Older People's Fund: Micro Grant
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Active citizenship
Adult Education/Learning
Age
Age discrimination
Aged 60+
Community and neighbourhood development
Community development
Community safety and crime prevention
Education and learning
good relations
Health promotion
Health, wellbeing and sport
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Information Technology
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Poverty and deprivation
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Social welfare and poverty
Voluntary and community infrastructure
Antrim & Newtownabbey
Ards & North Down
Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon
Belfast City
Causeway Coast and Glens
Derry City and Strabane
Fermanagh and Omagh
Lisburn and Castlereagh
Mid and East Antrim
Mid Ulster
Newry, Mourne and Down
Northern Ireland
Micro (up to £1,000)
Overview
The Older People’s Fund offers funding for projects that are planned and run by and for older people.
The Micro Grant Programme is a fund with a simple, and fun application process. Groups supporting older people, can access up to £1,000 for project support and shortlisted groups will be chosen at an event organised by the Community Foundation. Their aim to choose up to 40 projects, awarding £40,000.
Amount Available
Up to £1,000
Who can apply?
- Fully constituted community organisations based within Northern Ireland.
- In the event of having more applications that they can fund priority will be given to groups with income levels of £30,000 or less.
You will need to show that -
- You are a locally based not-for-profit, voluntary or community group working in Northern Ireland to improve the quality of life for local people
- You have an active management committee
- You have a current in credit bank account in the name of your organisation
- You have up to date annual accounts
- You have complied with the conditions of previous grants including submission of monitoring returns.
Eligibility:
To be eligible to apply your project must target at least one of the key priorities detailed below:
- Engaging older people to take community action where it hasn’t happened before.
- Enabling active participation of older people in the community in decision-making, and addressing of issues facing their sector.
- Reducing isolation and vulnerability of older people and carers, through supporting participation in activities where they haven’t happened before.
- 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 to potential benefits and entitlements that they may not be aware of.
What can be supported?
- Running costs, such as sessional costs for tutors, venue hire, transport.
- Capital costs are eligible, if essential to the work of the applicant organisation, and if address at least one of the key priorities.
- An end of grant monitoring report must be submitted upon completion of the project.