Social Justice Small Grants Programme

Closing Date:

Jun 10, 2024 13:00

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Grants will be available up to £5,000. In very exceptional circumstances the panel may decide to award grants up to £15,000.

• Priorities:

• • To give voice and power to those whose human rights are most at risk and to support them to challenge inequality, exclusion, and unfairness. • To provide groups and communities with support to challenge, monitor and remedy inequality and rights violations. • To increase awareness of and contribute to building a culture of rights within and between communities, particularly those most marginalized from decision making • To support communities and marginalized groups to find solutions to contentious issues

The Social Justice Fund is part of, and supported by, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Fund (NIHRF).

NIHRF Purpose: This collaborative Fund will work to advance a fairer and more equal society where the human rights of all are protected.

Aims of the Social Justice Fund:
To support local community groups to give voice to excluded groups, and work to advance a fairer and more equal society where the human rights of all are protected.

Target Group: Community Sector
The fund will support locally based community groups and locally based ‘communities of interest’ with an interest in promoting or embedding human rights and social justice in their day-to-day work for and with their chosen communities.

The SWEF Enterprise Fund

Ongoing - No Deadline

• Area:

• Northern Ireland

• Grant size:

• Up to £2,000

• Priorities:

• To be eligible to apply, you need to: - Be between the ages of 18-30 - Live in Northern Ireland - Be running your own business which has been trading for no more than 2 years or planning to start your own business imminently - Be from a low-income household or facing other financial challenges preventing you from developing your business

Community Foundation NI is working in partnership with SWEF Enterprise Fund which helps young people from Northern Ireland develop their business idea and gain support with business investment that they would otherwise not be able to afford.

Grants of up to £2,000 are available to help young people in Northern Ireland who are running their own business which has been trading for no more than 2 years or planning to start their own business imminently, to help a business expand or become more sustainable.