI-specific funders) for a full year for just £90 until the 14th November 2017.

Special Time-Limited Offer on GrantTracker

You can still subscribe to GrantTracker (+ 800 NI-specific funders) for a full year for just £90! Click here, choose the £145 subscription option and then use the discount code GRANTNET2017 before 14th November 2017.

Special Time-Limited Offer on GrantTracker

You can still subscribe to GrantTracker (+ 800 NI-specific funders) for a full year for just £90! Click here, choose the £145 subscription option and then use the discount code GRANTNET2017 before 14th November 2017.

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Subscribe to GrantTracker (+ 800 NI-specific funders) for a full year for just £90! Click here, choose the £145 subscription option and then use the discount code GRANTNET2017 before 14th November 2017.

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Wooden Spoon

Wooden Spoon provide grants across the UK to specialist schools and centres, youth and disability charities and community rugby clubs, that give support, treatment or respite care to children with disabling or life-limiting medical conditions or who are living in areas of severe social deprivation.

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​Community Foundation for NI: Acorn Flood Fund

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has launched the Acorn Flood Fund to assist with the severe impact of summer flooding on the lives of people living in the North West. They will support eligible groups for this emergency funding with grants of between £1000 up to a maximum of £2500.