New Comic Relief funding available in Northern Ireland

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland has announced it will be one of the delivery partners for Comic Relief's Local Communities programme.  The amount of grant money available for the Comic Relief Local Communities programme in Northern Ireland is £62,900 for 2012-13.

The programme aims to empower local people, enabling them to create lasting change in their communities. Projects should be run by people directly affected by the issues they are dealing with and priority will be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community.

A proportion of the money available will be allocated to projects which 'increase access to sport and exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation'.

Applications are particularly welcome from the following types of groups which have been under-represented in previous grant rounds: minority ethnic communities/refugees/asylum seekers, LGBT, homeless.

Under the programme, organisations can apply for funding to increase local services, build skills of local people, increase community cohesion, respond to local economic needs and increase access to sport and exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation. 

Applications are now open. For more information, please click here.

The closing date for applications for 2012-13 grants is Friday 07th September 2011 at 1pm.