# £15 million fund opens

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/07/25/15-million-fund-opens/
- Published: 2007-07-25T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Northern Ireland’s Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie has opened the £
15 million Modernisation Fund aimed at the voluntary and community sector. The aim
of the Fund, part of a £18 million package, is to help the voluntary sector to modernise
and prepare itself for the future.

The [grants available ](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/15/google-grants-for-charities/)
will range from £20,000 to £1.5 million and are designed to provide equipment and
improve facilities.

Encouraging groups to apply for the funding, Minister Ritchie said: Voluntary and
community groups have a key role to play in Northern Ireland and I want to ensure
that such groups have the best possible facilities and equipment and continue to
provide a first class service with first class facilities”.

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The Modernisation Fund places particular emphasis on providing equipment and facilities
for young people in the most disadvantaged areas, helping improve access to services
for people with disabilities and enhancing the delivery of services. Support is 
also available for large scale infrastructure projects which encourage collaboration
and resource sharing as a model for modernisation.

The programme will be open to applications until mid October. Application forms 
and guidance notes can be downloaded from DSD website:

www.dsdni.gov.uk/modernisation-fund-capital-programme-application-form.doc

www.dsdni.gov.uk/modernisation-fund-guidance.doc

The DSD site also contains a list of the information days for the programme.

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