The Department of Health has published a phased plan for NI. It can be found here.
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Keep following public health advice after your COVID-19 vaccine
It is not yet known whether the vaccine will stop you from passing on the virus, but we do expect it to reduce this risk.
So to protect yourself and your family, friends and colleagues, you still need to:
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Sign up for the Carer Collective!
Part of the #WarmWellConnected initiative delivered by the Healthy Living Centres Alliance, Dept for Communities and Carers N,I this 6 week programme offers carers zoom education sessions to help take care of themselves and learn activities to do with loved ones they care for.
To book your place email: sinead@olt.ie
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Team AWARE are SO excited to have this many schools across Northern Ireland entering this competition! Unbelievable!
We are launching and open for submissions this Monday (1st of Feb 2021) and are so looking forward to reading your poems!
There is still time to enter your school. Teachers and principals email poems@aware-ni.org to register.
Visit www.aware-ni.org/express-yourself
#ExpressYourself
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Covid-19 Community Recovery Fund Call 2
On Friday 29th January 2021, at 9am, Council will open the Covid-19 Community Recovery Fund Call 2 for applications up to £1000 funded at 100%.
This scheme is only open to formally constituted groups with a current committee and based in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. Please refer to the Guidance Notes attached for the definition of a constituted group. Groups who have applied to or were eligible to apply to the Covid-19 Business Revitalisation schemes when open, are not eligible to apply to this scheme.
In addition to the previous Covid-19 Community Support Scheme which was opened to organisations in April 2020, and the Covid-19 Community Recovery Scheme (Call 1) communities across Mid and East Antrim will now be able to access further critical financial support during the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic situation.
The scheme will be available to all constituted groups across the borough, and is in addition to the usual two grants per annum available to community groups along with the previous Covid-19 Grant Schemes.
The scheme will help community groups in the borough to deliver to their own areas. Groups will be asked to work in partnership where possible, to ensure a fair and equitable geographical reach and to avoid duplication of effort.
The vital funding package, is among a raft of practical, immediate measures being undertaken by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council as they continue to provide emergency and frontline services to its people, has been set up in response to local needs.
Exclusions
• Groups who are currently in arrears to any Council Grants Support Scheme
• Groups with a live Covid-19 Community Support Scheme application
• Groups who have applied to the Covid-19 Business Revitalisation Scheme
Applicants must adhere to the Governance Standards document and Invoice standards document attached to this email.
Full details of the scheme are available on the Council Funding Hub at https://mea.eformz.info/
More information on other sources of advice and support can be found on Council’s dedicated Coronavirus Covid-19 web page at www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/coronavirus
Please note that applying for a grant is a competitive process and awards are subject to the availability of funds. Council reserves the right to close the scheme before 31 March 2021 should funds become exhausted
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
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LAST CHANCE!!! - PCSP SMALL GRANTS CLOSING 31 JANUARY 2021
PCSP Grants Schemes for 2020/21 is still open for applications until 31 Jan 2021 or until funds are exhausted (whichever comes first).
PCSP Small grants are for projects between 24 August 2020 - 7 February 2021 only. The award available is £500 - £2,500. Projects can be supported to a maximum of 80% of the total project cost.
All applications are submitted through the funding hub at https://mea.eformz.info
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
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All GrantTracker subscribers can simply sign in to GrantTracker to find all the schemes below in an easy access one-stop-shop format.
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A NI-based funder which funds only registered charities in NI. Aims to assist the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people under 21 years of age. The Trust's policy is to provide small grants in support of local projects which benefit children and young people.
Any individual or organisation in County Londonderry may apply to the Honourable Irish Society for assistance providing their objectives are in line with the Society's aim of promoting the welfare of the County and in particular its two principle centres, the city of Londonderry and Coleraine. A second Fund created in 2014 in association with The Clothworkers’ Company also provides grants on a NI basis.
The Dunhill Medical Trust is a UK-based charitable trust which invests in innovation in the care of older people and research into the causes and treatments of disease, disability and frailty relating to ageing.
Ulster Garden Villages Limited primarily allocates funds to projects within NI that in general will improve the quality of life in the local community. As one of the largest grant-making trusts in NI, UGV gives grants totalling in the region of £1.5m each year. |
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Some Key Dates for This Week 📅
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A fund for social enterprises and charities experiencing disruption to their normal business model as a result of COVID-19. Established to make an existing government scheme (the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) more easily accessible to charities and social enterprises. The £25m is part of a wider package of support announced by Big Society Capital.
Music for All (Next Deadline 1st February)
Music for All provides grants for both individuals and groups to enable more people to access musical instruments and lessons and music programmes for the community.
Comic Relief with Paul Hamlyn Foundation is running the final round of their joint UK Tech for Good funding programme. The Tech for Good 2021 ‘Build’ programme will enable organisations or partnerships to define, test and develop digital solutions over nine months that meet a social need or challenge. Funding is available for up to £70,000 over a period of nine months (June 2021 - Feb 2022).
The Windrush Community Fund is up to £500,000 of financial support available to charity, community or grassroots organisations across the UK to fund projects which raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme (documentation), the Windrush Compensation Scheme or both. This support is available to fund activities across the UK. Awards will range from a minimum of £2,500 to a maximum of £25,000. Voice4Change England will oversee the Windrush Community Fund application process. |
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You can see ALL current and paused COVID-19 funding schemes on NICVA's constantly updated COVID-19 Fundraising Hub
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