Funding Support

‘LISBURN 4 COMMUNITY’

'Your Community Funding Website'

Lisburn City Council has developed a new and exciting funding website entitled Lisburn 4 Community, to provide Community / Voluntary groups within the Lisburn area the opportunity to access up to date funding information in support of local community projects.

Lisburn 4 Community is a free to use, user-friendly service, and acts as a platform for groups to perform searches to locate a range of Lottery, Government and Trust funders throughout Northern Ireland and beyond.

Accessing funding opportunities for community projects can be a some-what daunting task for voluntary organisations, due to the vast range of Government, Lottery and Trust funders that currently exists.  Lisburn 4 Community aims to ease the process of identifying relevant funders to support local community initiatives

Lisburn 4 Community will generate a range of vital information on funding for specific projects such as funding priorities, minimum and maximum amounts available, application process, deadlines and contact details.

Please click here to access LISBURN 4 COMMUNITY

Council Funding

Lisburn City Council, through it’s Community Services section has a number of funding programmes available to support community/voluntary groups to support running costs and help with the development of community projects and activities.

The Council programmes available include;

Seeding Grants

Who can apply:       Newly formed constituted Community/Voluntary groups

Current Status:       Open for applications

Amount Available:  Maximum of £125

Details needed:       Name of organisation

                                 Address of organization

                                 Name and addresses of committee

                                 When did the group form

                                 Date of public meeting that committee elected

                                 Date constitution was adopted

                                 How the public meeting was advertised

                                 Details of funding requirements

All requests for seeding grants must be in writing using the scheme nomination form, which is available by contact the Community Services Section on 028 9250 9565.

Community Support Grants

The Community Support Grants Programme aims to financially assist community & voluntary organisations working with the Lisburn City Council area on the promotion of community development related programmes. Lisburn City Council sees community development as .................

'a partnership process that encourages and empowers local people to take ownership, to identify local need, to build capacity, to achieve results and with a collective voice influence decisions which affects lives'

(2006, Lisburn City Council, Community Services)

Who can apply:      Constituted Community/Voluntary groups in the Lisburn area

Current Status:       ClOSED FOR APPLICATIONS -

CLOSED: 12NOON 20th March 2008

Amounts Available:

Groups operating out of Community/Village Halls/Commerical Premises:   
Max Available £5,500

Groups operating out of a community house/flat or who hire premises on a daily weekly basis:    
Max Available £4,250

Group operating with no premises
Max Available £2,500

Funding Support

If your group would like any additional support in sourcing funding, developing projects or completing application forms, please contact,