Community Foundation for NI: The Gill's Charity Fund
Archived
Active citizenship
Age
Age discrimination
Aged 60+
Communities
Community and neighbourhood development
Community development
Community safety and crime prevention
Dependants and carers
Health promotion
Health, wellbeing and sport
Healthcare services
Information Technology
Miscellaneous
Policy, advocacy and campaigning
Social inclusion
Social partnership
Social welfare and poverty
Sport and physical recreation
Voluntary and community infrastructure
volunteering
Mid and East Antrim
Micro (up to £1,000)
Small (up to £10,000)
Overview
Who can apply?
- Fully constituted voluntary organisations and community groups based within Northern Ireland, although the project must be strictly aimed at older people resident in the Borough of Carrickfergus only.
- Applying organisations should provide, promote, maintain or manage or organise amenities and facilities for the promotion of welfare or recreational or cultural activities of a charitable nature.
Examples of types of projects that may be supported:
- Reducing isolation and vulnerability of older people, through supporting participation in activities.
- Reducing the fear of crime amongst older people.
- Encouraging and supporting independence of older people.
- Improving health and well-being, and supporting older people to remain in their homes.
- Supporting older people to keep warm.
- Supporting older people to access a nutritious meal.
- Reducing potential for age discrimination, and/or abuse.
- Enabling older people to access technology, and
- Enabling older people to access potential benefits and entitlements that they may not be aware of.
- Engaging older people to take community action.
- Enabling active participation of older people in the community in decision-making, and addressing issues facing their sector.
What can be supported?
- Running costs, such as sessional costs for tutors, venue hire, transport.
- Capital costs are eligible, if essential to the project