Board Development Fund
The SGA Board Development Fund enables organisations operating in the sport and physical activity sector in the United Kingdom to access – free of charge – development training for their board members which can be customised, if required, and delivered in-house (either in-person or online). It allows organisations successful in the application process to identify areas of need or areas of particular focus for them which are not catered for by existing training provision. The fund provides the flexibility to meet the needs of organisations with different requirements for their board’s development and to provide training support in specific areas...
PEACEPLUS Change Maker Funding Programme – ‘Be Ready’ Events
€40m (£35m) to support local community level organisations to deliver projects which have the potential to achieve peace and reconciliation will shortly open for applications. Ahead of the schemes formally opening, a series of ‘Be Ready’ community information events are now scheduled to take place across the PEACEPLUS Programme Area. Applications will be sought from eligible organisations involved in grassroots/locally based activities including: Non-government organisations (NGOs). Local community groups. Associations, including those focused on social inclusion opportunities, e.g. ex-offenders, sports, arts, history and cultural bodies, traveller; migrant; disability support organisations. Voluntary sector organisations. Universities, schools, colleges, higher education, research institutions....
Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund
Entries Now Open for the Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund 2025 Amateur athletes and sports clubs across Ireland are encouraged to apply for the Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund, designed to support aspiring athletes in achieving their goals. With a proud history of fostering sports development through partnerships like Ulster Rugby and Cavan GAA, Kingspan is committed to providing a platform for grassroots athletes, local sports clubs, and community facilities. The fund runs quarterly, with selections taking place at the end of Q1 and Q2, offering financial assistance for essential needs such as equipment, training, and other resources. Who Can Apply? The...
Coca-Cola Thank You Fund 2025
Fund Objective A fund of €200,000 / £171,000 (sterling figure based on conversion rates at the time) will be available again this year. The 2025 Fund will focus on one overall theme: Supporting and empowering youth interventions across the island of Ireland under the pillars of Inclusion and Inspiration. The Fund is seeking applications from community-based projects and programmes across Ireland and Northern Ireland that are focused on empowering young people aged 16-25 who are not in employment, education or training, or are at risk of disengagement. In particular, the projects funded will target young people experiencing economic disadvantage under...
Micro Community Investment Fund
Fund Aims The fund will provide valuable investment for community initiatives making a difference in towns and villages across Northern Ireland. The fund will enable those organisations who are making the lives of others in their communities better, by improving their financial, physical, and mental wellbeing. Criteria You do not have to have a constitution to apply to this fund. We will discuss your project with you in advance of application if you do not have certain governance requirements for funding in place. We want to support smaller, grassroots organisations delivering great work. For this reason, whilst groups with an income...
Hays Travel Foundation Grants
Registered charities operating in areas in which Hays Travel operates can apply for grants from the Hays Travel Foundation. The Foundation offers funding between £2,000 and £15,000. Last year, the average grant was around £3,500. Funding aims to support projects helping disadvantaged young people up to 25 years old in the areas of: Education, Prevention of poverty, Health, Arts, Culture, and Sports. Charities not located in Hays Travel areas must provide evidence of how their project impacts a community with a Hays Travel branch. The Foundation encourages applicants to demonstrate match funding, as this increases the likelihood of securing a grant....
Athlete Award Programme 2025-26
Purpose: In this investment, where applicable, Sport Northern Ireland will contribute to the essential personal living costs of an athlete. This investment aims to enable athletes to train in order to maximise potential. Those applying will be required to demonstrate that their circumstances have changed or need to change significantly to allow them to adequately prepare for competition or the national high performance programme. This investment is in line with Sport Northern Ireland’s Corporate Plan and Strategic Outcome 2; ‘Our athletes among the best in the World’ by targeting athletes who have the potential to achieve success and excel in...
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
Grant Criteria & Application Notes Please note there are two separate application forms, one for individual applicants and one for Group/Club/Project applications. Please ensure you complete the correct form. The Trust supports people with all disabilities, (e.g. physical impairment, deaf, learning disability, visually impaired etc) to play tennis. Please note that due to the demand for grant aid, the Trustees have imposed a 2-year moratorium on grants for the same purpose. Therefore, if you have applied during the past 2 years, please wait until 2 years has passed. If you are applying for a different purpose, e.g. a coaching grant...
Sea-Changers: Coastal Foundation Fund 2025
The closing date for applications is Friday 25th April 2025. We’re pleased to announce the launch of the 2025 Coastal Fountain Fund – now in its fifth year! The purpose of the fund is to reduce the impact of single-use plastic water bottles on coastal habitats by funding communities to purchase water drinking fountains and install them for public use in busy or environmentally important areas. So far we’ve funded 40 fountains around the UK. Grants of up to £2,500 are available, per applicant, towards the cost of a fountain. We welcome applications from all types of not-for-profit organisations who have...
King Charles III Charitable Fund – Small Grants
The Fund awards small grants of up to £5,000 per year to approximately 100 community based organisations each year. The small grants programme will reopen for applications at 9am on the 10th February and close at noon on the 24th February for organisations working across our Social Inclusion and Health and Wellbeing funding themes in our priority areas: Wales, Northern Ireland, East Midlands, West Midlands, North East and the South East. Eligibility criteria To apply for a small grant, your organisation must: Be a UK registered non-profit organisation. Have an annual income of less than £1 million. Have completed...
Halifax Foundation Collaborate Fund
The COLLABORATE programme is open to 2 or more charities coming together to tackle a social issue at a local level. All collaborating charities must have individual income levels of £500,000 or less. In line with the priorities of The Halifax Foundation, your charity must support people in greatest need. For example, supporting people living in poverty; those who are unemployed; those with disabilities or mental ill health. (This is not an exhaustive list – other areas of need will be considered.) COLLABORATE is a rolling programme and will close when the budget is reached. We can support approximately 5 –...
Ulster Hockey Small Grants Programme
The Club Improvement Fund provides grants of £250 to £2,000 to support clubs to develop their capacity or provide initiatives to grow the sport and ensure the sport of hockey thrives at club level. We are particularly interested in club projects that focus on one or more of the points below; Recruitment and training of new volunteers, coaches or supporting the development of your existing workforce to add capacity or enhance member experience. This may include coach development, umpire development and safeguarding training. Building capacity of club Committees or members such as governance, communications or finance training. Provide opportunities to...
Pink Ribbon Foundation
Closes Friday 30th May 2025. The Pink Ribbon Foundation’s mission is to help breast cancer charities help their clients recover from their cancer and then live longer, healthier, happier lives. Through its grant making the Pink Ribbon Foundation funds practical projects and initiatives, which aim to help registered charities to deliver good physical and mental health to individuals with, and recovering from breast cancer. The Pink Ribbon Foundation funding criteria is developed around clearly defined themes, some of which may vary from year to year however, all aim to reflect important factors that underpin healthy recovery from breast cancer. What...
Small Grants Scheme
Closes 31st January 2025 Our Small Grants Scheme is designed to support charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. Charities can apply for between £2,000 and £10,000. Please note that if successful, the Trustees may award less than the amount requested. Applications can be accepted from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £150,000. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered under this scheme. What you can apply for: We make single grants only (no multi-year grants) towards core costs...
Sustainable Community Buildings
Closes 19th February 2025 Open for applications from 8 January 2025 to 19 February 2025 for organisations with community buildings in the: Belfast City Council, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council and Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council areas. Opened for applications in all the other council areas at different times through 2024. For details of when we opened to other areas see the projects we fund. This was to make sure that we offer a spread of funding across Northern Ireland. It also helps us manage demand. Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations (with an annual income of less than £500,000)...
The Game Changer Programme
CLOSES 31ST JANUARY 2025 In partnership with the Irish FA Foundation, the Howdens Game Changer Programme aims to supply kitchens to grassroots Football Clubs, giving them an opportunity to serve their communities with food and refreshments. Howdens want to support projects that will replace or enhance your current kitchen and the food and drink that can be offered. They would like applications to demonstrate how the improvements will connect with your communities and make the best use of the skills within your club. If successful, Howdens will be responsible for the supply of the kitchen to be fitted by a...
Environment Fund – Water Quality Improvement Strand
This is a grant competition for not-for-profit organisations and councils, funding projects to deliver water quality improvements, help connect people with the water environment and bring about behaviour change. The grant scheme is open to a range of groups and organisations, including community groups, schools, Rivers Trusts, environmental charities, other interested not-for-profit organisations and local councils. The organisation applying for the grant may have partners which are not eligible to apply directly or may sub-contract provision of services to such organisations. Supporting information to confirm the status and financial standing of the organisation will be required. Applicants should also either...
Outdoor Community Spaces Fund
CLOSES 11/02/2025 Asda Foundation recognises the importance of having safe and accessible outdoor spaces in communities across the UK, so this year we will be providing up to £500,000 of grant funding to help grassroots groups improve or transform their local outdoor community spaces. Whether it’s cleaning up a green space, delivering collaborative growing projects or transforming an unused area for local people to use, the Outdoor Community Spaces Fund can be used to create or enhance an outdoor space near you. This grant is for projects which meet at least one of the following aims: Transform an outdoor area,...
2025/26 Central Good Relations Fund – Project Funding (over £1,500)
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...
Kingsbridge Sports Membership
Kingsbridge Sports Membership is an exclusive platform specifically dedicated to clubs and athletes across Ireland and free to register. The Sports Membership is specifically dedicated to clubs and athletes across Ireland. Registered members will be able to benefit from same day access to X-Ray and our Minor Injury Clinic and sports rates across MRI and Physiotherapy. This benefit can also be extended to family and friends. Registered sports clubs or associations will also have access to a Kingsbridge Sports Fund, should they meet the criteria. THE KINGSBRIDGE SPORT FUND: Access Funding For Your Club Working in partnership to be able...
Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing – your voice, your choice
CLOSES 10TH JANUARY 2025 The next participatory budgeting project in Belfast will support the “Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing” initiative. What is ‘Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing’? The “Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing” framework outlines five evidence-based steps to enhance mental health and wellbeing: Connect Keep learning Be active Take notice Give Together, these steps encourage individuals to incorporate simple activities into daily routines to support better health and wellbeing. Even for those already practicing these behaviors, the initiative focuses on increasing the time spent engaging in these activities. More information is available at Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing (External...