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Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Fund for Belfast
As part of the celebrations to mark HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, SP&R committee agreed at its February 2022 meeting to funding of £100,000 for events to take place in local communities across the city over the Platinum Jubilee weekend. This fund will be administered by the Community Foundation NI, with a maximum of £2,000 for any eligible group.
Live Here Love Here: Platinum Jubilee Pollinator Garden Award
As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, Live Here Love Here is administering an Award to a group or partnership to create a bespoke community pollinator garden as a legacy of the occasion. The Award is being wholly provided by the Department of Environment, Agriculture and Rural Affairs and managed by the Live Here Love Here programme. Funding of £100,000 will be awarded to one group or partnership to build a bespoke garden for people and pollinators, creating a positive legacy for future generations.
For its Spring 2022 funding round The Fore is offering 6-18 month grants of up to £15,000. They make unrestricted grants which have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation. Transformational impact includes helping organisations become more sustainable, more efficient, to grow significantly or enabling an organisation to take a major step forward of some kind. Opens for registration at 10am on 19 April 2022.
Leathersellers Company Charitable Fund
The Fund’s Small Grant Programme is a fast-track grant assessment for one-off grants of up to £3,000 for funding small projects or to cover unexpected expenses. In 2021-22, they will consider applications from charities registered and operating in the UK (including Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO) but not Community Interest Companies (CIC)). Opens to applications 11 April 2022.
Cardfactory: Community Grant Fund
Card Factory Foundation will support projects and charitable causes to benefit the communities of our colleagues and stores. Grants are available up to £2500. The Charity Trustees’ current funding priorities are to provide support, financial or otherwise towards hardship caused by life changing events; provide support, financial or otherwise to projects that improve lives; and community projects which take place for Card Factory colleagues and or communities where Card Factory stores trade. Proposals welcomed from not-for-profit organisations, community groups and individuals based in the United Kingdom.
Benefact Trust (formerly Allchurches Trust)
Benefact Trust, a new name and brand, exists to make a positive difference to people's lives by funding, guiding and celebrating the work of churches and Christian charities; empowering the most vulnerable and giving people, communities and places a renewed opportunity to flourish. The Benefact Group, owned by Benefact Trust, includes Ecclesiastical funding schemes Movement for Good and Movement for Good: 12 Days of Giving.
Upcoming Deadlines
The Wind Farm Community Funds initiative was established by ESB Group with the intention of helping communities neighbouring ESB wind farms to become more sustainable through the support of positive local initiatives and activities. The initiative seeks to address current and emerging issues, needs and opportunities within communities, enriching lives and creating brighter possibilities for local residents.
Extended deadline 12pm(noon) on 31 March 2022
Belfast City Council Small Grants
Small grants include: Good relations grant; Support for sport - large development, small development, hospitality, event; community development medium and micro grants.
All Small Grants have deadline of 12pm(noon) on 4 April 2022.
Grow Wild: Community Project Funding
Grow Wild is offering grants of £2000 to five groups from across the UK who would like to help them make positive changes by transforming an urban space through planting and taking positive actions for nature.
Deadline 10am on 4 April 2022
Live here love here: Climate Challenge Fund
The Climate Challenge Fund, which can provide a maximum of £5,000 to each applicant, forms part of the £477,000 that Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful received from the UK Community Renewal fund to facilitate a greater local response to the threat of runaway climate change. The overall aim of the project is to (a) educate the wider community about climate change through free Carbon Literacy Programmes training, in order to (b) empower and inspire civic action that can help Northern Ireland tackle the climate emergency.
Deadline 8 April 2022.
Community Foundation for Northern Ireland
Numerous funding schemes with upcoming deadlines (see website for details).
- The Gill’s Charity Fund – 1pm on 28 March 2022
- RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Impact Grants Fund – 1pm on 1 April 2022
- RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Community Grants Fund – 1pm on 1 April 2022
- The Thomas Devlin Fund - – 1pm on 8 April 2022
Articles and Resources
This month, NICVA invited Friends of the Earth to contribute expert blogs to our Fundraising Hub.
Tori Arthurs, Supporter Recruitment Manager gives some pointers to get your project off the ground when advertising on Facebook to recruit new donors and supporters Guest Blog: Getting started with using ads on Facebook for fundraising | NICVA
Paige Ardrey, Social Media and Engagement Manager gives us her top tips for getting started on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook, which can be powerful tools for campaigning, fundraising and growing supporters Guest Blog: Top Tips for Getting Started on Social Media | NICVA.
Recordings from NICVA’s #DigitalFundraising Webinar Series 2021 are available on our website including Live Panel Discussion - trends, ideas and overcoming challenges in cashless giving | NICVA.
Don’t miss out on this Limited Time Offer for Northern Ireland Organisations - Supported Giving have kindly offered a 3-month trial period for QR Codes until the end of April 2022 for Northern Ireland organisations. Contact [email protected] to discuss next steps.
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