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Stormont Hosts Reception for 25th Anniversary Celebrations

Local charities have been recognised at a Stormont event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland. The Foundation has donated over £25m to good causes across Northern Ireland since its inception.

The reception was held at the Long Gallery in Stormont and attended by many charitable organisations alongside MLAs and other public representatives. 

Sandara Kelso-Robb, Executive Director of the Lloyds Foundation for Northern Ireland said: “We fund a vast range of projects which enable people, especially disabled and disadvantaged people, to play a fuller role in our society. This can only serve to enrich our community, by providing a more inclusive environment for those who would otherwise be left isolated and undervalued.”

“The recent economic changes here have left many organisations feeling extremely vulnerable, having to take difficult decisions about where to get their funding from, and how to reduce spending without compromising their services to the local community.”

 Nelson McCausland, Minister for Social Development said:

 “I’m pleased to join the celebrations to mark 25 years of the Lloyds TSB Foundation’s work in Northern Ireland.  Many local charities have benefitted from the support of the Foundation and the significant investment it has made in many local organisations over the past 25 years.  I hope that the Foundation will continue to support the work of our local charities.” 

Celebrating 25 years of Grant Giving!

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland has celebrated 25 years of providing grants to underfunded charitable organisations within Northern Ireland.

The event was held in the Culloden Hotel on Friday 9th September. Past and current Trustees were joined by the Guest Of Honour, Lord Leitch, Deputy Chairman of Lloyds Banking Group.

 

Collaboration Grant Announced for Age NI, CFNI Partnership

 

Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland is happy to announce a collaborative project where Age NI and Community Foundation for Northern Ireland have secured funding towards the First Steps to Funding project, supporting older people’s groups throughout Northern Ireland.  

First Steps to Funding is a two-year programme (2011 – 2013) providing fundraising training for age sector groups with an annual income of less than 20k delivered jointly by Age NI and Community Foundation NI. The programme also provides training for community workers supporting age sector groups in fundraising. 

The project’s key aims are:

1)            To directly address the barriers that people in later life experience when seeking small grants to maintain group activities.

2)            To provide practical ideas and solutions to help people in later life overcome these fears and to build their capacity to directly access funding support.

3)            To outline positive pathways for age sector groups to build greater long term confidence, independence and sustainability.

4)            To link into existing training provision for age sector groups and to signpost age sector groups to key support services such as financial management to ensure    governance, bookkeeping and guidance etc.

The programme will deliver four different types of fundraising training outlined below:

·         Preparing and planning for fundraising from small grants

·         Making the approach: taking the fear out off funding

·         Understanding the grant application

·         Support worker’s training course

For further information on the project, contact Age NI on 028 9024 5729 or email info@ageni.org

NIYF Collaboration Launch

The Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland is delighted to announce the launch of a collaborative project, working in partnership with the Northern Ireland Youth Forum.

NIYF, supported by Lloyds TSB Foundation for Northern Ireland has developed Partners in Power, a programme designed to support organisations to involve young people in a governance role and in organisational decision making.

The programme aims to increase the skills and capacity of 12 organisations from across Northern Ireland, to involve young people in organisational decision making and governance and the skills and capacity of young people to take part in decision making with adults. The programme is designed to achieve the greater participation of young people as decision makers of their own lives and in the activities and services they take part in.

For more information on how to take part, please contact claire@niyf.org or contact NIYF on 028 9033 1900.

International Programme 2011 Now Closed

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The International Grant Programme 2011 is now closed.

Please refer to the website for any further International Programmes closing dates in the future. There are no planned dates at present.