# N Ireland received £3.8 million last year from BBC Children in Need

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/05/n-ireland-received-3-8-million-last-year-from-bbc-children-in-need/
- Published: 2019-03-05T11:34:52+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**BBC Children In Need (CIN) distributed grants worth £3.8 million in Northern Ireland
in 2018, representing 7% of total UK grant giving, according to its latest annual
accounts.**

 

The figure is an increase on the 2017 total of **£3.5 million**. Northern Ireland
also received **£240,000** in emergency grants last year.

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CIN’s main grant programme gave out £3.3 million in Northern Ireland while the small
grants programme distributed £500,000. This represented 39 and 60 projects respectively.

 

Throughout the UK CIN is in the main a responsive funder – some 89% of the 2018 
grants totalling £63.3m (total of small and main grants) go to support organisations
who apply to CIN for funding. The balance of grant giving (£3.4 million) is distributed
collaboratively with organisations working with young people.

 

CIN continues to prioritise supporting children affected by poverty and deprivation,
with 35% of grants going to projects in that area. Disability (22%), marginalised
groups (15%) and young people in distress (10%) are also a focus of grant giving.

 

The types of project supported cover a wide range, with youth services (25%), arts/
creativity (12%) and counselling (11%) the main priorities.

 

[Children in Need](http://www.bbc.co.uk/childreninneed)’s small grant programme 
includes grants up to and including £10,000 per year, which supports projects for
up to three years, while the main grants programme is for grants over £10,000 per
year to support projects for up to three years.

 

In Northern Ireland 62,000 children were supported by CIN’s grant giving last year.

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   20 November 2019)
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