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Apply for funding in range of £300 – £20,000
Are you a local club, athlete, coach, or official in Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough looking for support to achieve your sporting goals?
Help athletes and clubs perform at the highest level Support coaching and officiating development Enhance local sports facilities and events Promote participation and economic benefits for the Borough
Capital Grants – Develop or enhance sports facilities
Sport & Leisure Events Grants – Bring your event to life locally
Fitness Suite Gold Card – 12 months MORE Membership for elite athletes
Grants for Clubs – Compete, educate coaches, and improve facilities
Bursaries for Coaches & Officials – Achieve qualifications
Bursaries for Athletes – Support for elite and aspiring performers
Defibrillator Grants – Funding for life-saving equipmentVarious Amounts
Community Foundation
The Community Foundation’s vision is a fair and equitable society for everyone. We want to see a place where generosity and fairness changes lives, communities flourish, and everyone feels they belong. We want to support and continue to advocate for and give greater voice to those most marginalised in our community.
Following the hate riots in the summer of 2024, the rise in misinformation and disinformation, and our Building Solidarity conference in January 2025, the Foundation has developed a small grants fund to support grassroots initiatives. We recognise the value of grassroots community activity to help educate and inform and change lives.
Between £3,000 to £5,000
Community Foundation NI is working in partnership with SWEF Enterprise Fund
To be eligible to apply, you need to: – Be between the ages of 18-30 – Live in Northern Ireland – Applications must come from a majority shareholder – Be from a low-income household or facing other financial challenges preventing you from developing your business
Up to £2000
The National Lottery
Social connections and community activities are at the heart of creating healthier, happier lives and a flourishing society. That’s why The National Lottery Community Fund supports amazing community-led projects.
They offer funding from £300 to £20,000. And can support your project for up to two years.
They can fund projects that’ll do at least one of these things:
- bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
- improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
- help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
- support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.
Between £300 to £20,000
The National Lottery
Strengthening Communities is funding for community led projects. It will help us deliver our strategy, ‘It starts with community.’
They know that communities have many strengths and resources. They’ll fund projects that use these to help make people’s lives better.
Your project must:
- involve people who experience poverty, disadvantage or discrimination
- support people early to help prevent negative experiences
- be led by your community and build on its strengths and connections.
Any size of organisation can apply for £200,000 to £500,000.
Only smaller organisations can apply for less than £200,000
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