# Up to £30,000 available for local community projects in N Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/12/12/30000-available-local-community-projects-n-ireland/
- Published: 2012-12-12T02:15:16+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The next round of funding from the Groundwork NI’s Alpha programme closes on 4
January 2013.**

The Groundwork NI Alpha Programme provides grants to organisations that can demonstrate
they have the ideas to transform their local surroundings for the better. Depending
on the nature of each individual project, grants of between £10,000 and £30,000 
will be available and allocated under the two categories of community-based projects
and biodiversity.

All projects must be located within ten miles of the Mullaghglass landfill site 
at Castlerobin near Lisburn. This covers the greater Lisburn and Belfast areas.

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Funding for **community projects** includes providing and improving facilities such
as community spaces, cultural and places for outdoor recreation. This could be a
building that needs improvement in order to increase the range of services on offer
to the local community or an open space such as a park, play area, seating or woodland
that needs transforming to benefit local people of all ages.

Under **biodiversity**, the programme will support projects to conserve and promote
wildlife species and habitats.

At the programme's launch Project Manager Richard Rogers encouraged groups to put
forward innovative projects: "It could be creating new and safe play areas for children",
he said, "restoring an old pond, refurbishing community buildings, creating community
woodland or enhancing a local garden or parkland. Through similar projects we have
managed previously we have seen that similar projects have witnessed real benefits
for local communities both socially and environmentally".

For more information, contact Mel Waddell on 028 90749494 or on me***********@**************
co.uk.

[www.northernireland.groundwork.org.uk](http://www.northernireland.groundwork.org.uk)

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