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The Gmac Foundation

Set up by US Masters' Winning Golfer Graeme McDowell, the Gmac Foundation's mission is to support children's medical research in NI, ROI and the USA. The cause of Multiple Sclerosis is also a priority area for the Foundation. It also endeavours to take children on a holiday of a lifetime.

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Boost Charitable Trust

Boost Charitable Trust was created in 2005 to champion the disabled and disadvantaged and to inspire them to overcome their challenges through the power of sport. Since its inception, Boost has provided grants totalling over £1.25 million, mainly in the UK.

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BBC Children in Need: Curiosity

Curiosity is a brand new £2.5m partnership between BBC Children in Need and the Wellcome Trust providing grants of up to £10,000 to fund projects that engage children and young people in science based activities. Projects should encourage young people to be curious about the world around them, making a positive difference in their lives.

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Starbucks/UK Youth - Youth Action grants

UK Youth’s Youth Action programme is a continuation of Starbucks and UK Youth’s previous partnership which offered over 100 grants to successful 16-25 year olds to bring their community ideas to life.

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Peter Harrison Foundation: Opportunities Through Sport

The Foundation supports sporting activities or projects which provide opportunities for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and to develop other personal and life skills. Applicants need to be a registered charity or a CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club).

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NEW! The ARN Foundation

The ARN Foundation is a new independent Trust supporting NI organisations. Their new fund, managed by the Community Foundation for NI (CFNI) offers grants of up to £10,000 to NI projects which support people with a learning disability (with priority for 18-25 year olds.)

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ESB: Hunters Hill Wind Farm Community Fund

Managed by Omagh Forum, this fund was established by ESB to help the communities neighbouring the wind farm to become more sustainable through supporting local initiatives and activities. Applicants must be within a 7.5km radius of Hunters Hill Wind Farm, Fintona and the typical award value is between £500 and £5000.

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Foyle Foundation: Main Grants Scheme

The Foyle Foundation supports UK organisations working predominantly in the fields of Learning or the Arts. Most grants are in the range of £10,000 to £50,000 and applications for less than £10,000 per annum aren’t usually accepted.

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Allchurches Trust

Allchurches Trust Limited (ATL) provides grants to Anglican churches, churches of other denominations and the Christian community with an emphasis on heritage, care and the community. Most of their grants are now between £1,000 and £5,000 but they do make larger grants.

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Westhill

Westhill offers financial investment and other resources to support formal and informal religious education projects and faith-motivated activities that enable people to transform their lives and the life of their communities. Since 2004 Westhill has invested grants totalling more than £3.6 million in 400 projects, mainly in the UK but with some international impact as well. Grants are revenue only and most grants from Westhill are between £2,500 and £10,000.

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UCIT: Building Better Futures Loan Fund

The Building Better Futures Loan Fund was established in 2017 as a new loan fund jointly funded by Building Change Trust, Belfast Charitable Society and UCIT. It provides small, unsecured loans ranging from £1,000 to £25,000 for community groups, voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises.

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West Belfast Partnership: Aisling Bursaries

The Aisling Bursaries aim to help students defray their education and training costs. All applications are considered, with special consideration given to candidates who have significant barriers preventing them from realising their full potential through education, for example economic or family circumstances. If you’re over 18, studying, and live in the West Belfast Westminster Parliamentary Electoral Constituency area; you could be eligible for a bursary of up to £1,000.

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Charles Hayward Foundation

The Charles Hayward Foundation (registered charities only) provide both Main Grants (up to £25,000 a year for 1-3 years and Small Grants (up to £7000). Main grants cover Social & Criminal Justice, Heritage & Conservation and Overseas work. Small grants cover Social & Criminal Justice, Heritage & Conservation and Older People.

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Comic Relief: HIV in the UK: Think Digital

This initiative funded through a partnership between The M∙A∙C AIDS Fund and Comic Relief, will support organisations who are using technology in innovative and inspiring ways to respond to the ever-changing HIV landscape in the UK. They anticipate making up to 10 grants from a total fund of £450,000.

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Co-Ownership Housing

Newly launched Social Fund with a total budget of £12,000 to support a project/projects which make a positive social impact in the lives of individuals, local neighbourhoods, or communities. Revitalising neighbourhoods, supporting elderly or disabled people or providing advice/education to improve financial capability or inclusion, energy efficiency or biodiversity.

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Global Fund for Women

The Global Fund for Women strengthens women's right groups based outside the United States by providing small, flexible, and timely grants ranging from $500 to $20,000 for operating and programme expenses.

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Cash 4 Clubs

Cash 4 Clubs is a sports funding scheme which gives clubs a unique chance to apply for grants to improve facilities, purchase new equipment, gain coaching qualifications, and generally invest in the sustainability of their club. Since 2008 over £291,000 has been given out in grants to 373 community sports clubs across the UK. There are four tiers of grants at £250, £500, £750 and £1,000.

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Sir Halley Stewart Trust

Sir Halley Stewart Trust is a grant-giving charity that supports innovative and pioneering Social, Medical and Religious projects, to enable human flourishing and to prevent suffering. The Trust funds a wide range of organisations to achieve this goal, with grants ranging from one to three years in duration and up to circa £60,000 per project. The Trust is underpinned by Christian values, but welcomes applications from other faith and non-faith projects.

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Comic Relief: Communities and Sport for Change

This scheme aims to fund projects which use sport as a catalyst for change, helping people to take ownership and feel part of increasingly inclusive and cohesive communities and also feel empowered to identify and solve the social issues affecting their communities. Grants of between £40,000 and £75,000 for up to two years of activity are available.

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The Honourable The Irish Society: Northern Ireland Small Grants Fund

This fund helps small charitable organisations operating in NI Ireland with grants of up to £2,000 for capital items. Priority is given to projects working with alcohol & substance misuse, older people, disability, homelessness, disadvantaged minority communities, prisoners & ex-offenders, disadvantaged young people, visual impairment and domestic & sexual violence.