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Capital grant scheme available in N Ireland
Howard Lake | 9 September 2019 | Uncategorised
The Department for Communities (DfC) in Northern Ireland has opened a small capital grants scheme aimed at promoting collaboration between community organisations.
Cooperation Ireland has been chosen as the Intermediary Funding Body to deliver the grant programme. The purpose of the programme is to promote partnership and collaboration among voluntary and community organisations.
The amount of grant available to applicants will be dependent on the number of partners included on an application:
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- 2 partner groups can apply for £1,500
- 3 – 4 partner groups can apply for up to £3,500
- 5+ partner groups can apply for up to maximum £5,000
Partners can apply for a wide range of capital items, such as office equipment, furniture, sports goods, kitchen fittings and minor capital works to improve premises. Groups must be able to incur the expenditure before 31 March 2020.
Applicants must be constituted voluntary or community sector organisations located in Northern Ireland, with an annual unrestricted income of less than £100,000 per year.
Applications will be scored on range and quality of services, partnerships and collaboration, enhanced good relations and enhanced capacity to deliver services.
Completed applications should be emailed to sm****************@****************nd.org, and must be received by 5.00 pm on Wednesday 9th October 2019.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.