Community Foundation announces additional £500,000 investment in N Ireland
Howard Lake | 1 November 2016 | News
The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland (CFNI) has announced plans to make an additional £500,000 available to communities on top of its regular funding pot to help address quality of life issues identified in its recently published ‘Vital Signs’ report.
The new funding was revealed as CFNI launched the report where it also called for greater collaboration within the voluntary and community sector and between funders to ensure that issues identified by communities can be tackled more effectively.
The report which used extensive community engagement to uncover the top quality of life concerns for people living in Northern Ireland, found that health and well-being, education and skills, economy and work as well as poverty are the issues which worry people most across the country.
Speaking at the launch of the report, CFNI chief executive Andrew McCracken revealed the organisation’s intention to match grant-making against key issues uncovered in the report. He also outlined the CFNI’s desire to work more closely with other organisations in the funding landscape, ensuring that the report’s findings help target areas of greatest need.
“To further help address some of the identified needs, we plan to use £500,000 of our own endowment alongside year on year investment in addition to seeking new funding partners to maximise the money available for communities,” Mr McCracken said.
Information on how the funding will be allocated will be revealed at a later date.
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