Open Emergency Funds
National Lottery Awards for All Northern Ireland (New COVID-19 restriction)
Description:
A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £10,000. Suitable for voluntary or community organisations. In a statement, CEO Dawn Austwick stated all the funding decisions they make for the next six months (up to £300m of National Lottery funding) will be devoted to addressing the current crisis. This is restricted to:
- Activities specifically geared to supporting communities through this crisis
- Helping organisations overcome any liquidity issues caused by COVID-19.
Application deadline: rolling
Coronavirus Community Fund
Description:
The Community Foundation of Northern Ireland is offering grants to constituted community organisations throughout Northern Ireland. Partnership approach encouraged.
The current focus is to support groups and organisations working with the following communities and issues and that are affected by coronavirus.
Application deadline: none specified
CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund
Description:
This Fund is to help smaller charitable organisations in the UK affected by the impact of Covid-19. Grants of up to £10,000 are available.
Application deadline: none specified
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland – Small and Medium Grants Programmes
Description:
Halifax Foundation has explicitly recommended groups to apply for small and medium grants during this time. Any Covid related applications designed to support the community at this time of crisis will be prioritised and turned around as quickly as possible. Includes funding for core costs.
- Small Community Grants (Up to £2,500/12 month grant/rolling programme)
- Medium Community Grants (£2,500 – £10,000/12 month grant/rolling programme)
Application deadline: rolling
Neighbourly Covid-19 Community Fund
Description:
Micro grants are available for charities and community groups that are existing members of the “Neighbourly” CSR platform, to support good causes that are helping communities affected by the Coronavirus outbreak. The funding is for activities that support members of the community who are suffering economically, socially or from ill health as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. (max. £400)
Application deadline: none specified
Facebook Small Business Grants Program
Description:
Facebook is offering $100m in cash grants and advertising credits for up to 30,000 small businesses that are facing disruptions due to the virus.
Application deadline: none specified
Invest NI COVID Small Business Grant
Description:
A grant of £10,000 will be paid to small businesses that already pay reduced business rates because of Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR). SBRR is automatically applied to business properties with a rateable value below £15,000, though some exclusions apply.
- Find out more about Small Business Rate Relief
- Search the Valuation List to find the rateable value of a business property, also known as the Net Annual Value (NAV)
Application deadline: none specified
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan
Description:
The temporary Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme supports SMEs with access to loans, overdrafts, invoice finance and asset finance of up to £5 million and for up to 6 years.
The government will also make a Business Interruption Payment to cover the first 12 months of interest payments and any lender-levied fees, so smaller businesses will benefit from no upfront costs and lower initial repayments.
Application deadline: none specified
Upcoming Emergency Funds
Self-employment Income Support Scheme
Description:
The Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) will support self-employed individuals (including members of partnerships) whose income has been negatively impacted by COVID-19. The scheme will provide a grant to self-employed individuals or partnerships, worth 80% of their profits up to a cap of £2,500 per month.
Application deadline: none specified
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Description:
Under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, all UK employers with a PAYE scheme will be able to access support to continue paying part of their employees’ salary for those that would otherwise have been laid off during this crisis.
This applies to employees who have been asked to stop working, but who are being kept on the pay roll, otherwise described as ‘furloughed workers’. HMRC will reimburse 80% of their wages, up to £2,500 per month. This is to safeguard workers from being made redundant.
Application deadline: none specified (expected to open end of April 2020)