Funding opportunity for local voluntary organisations

Applications for the Small Grants Programme now available in the 15 Council areas of
Antrim, Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Down, Dungannon & South Tyrone, Fermanagh, Larne, Lisburn, Newry & Mourne, N'Abbey and North Down

Friday / 19 October 2012 3:23pm

Funding opportunity for local voluntary organisations

 

Volunteer Now are currently inviting applications  for  the Small Grants Programme  which is funded by the Department for Social Development.

 

Grants of up to £1,500 are available to small, locally based volunteer-involving organisations  based in the 15 Council areas of  Antrim, Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Down, Dungannon & South Tyrone, Fermanagh, Larne, Lisburn, Newry & Mourne, Newtownabbey and North Down.

 

The Programme is targeted specifically at projects with an annual income of less than £100,000 that promote volunteering amongst people not in paid work and other groups who are currently under-represented in the volunteering population. 

 

You can complete the application online at  http://grants.volunteernow.co.uk  or alternatively for a hard copy of the application and guidance notes contact the Finance Team on 028 9023 2020

 

Closing date for applications is 3pm on Friday 2 November  2012

 

Information sessions about the grants will take place on:

 

Belfast & SE

  • Monday 22 October 2012 - Volunteer Now, Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, 10am-12pm
  • Monday 22 October 2012 - YMCA, Bangor, 10am-12pm
  • Monday 22 October 2012 - Kairos Centre, Newcastle, 2pm-4pm
  • Tuesday 23 October 2012 - YMCA, Lisburn, 10am-12pm

 

North East

  • Thursday 18 October 2012, Larne Town Hall - 10am - 12pm
  • Monday 22 October 2012, Antrim Civic Centre - Whinstone Room - 10am - 12pm
  • Tuesday 23 October 2012, Ballymena Library - 10am - 12pm
  • Wednesday 24 October 2012, Carrickfergus Library - 10am - 12pm
  • Thursday 25 October 2012, Newtownabbey Library - 10am - 12pm

 

North West

  • Monday 22 October 2012, Fermanagh House, Fermanagh, 4pm-6pm

 

South West

  • Monday 29 October 20112, St Patricks Trian, Armagh, 7pm-8.30pm
  • Tuesday 30 October 2012, Ballybot House, Newry, 7pm-8.30pm

 

To book a place at an Information Session contact  [email protected] /  028 9023 2020.

 

For more information go to www.volunteernow.co.uk

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