£450,000 Community Festivals Funding

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The Northern Ireland Events Company is managing a major new funding programme aimed at supporting community festivals. £450,000 is available through the Community Festivals Fund to support festivals throughout Northern Ireland.

Mervyn Elder, chairman of the Events Company said,

We know that festivals can make a tremendous contribution to life here and in recognition of this the Community Festivals Fund has been established. We are delighted that the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has granted us the funding for this exciting new programme.

This will complement our existing Major Events and Events Growth Funds and I would encourage anyone organising a festival to get in touch with us.”

The first tranche of funding will support festivals taking place between 1 April and 31 July 2006. The application deadline is 5.00pm on Wednesday 29 March. Information and application packs are available from the Northern Ireland Events Company Icon of a telephone 028 9066 6661 or Icon of an envelope info@nievents.co.uk.

The Northern Ireland Events Company is funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure. £450,000 will be allocated in three tranches of funding to festivals taking place from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007.

Application deadlines for 2006-07 festivals

For festivals between:

  • 1 April 2006 – 31 July 2006. Closing date: 5.00pm Wednesday 29 March 2006
  • 1 August 2006 – 30 November 2006. Closing date: 5.00pm Friday 21 April 2006
  • 1 December 2006 – 31 March 2007. Closing date: 5.00pm Friday 18 Akugust 2006

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