MUST BE REGISTERD BY FRIDAY 24TH JANUARY @ 12PM – CLOSES MONDAY 27TH JANUARY 2025 @ 4PM
What is the aim of the Fund?
Successful projects must contribute towards the delivery of one of the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) Strategy key priorities.
These projects with a strong good relations focus can use a wide range of activities such as sport, music, arts, personal development, leadership, educational attainment, and peace and reconciliation to engage with and make a difference in local communities.
Projects can claim salaries and programme costs, but these costs must be proportional to the good relations project being delivered. CGRF does not replace mainstream core or project funding for groups.
Successful projects must deliver within the funding year and contribute towards the delivery of one of the Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) Strategy key priorities. Applications are welcomed, in particular, for good relations projects that include a focus on:
- Developing the capacity within and across communities to build good relations;
- Involving the hardest to reach participants i.e. those that have not been engaged or had limited engagement in Good Relations projects;
- Single identity projects where there is a Good Relations need to develop an understanding of one’s own culture and traditions as well as the cultures and traditions of others;
- Delivering against the T:BUC Key Priority – ‘Our Safe Community’ (with the outcomes being: to reduce the prevalence of hate crime and intimidation and/or to have a community where places and spaces are safe for all);
- Environmental activities and benefits;
- Social action activities;
- Delivery of projects within geographical areas where there has been a change in demographics, an increase in racist and/or sectarian hate incidents, and where there is an evidenced GR need; and
- Delivery of projects within the Armagh Banbridge and Craigavon, Antrim and Newtownabbey and Lisburn and Castlereagh council areas which have seen a statistical increase in sectarian and/or racist incidents, and where there is an evidenced GR need.
For further details on fund, how to apply and criteria – click here.
CGRF 2025/26 Online Information Sessions
The next information session will be held on Thursday 23rd January @10:30am. More details can be found here.