The Ann McGeeney Fund

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The fund is open to organisations with charitable purposes only.

Funding will be available to local community organisations that are planned and run for the benefit of refugees and asylum seeker communities in Northern Ireland to support integration into society.

The Fund welcomes applications from community and voluntary groups that address the following areas:

  • Integration of ethnic minorities into communities with special emphasis on women within these communities

  • Initiatives can include providing support to host communities in building social connections with arriving refugee families and refugees already residing within the areas above.

  • And/or providing activities to arriving families and refugees already residing within the areas above, helping them build social bridges with the host community.

The fund will prioritise refugees and asylum seekers from Syria and/or Ukraine

Community organisations involved

It is envisaged the organisations will be ‘host community’ organisations i.e. predominantly run or attended by long term UK residents. It is also possible for organisations to be ‘refugee community’ organisations with an aim to include ‘host communities’ in their activities.

The funding will help those organisations support long-term integration, develop opportunities to contribute to community by reducing barriers and creating social connections.

What we will fund

Funded activities will:

  • Be open to, and of interest to, reunited refugee families and refugees residing in Northern Ireland

  • Community activities such as those listed below will be funded (for guidance only):

    • Joint activity workshops leading to a co-designed event

    • Family cooking sessions

    • Parent and child groups

    • Sports (including women only)

    • Arts and performing arts

    • Music

    • Hobby classes

    • Women’s wellbeing groups.

Grants will be available ranging from £1,000 to £2,000 for projects taking place within a 12 month period

This round of funding will close at 1pm on Monday 17 October 2022.

For more information and to apply, please visit The Ann McGeeney Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland (communityfoundationni.org)