April is #StressAwarenessMonth and the PHA is raising awareness of signs and symptoms of stress and what we can do to tackle stress in our lives and where to get information and support.
Read more @ pha.site/StressAware
For a wide range of resources, advice and self-help toolkits, please visit. www.mindingyourhead.info
and www.COVIDWellbeingNI.info
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Nominate a volunteer today for a Platinum Champion Award!
Volunteers from any community, any background, any age, can be nominated for an award. What’s more, some of the volunteers will then be invited to celebrate at the Big Jubilee Lunch in London on Sunday 5 June 2022!
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Do you know someone who is due to take GCSEs or A Levels? It can be a difficult and stressful time for students. Advance planning and revision is key. For information and tips, please signpost students to:
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I would just like to remind our NHS HEARING AID USERS that April's support session will not be operating due to closure of venue.
If anyone had an emergency with their HA's please don't hesitate to give me a call and I may be able to help out.
Service will resume as normal in May.
Sorry for the inconvenience
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 RECRUITMENT EVENING
We’re hosting a recruitment evening this Thursday for casual Food and Beverage staff at The SSE Arena, Belfast. Apply in person to be guaranteed an interview! 
 Thursday 7 April 4-7pm SSE Arena - enter by main doors Due to NI licensing laws, candidates for this recruitment exercise must be over 18
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Would you like to learn more about mental health and how to look after your own?
AWARE’s free ‘Mood Matters’ sessions are a perfect introduction! We have spaces in these upcoming sessions on Zoom:
𝟭𝟬𝗮𝗺 - 𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺, 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 (𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁)
𝟳𝗽𝗺 - 𝟵𝗽𝗺, 𝟭𝟮𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 (𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁)
They are completely free-to-attend!
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Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund’s current primary focus is to help support the needs of young carers and young people caught up in the criminal justice system. Grants of up to £60,000 over two years are available. A maximum of £30,000 per year can be requested. They particularly welcome applications from organisations working in Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
Help the Homeless
Help The Homeless' main funding remit is the regular allocation of grants (generally up to £5,000) for capital costs to small and medium-sized registered charities only (those with a turnover of under £1m per annum). All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offer shelter or other forms of sustenance.
The Hedley Foundation
The Hedley Foundation provides grants to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need. Last year they supported hundreds of small charities, improving lives and lifting people’s aspirations. Funding priorities: Youth Support, Disabled Support, Supporting the Elderly and Terminally Ill, and Miscellaneous Support.
Matthew Good Foundation: Grants for Good Fund
Grants for Good aims to make a positive difference to communities, people and the environment. Every three months, the Foundation will share £10,000 between 5 projects shortlisted via votes. These five charities will all receive a share of £10,000. Following the vote, the project that receives the most votes will receive a grant of £3,500, second place £2,500, third place £2,000 and fourth and fifth place will both receive £1,000.
Leathersellers Company Charitable Fund
The Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund provide a wide range of funding to UK registered Charities, Educational Institutions and University Students. The Small Grant Programme is a fast-track grant assessment for one-off grants of up to £3,000. Applicants can expect a result within six weeks of making an application. This is particularly useful for funding small projects or to cover unexpected expenses. Opens to applications 11 April 2022. |
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All GrantTracker subscribers can simply sign in to GrantTracker to find all the schemes below in an easy access one-stop-shop format.
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Woodward Charitable Trust: Playschemes
The Woodward Charitable Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts. Each year the trustees of the Woodward Charitable Trust set aside funds for summer playschemes for children between the ages of 5-16 years. Most grants awarded are in the range of £500 to £1,000. Around 35 grants are made each year.
Deadline 12pm(noon) on 8 April 2022.
The Prince’s Countryside Fund: Supporting Rural Communities
Supporting Rural Communities is their flagship grant programme, awarding £500,000 each year. The PCF awards grants of up to £25,000 over two years, for projects that will create a long-term difference in rural communities across the UK. Applicants must be from properly constituted, not for profit organisations with an income of less than £500,000.
Deadline 12pm(noon) on 12 April 2022.
Asda Foundation: Empowering Local Communities Grant
Asda’s charity, Asda Foundation, is committed to supporting local communities through grant giving. This grant is designed to support a broad range of activities helping to transform communities and improve lives. They know every community need is different and therefore they will support and fund what is needed and important to your community.
Deadline 15 April 2022. |
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Get ahead with GrantTracker and access over 900 funding schemes in NI's leading database. Just £100 a year for NICVA members
and £145 for non-members here.
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Funding at your Fingertips
Northern Ireland’s leading funding toolkit. Helping charities and communities thrive.
www.grant-tracker.org |
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Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee - Funding OPEN!
In order to ensure groups are not penalised in their normal two grant applications, Council permits an additional application only to mark Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Applications should be submitted through one of the following categories:
Small Event Category (100% funding up to a maximum of £1,000) for events with up to 500 people in attendance (participants and attendees combined) taking place between 1 April 2022 to 31 August 2022.
N.B. Funding for the event will be reduced on a pro-rata basis if profit** exceeds £200.
Medium Event Category (75% funding up to a maximum of £2,500) for events with more than 500 but less than 2,000 people in attendance (participants and attendees combined) taking place between 1 April 2022 to 31 August 2022.
N.B. Funding for the event will be reduced on a pro-rata basis if profit** exceeds £500
Single Commemorative Piece (100% funding up to a maximum of £1000)
Consideration will be given in this category to a commemorative item in celebration or recognition of Her Majesty the Queen in her Platinum Jubilee Year. To be applied under the Small Event Category by 31 August 2022.
https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/resident/grants/grants
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