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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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New or Updated Funding Initiatives

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.

New or Updated Funding Initiatives

Money Advice Trust: Innovation Grants

Supported by Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, the Innovation Grants programme funds innovative debt advice projects displaying ‘a first of their kind’ approach in terms of how they deliver debt/money advice or who they deliver debt/money advice to.

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Esmée Fairbairn Foundation: Social Change

Esmee Fairbairn funds ambitious and challenging work that puts those who have been marginalised at the heart of creating change. There are 3 Funding Priorities under Social Change

New or Updated Funding Initiatives

Eranda Foundation

The Eranda Rothschild Foundation makes donations to registered charities working in the fields of medical research, education and the arts. Since its founding 50 years ago, it has made donations totalling more than £66 million to a wide range of charities.

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True Colours Trust: Small Grants UK Programme

The Trustees welcome unsolicited applications for their small grants (up to 10K) programmes, both in the UK and in Africa. Trustees are keen to make these programmes available to as many organisations as possible; it is therefore unlikely that they will fund any organisation in consecutive years.

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The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation

The Foundation supports small grant applications from grassroots community-based UK projects that make a significant difference to people and their communities. The small grants programme awards grants to a maximum value of £5,000. The average award is £1,500.

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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).