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Funding in Regeneration

Regeneration funding streams and grants

Regeneration funding in Northern Ireland

AWARDS FOR ALL NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Funding: £5.33 million 2006-07. Grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available.
  • Funder: Awards for All Northern Ireland is supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the Big Lottery Fund, the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Sports Council for Northern Ireland.
  • Aim: To make small grants that extend access and active participation.
  • Who Can Apply? Not-for-profit groups, parish/town councils, schools and health bodies.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    For an application pack:
    T 0845 600 2040
    For enquiries
    W www.awardsforall.org.uk
    T 028 9055 9090

BIG DEAL SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME

  • Funding: The total amount of funding available is £1 million. The minimum grant is £500 and the maximum is £2,500.
  • Funder: The Big Lottery Fund under its Northern Ireland Young People's Fund.
  • Aim: The aim of the Big Deal Small Grants Programme is to encourage children and young people aged up to 25 to take part in activities that enhance their personal and social development. It aims to help them to develop the skills, knowledge and opportunities to make informed choices about their lives and demonstrate a positive contribution to family and community life. The programme is part of a wider initiative aimed at engaging with children and young people in Northern Ireland. In addition to the grant programme, the Big Deal has set up a forum for children and young people to encourage them to meet young people from different backgrounds, discuss their ideas and aspirations, and, ultimately, to influence government policy.
  • Who Can Apply? Individuals and informal children and young people's groups in Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for funding. An informal group can be a friendship group who share a common interest or who are members of a club or centre, but the Big Deal Small Grants Programme cannot fund clubs or centres directly.
  • Deadline: Rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    T 028 9033 1880 or
    W www.thebigdealni.com

INTERREG IV

  • Funding: The programme has an overall budget of £202 million between 2007 and 2013.
  • Funder: European Regional Development Fund.
  • Aim: Interreg IV is the cross-border co-operation programme for Northern Ireland, the Irish Border Region and Western Scotland. Its overall aim is to "support strategic cross-border co-operation for a more prosperous and sustainable region". The programme aims to strengthen and deepen cross-border co-operation, with an emphasis on supporting strategic projects to maximise the impact of the funds. It focuses on developing a dynamic economy, supporting infrastructure and promoting innovative ways of addressing cross-border problems.
  • Who Can Apply? The lead partner in any application to the programme should be a public sector body or specially designed private body. To be eligible for funding, non-public sector bodies must have been established to meet needs of public interest, rather than for industrial or commercial purposes. They should be largely financed by the state or other public body, and more than half of the managerial or supervisory board should be from public institutions. Applying organisations must be based in Northern Ireland, or in Lochaber, Skye & Lochalsh, Arran & Cumbrae and Argyll & Bute, Dumfries & Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire mainland, or South Ayrshire in Scotland, or Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo in the Irish Republic.
  • Deadline: Not applicable; rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    W http://www.seupb.eu/programmes.htm

LLOYDS TSB FOUNDATION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Funding: £1.5 million to £2 million is available each year. Average grants are between £2,500 and £5,000, though there is no minimum or maximum amount set. The Trustees will consider a small number of commitments over two or three years.
  • Funder: Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland.
  • Aim: To support under-funded grassroots charities in Northern Ireland that enable people to play a fuller role in the community.
  • Who Can Apply? Generally, only registered charities in Northern Ireland, although there are some exceptions.
  • Deadline: The next deadlines are 11 July and 10 October this year. Check the website below for up to date deadline information.
  • Contact:
    T 028 9038 2864
    W http://www.lloydstsbfoundationni.org/
    E info@lloydstsbfoundationni.org

NORTHERN IRELAND HOUSING EXECUTIVE GRANTS SCHEME

  • Funding: £45 million available in 2006-07. Grants of up to £31,500 are available depending on the grant scheme applied for.
  • Funder: Northern Ireland Housing Executive
  • Aim: Owner-occupiers and landlords in designated areas aged 18 years or over.
  • Who Can Apply? To improve poor-quality housing stock. Specific grants include Renovation Grant, Disabled Facilities Grant and Repairs Grant.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    T     028 9024 0588
    W www.nihe.gov.uk/grants/grantsreplace

PEACE II

  • Funding: 994 million euros (£681m) from 2000 to 2006. No minimum or maximum grant size.
  • Funder: EU, UK and Ireland.
  • Aim: To promote peace, stability and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and the border region.
  • Who Can Apply? Any projects that will fulfil the programme's objectives, including those run by individuals, small and large groups and other organisations.
  • Deadline: Closing date for applications set by each implementing body.
  • Contact:
    T 02890 266 660
    E info@seupb.org
    W http://www.eugrants.org/  

REACHING COMMUNITIES NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Funding: Reaching Communities Northern Ireland was launched in the province on 27 April 2006, with around £18 million being made available from 2006 up until 2009. Projects can apply for funding for three to five years and the grants range from £100,000 to £500,000. Grants are made mainly to cover revenue funding, which typically pays for staffing and supplies. Capital costs which pay for physical assets must not exceed ten per cent of a project's budget.
  • Funder: Big Lottery Fund.
  • Aim: The programme aims to ensure that people achieve their full potential; that they can participate in their communities to bring about positive change; and that communities can work towards better and safer urban and rural environments. It also aims to improve people's physical and mental health. Because of the broad aims of the fund, applicants are required to specify up to five potential outcomes.
  • Who Can Apply? Voluntary and community groups based in Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for funding. Applicants must be able to show that they are community-led, that they are accountable to the community that they serve, and that the local community is involved in the organisation's direction and strategy. While lead applicants must be voluntary or community organisations, applicants are encouraged to propose projects that will complement the work of other organisations, including public bodies. Organisations can apply for only one grant from the fund at any one time.
  • Deadline: Outline proposals for next round due 4 June 2008, full application 3 September.
  • Contact:
    T 028 90551455
    E enquiries.ni@biglotteryfund.org.uk
    W http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_comms_ni.htm?regioncode=-uk&progStatus=open&status=theProg&title=Reaching Communities: Northern Ireland

REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME

  • Funding: The programme is discretionary and there is no total funding level. Applications are subject to economic appraisal, in line with Treasury standards, and the available budget of the VCU may limit the level and number of grants it can consider.
  • Funder: The Voluntary & Community Unit (VCU) at the Department for Social Development, Northern Ireland.
  • Aim: The programme supports VCS "infrastructure" organisations involved in playing a supporting, coordinating or developing role in relation to voluntary and community sector organisations. Community infrastructure is defined as work that allows new work and new organisations to develop, supports those already there, and facilitates networking between groups.
  • Who Can Apply? Organisations must provide clear evidence to indicate that they provide key support, which is not otherwise available, to voluntary and community sector organisations across Northern Ireland. This should include a significant number of the following areas: representation and participation on behalf of their membership or sector; provision of advice and information, such as mentoring, and support for submitting funding applications; work to enable people to influence issues that affect their lives and their communities, through empowerment, inclusion, equality, and collective action; work that encourages collaboration between voluntary and community sector bodies.
  • Deadline: Rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    T 028 9082 9412
    E sean.fitzpatrick@dsdni.gov.uk
    W http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/vc-reg-infra

THE BIG DEAL NORTHERN IRELAND

  • Funding: The total available funding is £1 million over the programme's lifetime. An individual child or young person can apply for an award of £500. A group can apply for an award of between £500 and £2,500.
  • Funder: Big Lottery Fund
  • Aim: The programme aims to increase children and young people's participation as decision-makers by awarding funding for projects that allow them to plan and decide what it is they want to do, and when, where and how to do it. Projects should lead to increased health and well-being, achievement or learning. Projects should also address at least one of three themes: examining the impact of conflict and tackling sectarianism; assisting in the transition from infancy to adulthood; and meeting the additional needs of vulnerable, socially-excluded and disaffected children and young people.
  • Who Can Apply? Individuals and groups of children and young people up to the age of 25 living in Northern Ireland can apply for funding. The programme will consider applications assisted by an adult or other support person, but the idea for the project has to come from children and young people, and they must have control over any funding awarded. The Big Deal does not directly fund clubs, centres or organisations.
  • Deadline: September 2009
  • Contact:
    W www.thebigdealni.com

URBAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

  • Funding: Average annual funding is £3 million in Belfast and £1.5 million in Derry-Londonderry.
  • Funder: The Department for Social Development.
  • Aim: To support physical development in deprived areas of Belfast and Londonderry city centre.
  • Who Can Apply? Private owners and developers in targeted areas. Schemes outside these areas may be considered.
  • Deadline: Not fixed; rolling programme.
  • Contact:
    Belfast T 028 90819747
    E udg@dsdni.gov.uk
    Derry-Londonderry T 028 713 19900  
    E northwest.development@dsdni.gov.uk