# Dormant Accounts Fund consultation launched in Northern Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/10/18/dormant-accounts-fund-consultation-launched-in-northern-ireland/
- Published: 2019-10-18T13:55:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The National Lottery Community Fund has announced details of its consultation 
on the distribution of the Dormant Accounts Fund in Northern Ireland.**

The Fund will be used to increase capacity, resilience and sustainability in the
Northern Ireland voluntary, community and social enterprise sector, and is completely
separate from National Lottery funds. The Fund aims to open in early 2020.

Dormant account money should not be used to fund projects that would normally attract
statutory funding. Potential delivery models include an investment loan model for
more established organisations, a grant/loan hybrid model, or a more traditional
grant model to support grassroots community organisations.

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The [National Lottery Community Fund](http://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/northern-ireland)
announced that organisations can contribute to the consultation by sharing views
at do***************@******************rg.uk, or attending consultation events in
Belfast (13 November), Enniskillen (27 November), Craigavon (2 December), and Derry-
Londonderry (12 December).