# £5,000 anniversary awards available in Northern Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/04/23/5000-anniversary-awards-available-in-northern-ireland/
- Published: 2015-04-23T09:15:34+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland’s Telecommunity Fund has announced
its first £5,000 grant from a special 25th Anniversary fund that will see five projects
awarded £5,000 each.

The first grant was awarded to the Buddy Bear Trust, which funds the Conductive 
Education School for Children with motor disorders in Dungannon. The £5,000 grant
is to purchase a specialist 70” interactive Colour Activity Board which will be 
used to help develop pupils’ communication and motor skills.

The Telecommunity Fund, set up in collaboration with BT and the Communication Workers’
Union (CWU), recently celebrated 25 years of grant-making and the distribution of
over £1 million to grassroots community organisations across Northern Ireland through
its small grants programme.

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For more information on applying for one of the four remaining special awards, contact
[Sharon Barry](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/04/23/5000-anniversary-awards-available-in-northern-ireland/sb****@*******************ni.org),
Community Projects Officer for the Telecommunity Fund on 02890 245927 or visit the
[Foundation’s website](http://www.communityfoundationni.org).

Meanwhile, the Foundation’s long-standing chairman, Tony McCusker, is standing down
and they are advertising for a replacement.

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