Funding opportunities available for Clubs

Moy Park Community Support Fund

Moy Park is mindful of the constant financial pressures on voluntary and community groups and charities, particularly on their voluntary and total income, their capacity to start or continue with important projects and on their sustainability generally. Moy Park is pledging £1 million to its Community Support Fund to support on-the-ground projects of voluntary and community groups and charities in those local communities where their sites are based across Europe.

Halifax Foundation NI

HFNI are focusing on their SMALL and MEDIUM grants over the coming months, with Large and Special Initiatives grants on hold for now due to the activity-based nature of these programmes. They are inviting applications from charities and constituted groups that focus on supporting the community at this time and moving from quarterly to monthly (or even weekly) grant making to decrease turnaround time.

Mid Ulster District Council Emergency Community Support Fund

As part of their on-going support package for the voluntary and community sector, MUDC have opened an emergency grant programme for those organisations which are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in their local communities.

National Lottery Awards for All Northern Ireland (New COVID-19 restriction)

A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £10,000. Suitable for voluntary or community organisations. All the funding decisions they make for the next six months (up to £300m of National Lottery funding) will be devoted to addressing the current crisis. This is restricted to:

• Activities specifically geared to supporting communities through this crisis
• Helping organisations overcome any liquidity issues caused by Covid-19.

Enkalon Foundation Coronavirus Community Support Fund

The Enkalon Foundation will move the focus of their modest funding pot to charities and community organisations helping people who are isolated and vulnerable in their local communities at this difficult time. As a small funder they focus their funding based on their core objectives in the former Antrim Borough Council area.

NIHE: Rural Community Awards

Aims to improve community spirit within rural neighbourhoods and encourage rural communities to protect the physical asset of the rural landscape and to celebrate their communities. On offer are 4 prizes of £1,000 being awarded to help and support those communities working to improve their respective area.  This year, there’s also a focus on how they have helped support residents throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period.

For full details on all of these funding opportunities please visit https://ulster.gaa.ie/covid-19/funding/