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The National Lottery Community Fund: Dormant Assets for All
The National Lottery Community Fund have launched the third phase of Dormant Assets funding in Northern Ireland. The new programme, called ‘Dormant Assets for All’ will provide grants of between £300 and £20,000 to the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in Northern Ireland for up to two years. Funding is to help these organisations to be more resilient and prepared for the future through increasing the skills and capacity in your organisation, not the delivery of an activity in your community. For example, you could improve confidence and skills by providing training for staff and volunteers to improve digital skills, track and measure your impact, strengthen financial skills and management with a consultant’s help, maximise governance and leadership skills by improving policies and processes, or strengthen your recruitment, management and recognition of volunteers. The Fund opened 18 June 2025, and they expect to take applications until 2027. There is no fixed deadline.
The National Archives announces Community Hub Grants
The National Archives has announced the launch of the Community Hub Grants programme. The ‘Spaces, Places and Belonging’ Community Hub is a new national programme, will support inclusive, community-led research across the UK’s galleries, libraries, archives, and museums and heritage sectors. The programme will offer three schemes: Seed Corn Grants range from £500 to £5,000 for early-stage pilot projects, Skills Bursaries award up to £1,000 to individuals for training in community heritage practice, and Project Grants providing up to £30,000 for substantial, collaborative projects between at least one gallery, library, archive or museum and a community group. In total, £550,000 will be available across the three schemes, alongside a programme of training, digital skills development, and network-building. Information on how to apply to this grant will be made available in September 2025.
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants
Heart Research UK Healthy Heart Grants of up to £15,000 are available for original, innovative projects that promote a healthy heart and help reduce the risk of developing heart disease in your area and across the country. They award up to £15,000 in each region of the UK. They currently only accept applications from small, registered charities and community interest companies with annual incomes of less than £1 million. Projects must work solely with adults and have a main focus on one or more of the following areas: healthy eating, physical activity, smoking or alcohol. Funding can support salaries, overhead expenses/on costs and equipment that is necessary for the successful delivery of the project which should be for at least three months but no more than 12 months. The Northern Ireland fund opens 9am, 20 August 2025 and closes 5pm, 17 September 2025.
The MACC Hub Flexible Fund has been launched by the MACC Hub, administered by Third Sector Support Wales. The call strongly encourages academic-community collaborations. Charities, not‑for‑profit organisations, local authorities, community groups, businesses and other voluntary bodies can apply—but applications must be led by a UK academic institution eligible for UKRI funding. Projects should be: Grounded in meaningful community engagement, Focused on implementing or scaling adaptation actions, and Centred on vulnerable groups most at risk from climate change. MACC will be funding up to 10 innovative action-based research projects. Requests can be made for between £50,000 and £55,000 per project for 12 months. Virtual sandpit sessions are being held to introduce the call, support project idea development, and help connect potential collaborators. Next session is July 8, 10:00am – 12:00pm BST, register here: https://shorturl.at/g4Hrh. The application process is currently open. No closing date specified in the announcement.
The Veterans’ Foundation provides grants to eligible organisations that provide assistance to serving and former members of the armed forces community, operational qualified seafarers and their immediate families. All registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations that support their beneficiaries mentioned earlier may apply. The range of charities and organisations that have been supported includes but is not limited to homelessness, employability, financial disadvantage, disability, welfare issues, mental health, marriage guidance, care during old age and confidence building. They offer Small Grants of £500 - £5,000 (rolling deadline with assessment deadlines), Standard Grants of £5,001 - £30,000, Salary Grants of up to £25,000 per year for up to three years (Max £75,000), and annually Major Grants of £100,000 - £200,000 (spread over one to three years) – next opening early spring 2026. Next deadlines for Standard/Salary Grants are 21 July and 8 October 2025.
Meet and Code: Meet and Code 2025 micro grants
They support non-profit organizations with grants of €500 to host fun, engaging events that showcase the power of coding and its impact on our world to youth between the ages of 8 and 24. Participants will explore the exciting world of digital education, gain valuable skills, and discover how coding fuels innovation. Events must take place between 1st July and 31st October 2025, last a minimum of 4 hours, involve a minimum of 20 children and youth participants, and be free of charge. They strongly encourage events designed for young people who face barriers to digital education such as those with migrant backgrounds, disabilities, from rural or low-income areas, or without access to personal devices. For event proposals, submit online on the correct Meet and Code country page between 10 June and 30 September 2025.
Upcoming Deadlines
The Fermanagh Trust: The Encirc Tackling Poverty Fund
The Fermanagh Trust is partnering with Encirc to positively impact lives in County Fermanagh through the newly established ‘Tackling Poverty Fund’. Funding projects that support people to build autonomy, develop self-reliance and resilience, grants of up to £3,000 maximum are available for not-for-profit organisations in County Fermanagh. Closing date: 12 noon on Thursday 26th June 2025.
The 2025/26 Co-Ownership Community Fund is a Northern Ireland grants programme with a budget of £20,000 per annum. This is to be allocated across a range of short term (up to 12 months duration), and medium term projects (12-36 months duration). The fund seeks to fund a project or projects which will: Help regenerate, rebuild, and revitalise neighbourhoods and communities, or Support elderly or disabled people, or Provide advice and educational services to promote either financial capability, inclusion, energy efficiency or biodiversity in the community. The Co-Ownership Community Fund is open to consider all or any project ideas which fall under these headings but would particularly like to see applications for projects which would work with social housing tenants, or which would develop new partnerships to maximise impact. Deadline 27 June 2025 at 5.00pm.
Natural History Museum: Interconnected Programme
The Interconnected Programme funds UK museums and cultural practitioners to deliver activities exploring the planetary emergency. In this second round there are two grant opportunities to apply for, Generation Hope and Light Touch and three grants to be awarded under each opportunity. Applications are open across the UK, and they are particularly interested to receive proposals from Northern Ireland or Wales, or projects that respond to the theme of Our Health. Generation Hope,an annual programme under their Fixing Our Broken Planet umbrella, offers grants up to £2,500 to support talks, workshops, storytelling and more, to inspire young people to gain the knowledge, confidence and skills to speak up and take action for the planet. As a Light-Touch Interconnected partner, you will be able to use up to 30% of the Fixing Our Broken Planet gallery content (an exhibition at the NHM in London has been developed into a package of assets which can be adapted and hosted at different venues through print and digital outputs) of your choice. Apply for grants up to £3,000 to support costs related to the development and delivery of activity with your audiences between Oct 2025 and Feb 2027. Application deadline for both is 9am, 30 June 2025.
Bupa Foundation Green Community Grants
Groundwork is delighted to work alongside the Bupa Foundation to deliver the Green Community Grants programme for a third year. The initiative is part of Bupa’s Healthy Cities campaign and supports practical projects which help both people and planet health through grants of up to £2,000. Open to all non-fee paying schools, registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, local authorities and social housing providers across the UK, Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands. Priority will be given to the regeneration of green spaces in or close to cities for community use. Apply online by Monday 30 June at 5pm.
Belfast City Council’s Artist Studios Organisational Grants 2025-2026
As part of their on-going commitment to cultural recovery and A City Imagining cultural investment programme, these awards are aimed at those organisations which have struggled to secure funding from Belfast City Council through existing programmes and need some assistance to help stabilise and develop. Organisations or groups operating artist studios or artist led Co-Director learning models can apply for up to £10,000 to use towards specified developmental needs within a 12-month period. Exceptional cases can be made for the award of grants up to £20,000 by organisations that accommodate at least 25 active members, and which meet additional eligibility criteria and supply a suitable business case. To receive an application pack, please contact [email protected]. Applications must be received by Midday on 2 July.
Events
25 June 2025 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
NICVA is hosting an engagement session on the Lotteries for Communities Private Members Bill being taking forward by Sian Mulholland, MLA - also currently Vice Chair of the All Party Group on the Voluntary and Community Sector.
The Bill aims to introduce legislation that allows large society lotteries to operate in Northern Ireland. The Lotteries for Communities Bill consultation will run from Friday 9th May 2025 until 23.59 on 31st July 2025.
The session, which outlines the bills proposals, will provide an opportunity to hear and take sector views regarding the matter. Open to all voluntary and community sector organisations and groups, the event takes place in NICVA offices, Belfast. Please also see NICVA briefing paper on The Lotteries for Communities Bill consultation | NICVA
9 July 2025 - 12:00PM to 1:00pm
FREE
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