# Funding available to partner in Active Citizens in Northern Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/05/14/funding-available-to-partner-in-active-citizens-in-northern-ireland/
- Published: 2019-05-14T19:39:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Grant funding is available for Northern Ireland organisations to become Delivery
Partners in Active Citizens, the British Council’s social leadership training programme
which promotes intercultural dialogue and community-led social development, working
with participants aged 18 and over.**

[Active Citizens](http://www.britishcouncil.org/active-citizens) is open to a range
of organisations, including grassroots and religious groups, sports teams, businesses,
education providers, charities, youth organisations, arts organisations and social
entrepreneurs.

It connects thousands of like-minded people around the world who collectively want
to make a fairer and more inclusive society.

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The role of the Delivery Partner includes:

 * Deciding how the organisation is going to deliver the programme, working with
   stakeholders, partners and networks in their community to design and deliver 
   the Active Citizens programme;
 * Identifying two facilitators to deliver the Active Citizens Learning Journey;
 * Recruiting 30+ participants and running Community Workshops where the facilitators
   deliver the Learning Journey;
 * Supporting the participants to develop their own local social action projects;
 * Supporting the participants to design and host a visit from a group of UK and
   international Active Citizens as part of an International Study Visit;
 * Nominating two participants to take part in an International Study Visit in the
   UK or internationally and supporting their cascade on their return;
 * Managing the grant, monitoring and reporting on progress, and submitting an end
   of cycle narrative and financial report to the British Council on programme completion.

 

> Could your organisation inspire and support the next wave of [#ActiveCitizens](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ActiveCitizens?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> to make a difference in communities across the UK?
> Applications are open for 2019-
> 2020 UK delivery partners. Deadline is 23.00 on 3 June 2019. [https://t.co/AHoiNW5NHn](https://t.co/AHoiNW5NHn)
> [@localitynews](https://twitter.com/localitynews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@UniversitiesUK](https://twitter.com/UniversitiesUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/m8hgvR6lky](https://t.co/m8hgvR6lky)
> — Active Citizens (@ActiveCitizens) [May 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/ActiveCitizens/status/1127861134965522432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Grants are offered in two parts:

 * a contribution to the costs of running the Active Citizens programme in their
   community
 * and to facilitate international and UK networking and exchange.

The delivery grant is up to £8,000, and the international travel grant is determined
by the events in which each partner takes part.

The next deadline for applications is at 23:00 on Monday **3 June 2019**.
 

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