# Comic Relief provides £840,000 for N Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/05/10/comic-relief-provides-840000-for-n-ireland/
- Published: 2019-05-10T10:38:24+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI) has been appointed by Comic
Relief to make £840,000 of funding available to voluntary sector and community groups
locally over the next two years. **

Funding will be awarded under four key strategic areas:

• Children Survive and Thrive

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• Global Mental Health Matters

• Fighting for Gender Justice

• A Safe Space To Be

A series of information days to help potential applicants will be held across Northern
Ireland from next week.

Michael Hughes, Head of Building Sustainable Communities at CFNI, said: “The Community
Foundation for Northern Ireland and Comic Relief share a number of core beliefs 
and priorities which include directly investing in communities, the importance of
lived experiences of people in shaping and improving lives and in shifting ownership
of power, as well as partnering with others who have greater experience, knowledge
and connections.”

He added that CFNI believes in adapting to change learning from lived experiences
and hopes to learn from the grant giving process over the next two weeks.

Speaking on BBC Radio Ulster, Siofra Healy, Director of Philanthropy at CFNI, said
that most grants would be in the smaller range but they will provide larger grants
to some projects. 

[Workshop places can be booked online](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comic-relief-information-roadshow-tickets-61481462710).
Year one applications will open 10.00am Monday 3rd June 2019 and close 1.00pm Wednesday
10th July 2019.

Applications can be made only via the [CFNI](http://www.communityfoundationni.org)
website.

_Photo: Comic Relief_

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