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Awards for All Grant Announcement

Thursday, 19th May 2016

Number of Grants: 82

Total Awarded: £693,133

Project Location Grant Summary

Apprentice Boys of Derry Murray Club, Antrim Branch

Antrim and Newtownabbey

The group received a £3,445 grant to provide three trips for members to explore the history of the Apprentice Boys organisation and produce a book of its history for members.

£3,445

St Joseph’s Primary School


The school, which is based in Crumlin, has been awarded £10,000. They are using the grant to install a Foundation Stage 1 play area so the children can take part in physical activities all year round.

£10,000

St Comgall's Primary School


The school is based on the outskirts of Antrim Town. The project received a £10,000 grant to build a trim trail to give young children a fun and engaging physical play area within the school grounds.

£10,000

Madden Raparees Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

The club, which is based in Madden, Co Armagh, promotes Gaelic games, culture and community activity. The project is using a £10,000 grant to refurbish part of their building to make it into a gym and space for the whole community to use.

£10,000

Mullintur Ulster Scots Armagh, The organisation runs events and cultural activities in the £10,000

Improvement Committee (MUSIC)

Banbridge and Craigavon

Mullintur district of Armagh. They are using a £10,000 grant to make improvements to their hall so it can be used for more community activities.

The Birches Cosy Club

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

The volunteer led group organises activities for older people in the Dungannon area. They received £9,980 to run a year-long programme of events including IT, crafts, music, and exercise.

£9,980

Family Research & Policy Unit


The organisation helps people within Markethill and the wider south Armagh area. They are using a £9,213 grant to refurbish their building, buy equipment and run a youth leadership programme.

£9,213

Royal British Legion Rathfriland Branch


The group provides assistance to their members who are ex-service men, women and their families. They have been awarded a £10,000 grant to build stronger links with the local community by hosting events and activities.

£10,000

Orchard Social Club for Visually Impaired People


The group, which is based in Armagh, provides a social venue for local people with visual impairments. The project received a £4,306 grant to run a programme of activities including theatre outings, day trips and group dinners.

£4,306

Enable: NI Limited Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

The Richhill, Armagh based group supports children, young people and adults with a learning disability in Co Down and Co Armagh. They have been awarded a £9,842 grant to buy equipment for camping trips which are an alternative to traditional residentials for adults with learning disabilities.

£9,842

Royal Irish Fusiliers Armagh, The group provides welfare and friendship for its members and £10,000

Old Comrades Association - Portadown Branch

Banbridge and Craigavon

their families. The project is using a £10,000 grant to run commemoration activities and events to mark 100 years since the Battle of the Somme. It includes a trip to England for a wreath laying and commemoration at the graves of those killed in World War One.

Regenerate Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

Regenerate is a community development group that provides practical support to people and community groups in the Portadown area. They received a £9,244 grant to buy equipment so they can turn a vacant building into an inclusive community space for a variety of groups to run cross-community training, events and activities.

£9,244

Cormeen Social and Economic Regeneration Partnership


The group runs activities and events for people of all ages in Cormeen, Co Armagh. The project is using a £9,951 grant to make improvements to its building so it can continue to be used for community activities.

£9,951

Middletown Friendly Club


The club runs social activities for older people in the Middletown area of Co Armagh. They have been awarded a £1,553 grant to hold an event to celebrate their 30 year anniversary and buy equipment for meetings.

£1,553

Aghavilly Youth Club Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

The club organises events and activities for young people in the Milford area of Armagh. They are using a £9,002 to run a programme where youth club members take part in activities with young people and adults who have a physical or learning disability.

£9,002

Clounagh Primrose Development League Association


The group, which is based in Craigavon, provides a community venue within an Orange Hall. The project received a £9,715 grant to make improvements to the hall so it can be used by more community groups, create a base for a social enterprise and provide better access for people with disabilities.

£9,715

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG)

Belfast The organisation supports, represents and promotes community gardens, allotments and farms to help communities grow. The project is using a £10,000 grant to run a pilot scheme which will work with four community garden projects in north Antrim to set up support networks and create sustainability plans.

£10,000

Holy Trinity Centre Belfast The organisation based in Turf Lodge in west Belfast offers a range of services for people in the local community. They are using a £7,920 grant to run counselling sessions for families to help strengthen and maintain relationships.

£7,920

North Belfast Partnership Limited

Belfast The organisation works to improve the local area. The project is using a £9,100 grant to run a programme of networking events to showcase the positive work of community organisations across North Belfast, to share learning and promote community spirit.

£9,100

Artillery Youth Centre Belfast The group provides services to young people aged 15 - 25. They received a £9,869 to run personal development and training courses including catering skills, cooking and food preparation.

£9,869

Seniors on the Shore Belfast The group brings together isolated older people living in the Shore Road areas of north Belfast. They are using a £2,590 grant to run activities and events for members including IT classes, dance classes, jewellery making and outings.

£2,590

Cairde Bhunscoil Bheann Mhadagáín

Belfast The organisation provides support and organises activities and fundraising for the school Bhunscoil Bheann Mhadagáín in north Belfast. The project received £8,075 to deliver extra-curricular English language reading classes for pupils.

£8,075

Light & Life Coaching CIC

Belfast The organisation delivers life coaching, team building and cognitive behavioural therapy to improve mental wellbeing. They are using a £9,380 grant to train people in west and north Belfast to become peer mentors to those in their communities.

£9,280

Cedar Lodge Special School

Belfast Cedar Lodge is a special school in north Belfast for pupils aged between 4 and 16. They received a £9,988 grant to expand their current counselling service by running services for both parents and children. They will also run parenting/carer workshops.

£9,988

Groundwork Northern Ireland

Belfast The north Belfast based group works with groups across Northern Ireland to make improvements to local communities. The project received £9,058 to work with 50 Men’s Sheds across Northern Ireland to deliver training in food safety, emergency first aid and health and safety workshops.

£9,058

Bunscoil an tSleibhe Dhuibh

Belfast The playgroup, pre-school and primary school is based in Ballymurphy in west Belfast. They are using an £8,172 grant to

£8,172

buy iPads and IT equipment for an IT suite for use by the pupils and the wider community.

Easy Come Easy Sew Community Group

Belfast The east Belfast group promotes skills sharing in crafts, including crocheting, knitting and paper crafts. The project is using a £1,567 grant to run activities to improve members’ skills and buy new materials and equipment.

£1,567

LifeReach NI Belfast The group works with families and communities in inner south Belfast. They are using a £9,758 grant to provide practical DIY, decorating, gardening and domestic support. They are providing help through volunteering and holding four events throughout the year designed to bring communities together.

£9,758

Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum Limited

Belfast CCRF is an umbrella group for community organisations in the Cliftonville area of north Belfast. In partnership with young people they are using the £9,964 to design and deliver three weekend residentials, and to provide training and equipment.

£9,964

Inverary Community Centre Committee

Belfast The organisation provides a service for people in the Inverary area of east Belfast. They are using the £9,425 to provide a range of programmes for all ages in the local community including a volunteer development programme, a youth summer scheme, a parent and toddler summer trip, a senior’s programme and a youth café.

£9,425

East Belfast Area Youth Project

Belfast The group works with young people under 25 in inner east Belfast. It received a grant of £10,000 to provide parenting classes, accredited training courses with childcare and a

£10,000

weekend residential for young mothers.

The Immaculata Football Club

Belfast The group provides community sports activities for men in the Greater Falls area. They are using the £8,788 to deliver events and activities for local men including a training and employment programme. They will also use the money to buy IT equipment and hire venues for events.

£8,788

Queen's Film Theatre Belfast The organisation is a dependant branch of Queen's University Belfast and uses film as a tool for education and social and community engagement. They received a £10,000 grant to deliver an outreach programme starting in the summer for young people aged 14 – 17 to produce short video documentaries and fictional pieces around the theme of identity for three films, which will be showcased at a celebration event at the QFT.

£10,000

Tar Isteach Ltd

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Belfast The group offers support to former prisoners in the north Belfast area. They received £6,000 to identify assets and needs of 100 ex-prisoners who are disconnected from the community. It will point them towards services, training courses, volunteering opportunities and community activities available locally to integrate them with the community and improve their health and wellbeing.

£6,000

Northern Ireland Hospice

Belfast The organisation cares for people who have life limiting and life threatening conditions. They are using the £10,000 to deliver their Music For Life project, which provides music therapy to people with life limiting conditions in day care and in-patient

£10,000

settings in their Newtownabbey centre.

Gort Na Mona GAC Belfast The organisation provides community, social and recreational activities in west Belfast. They are using the £9,700 to refurbish and improve the club facilities.

£9,700

Manor Street/Cliftonville Community Group

Belfast The group provides social, educational and recreational services for the residents of the local area in north Belfast. They are using the £7,147 to create a men's shed project with workshop and community garden on the interface land at Manor Street.

£7,147

Strand Arts Centre Belfast The organisation in east Belfast aims to restore the Strand as a high quality, sustainable creative arts space. They are using the £10,000 to provide a cross-community digital media project for young people including programmes in film making, DJ skills, and PR and photography, to promote good relations.

£10,000

Garvagh Development Trust

Causeway Coasts and Glens

The group supports people in Garvagh and the surrounding area. They are using the £9,982 to create a forest school, which will be a shared learning space for the community. The project includes forest school training, cookery demonstrations and crafts.

£9,982

North Coast Integrated College


The Coleraine school is an all ability, secondary level, integrated school. The received a grant of £9,500 to provide an indoor climbing wall within the college gym, which will also be made available to community groups and pupils of other schools.

£9,500

Stranocum & District Development Group


The organisation supports the local community. They are using the £10,000 to deliver events and activities for the whole community including a summer scheme, educational classes and recreational activities.

£10,000

Arthritis Care Coleraine Branch


The group provides a place for members to meet others who have the same condition as them and offer mutual support. The received a grant of £2,479 to fund training activities and equipment for the group.

£2,479

Gortrighey AOH & Community Hall


The organisation uses their community facility to hold meetings and events. They received £9,960 to make improvements to the hall, which is outside the village of Rasharkin, to encourage greater use by the wider community.

£9,960

Ballerin Gaelic Athletic Club


The group is based in a rural area near Garvagh in north Co Antrim and provides a range of sporting activities and a venue for community events. They received a grant of £9,780 to provide a programme of fitness training and mental health workshops for the wider community.

£9,780

North West Forum Of People With Disabilities

Derry and Strabane

The group promotes the rights of people with disabilities in the Derry/Londonderry area. They are using the £5,947 to extend the reach of the group by creating a website and providing IT equipment and associated training, and specialist communications resources for people with hearing impairments.

£5,947

Maydown Olympic Derry and The organisation is a newly formed boxing club in the £1,743

Amateur Boxing Club Strabane Strathfoyle and Maydown area of Derry/Londonderry. They received £1,743 to provide first aid and defibrillator training, and buy a defibrillator.

Rural North West Community Support

Derry and Strabane

The group provides a venue in Newtownstewart, Co Tyrone, for the community and voluntary sector across the North West. They received £9,990 to make improvements to their building and to engage a sessional worker to expand the range of services provided.

£9,990

Enagh Youth Forum Derry and Strabane

The group is a voluntary independent youth led community based organisation. They received £7,000 to work with 300 young people to identify their needs and share the findings with statutory agencies and other local groups to shape the services they need.

£7,000

Cumann Baire Na Magha Doire

Derry and Strabane

The group promotes hurling and camogie in the Derry/Londonderry area. They received a grant of £8,946 to buy furniture and IT and fitness equipment for the new club house.

£8,946

Strabane and Lifford Resource and Development Group

Derry and Strabane

The group delivers a wide range of social projects and services to isolated men and women in the Strabane area. They received a £10,000 grant to make improvements to the group's new premises and buy equipment.

£10,000

Shantallow Community Residents Association Men’s

Derry and Strabane

The group provides a range of services and activities for local men. They are using the £9,998 grant to buy a polytunnel, run trips and events and for youth facilitators to provide people

£9,998

Support Group with opportunities to make improvements to their community.

Feeny Community Association Limited

Derry and Strabane

The organisation supports the Feeny community. They received £10,000 to improve the health and wellbeing of members of the community by introducing them to a new range of health and wellbeing activities.

£10,000

Lisnaskea Mother and Toddler Group

Fermanagh and Omagh

The group runs a mother and toddler group in Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh and also organises wider community events and activities. They received £3,037 to provide training for parents on healthy eating options, first aid and parenting skills.

£3,037

Regal Historical Group

Fermanagh and Omagh

The organisation, based in Enniskillen, brings together local people with an interest in the history of the area. They received £6,900 to buy equipment for the building so they can facilitate more community events.

£6,900

Kesh Primary School Fermanagh and Omagh

The school provides primary education for children in the Kesh area. They received £8,445 for their project which will give the opportunity for all Key Stage 2 children to invite an older relative into school to learn how to use iPads.

£8,445

Tyrooney LOL 1275 Fermanagh and Omagh

The group hosts community events and activities in their hall. They are using the £10,000 to make improvements to the hall and make it more suitable for facilitating activities for the wider community.

£10,000

Hearing Link Lisburn and Castlereagh

The group provides support to people with acquired hearing loss and their families. They are using the £9,985 to deliver a programme of courses across Northern Ireland on self-

£9,985

management and rehabilitation as well as promoting peer support and providing community based activities.

Royal Ulster Rifles Association Lisburn Branch

Lisburn and Castlereagh

The group organises events for armed forces charities in the Lisburn area. They are using the £7,000 to provide a seven day visit to Jersey for 22 members of the organisation.

£7,000

St John's Parent Teacher Association

Mid and East Antrim

The group supports families, pupils and the wider community at St John’s Primary School in Carnlough. They received a £9,661 grant to provide 27 iPads and accessories for use out of class time.

£9,661

Seaview Primary School

Mid and East Antrim

This Glenarm primary school received £9,517 to buy new equipment for the children and the local pre-school to use during breaks and for after school activities. They will also provide a sensory room of particular benefit to pupils with special needs.

£9,517

Ballymena Unit Sea Cadet Corps

Mid and East Antrim

The organisation works with young people aged ten to 18 to teach new skills, leadership and team working through nautical adventure activities. They are using the £10,000 to buy a boat, motor and road trailer.

£10,000

Ballykeel Together Development Association

Mid and East Antrim

The group provides community activities in the Ballykeel estate in Ballymena. They are using the £8,903 for a range of activities for the community including intergenerational arts and crafts, dance classes and family outings.

£8,903

Carntogher Community

Mid Ulster The association supports the community in the Carntogher area. They received £9,040 to buy a generator and defibrillator

£9,040

Association and for an emergency booklet covering issues such as electricity failure, flooding, heavy snow and community rescue events within the Carntogher and Maghera area.

Wolfe Tones GAC, Bellaghy

Mid Ulster The group runs a GAA club in the village of Bellaghy, in south Co. Derry/Londonderry. They received a grant of £9,837 to support people in the area to lead a healthier life including consultations with dieticians, a programme of cardiovascular activities, and cookery demonstrations.

£9,837

Carricklongfield Cultural Group

Mid Ulster The organisation, based near Dungannon, provides a wide range of community activities and events for all age groups. They received a grant of £9,230 upgrade the premises and to buy a defibrillator that the local community will be trained to use.

£9,230

Kilnacart RBP 882 Mid Ulster The group, based near Dungannon, provides a hall for the local community. They received a grant of £9,900 to make improvements to the hall so it can be used for more activities and events.

£9,900

Bann Valley Community Group

Mid Ulster The group provides a wide range of activities for all age groups from the community in the rural area of Portglenone, Co Antrim. They are using the £9,960 to make improvements to their hall.

£9,960

Fallaghloon Community Hall

Mid Ulster The group manages a community hall outside Maghera, which is used for a range of activities including cultural, sporting and community events. They received £10,000 to upgrade and

£10,000

improve the surface of the car park to make the building safer and more accessible for people using the hall and the local playgroup that is based there.

Eire Og Gaelic Football Club Clogher

Mid Ulster The club is a community based voluntary group that promotes Gaelic games, culture and community involvement. They received £1,720 to improve the club’s kitchen to allow them to cater for more events to include the whole community.

£1,720

Newry & Mourne Multiple Sclerosis Community Therapy Centre

Newry, Mourne and Down

The organisation, based in Newry, supports and provides therapies for people suffering with MS. They received a grant of £9,975 to upgrade the group’s Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy chamber and provide social media training and upgrade IT and office equipment.

£9,975

Youth Initiatives (NI) Newry, Mourne and Down

The group is a Northern Ireland wide youth work organisation. They received a grant of £10,000 to deliver weekly classes and activities for young people in the Downpatrick area.

£10,000

The Space NI CIC Newry, Mourne and Down

The Downpatrick based organisation supports young people in the music industry. They received £8,847 to help young people develop future opportunities in the music industry and deal with mental health issues through music therapy.

£8,847

Annsborough Community Forum


The voluntary organisation aims to improve the quality of life for residents of Annsborough and the surrounding area. They received £9,685 to provide equipment and resources to furnish the newly built community hall, and run community activities for local groups.

£9,685

Schomberg Society Kilkeel Ltd


The Kilkeel organisation facilitates community activities and events and supports the local community. They are using the £9,000 to develop a strategy and plans that will set out what the organisation plans to do over the next five years in terms of community development and services.

£9,000

Confederation Of Community Groups


The Newry based organisation provides a wide range of community programmes, projects and initiatives. They received £6,230 for a project that provides respite activities for older carers.

£6,230

Friends of Cullyhanna School


The group is a voluntary parents’ association that supports pupils at St Patrick's Primary School in Newry. They received £9,996 to provide 30 iPads and accessories for use by pupils and their families.

£9,996

The Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children


Cancer Fund for Children provides emotional, theraputic and practical support to children and young people diagnosed with cancer. They received £9,388 to refurbish the Narnia Log Cabin, a purpose built youth facility in the Mourne Mountains.

£9,388

Spa LOL 620 Newry, Mourne and Down

The organisation provides facilities and events for the local community in Spa in Co Down. They received £9,635 to make improvements to the group's premises so it can be used for more community activities and events.

£9,635

Camlough Rovers Football Club


The Co Armagh club offers community activities and support. They received £8,301 to provide training programmes and to make improvements to the community facility.

£8,301

Newry Agricultural Society


The group is a voluntary community organisation which has been running an agricultural show each year in Newry since 1869. They received £6,806 to provide additional safety measures and new equipment for competitions.

£6,806

Newtownards Sea Cadets

North Down and Ards

The group works with the community to develop new skills in both water based and land based activities. They are using the £9,611 to link with Beyond the Battlefield to deliver a multigenerational project that includes 90 hours of water based activities to 400 young people and current and ex-service members.

£9,611

Carrowdore Early Years Centre

North Down and Ards

The group is a pre-school and after-school centre in Newtownards. They are using the £4,547 to develop an outdoor classroom and work with the community to create natural outdoor spaces and play experiences for the children.

£4,547

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