Scheme: Community Relations & Cultural Diversity Grant Scheme
Category: Statutory Agency
Keywords: community relations cultural diversity
Funding Role: The Community Relations Council was formed in January 1990 as an independent company and registered charity. The Community Relations Council was set up to promote better community relations between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland and, equally, to promote recognition of cultural diversity.
As well as providing funding from its own resources, the Community Relations Council is an intermediary funding body for the Peace and Reconciliation Programme, Measure 2.1.
Budget: The maximum award payable is £10,000 but in the main most grants are much smaller than this.
Policy: The Community Relations Council, with the support of Government, has established a fund of approximately £400,000 to spend each year on community relations projects. This funding is intended to help community/voluntary groups throughout Northern Ireland develop their capacity to engage in community relations work and to enhance the community relations potential of projects they undertake. The programme's small grants scheme is aimed at increasing opportunities for people from differing traditions to develop relationships of trust and understanding and the confidence to address issues of difference between them.
Applications: Application forms are available on-line from the Community Relations Council website or in hard copy from the Community Relations Council. The Council will try to process applications as quickly as possible, but this will depend upon current resources and demand. Applications usually take 8 - 12 weeks to process.
Exclusions: Grants will not cover on-going costs e.g. salaries. Nor will they pay for major capital expenditure, competitions, religious services, purchase/lease of musical instruments/uniforms and sporting equipment, cash generative schemes, retrospective events or party political activities.
Cross-Border Relevance
Cross-border projects will be considered for funding.
Address: 6 Murray Street, Belfast, BT1 6DN
Tel: ROI 048 9022 7500 NI 028 1 605 9099
Fax: ROI 048 9022 7551 NI 028 9022 7551
Email: info@community-relations.org.uk
Web: http://www.community-relations.org.uk