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The administration of the Community Festivals Fund is to transfer to local councils effective from April 2008.
The Arts Council has announced that it has fulfilled its pledge to plough the hard-won uplift of £1.7m it secured through the NI Budget 2008-11 straight back into the arts in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Finance and Personnel has indicated that the consultation in Northern Ireland on dormant accounts funding will not now take place as planned early in 2008.
The Minister for Social Development, Margaret Ritchie, has announced on 10 March 2008 the next steps in tackling deprivation in Northern Ireland’s 36 most disadvantaged communities. Among the measures announced are plans to move Neighbourhood Renewal under the remit of local Councils.
The Government has announced in its Spring 2008 budget that Gift Aid will remain at 28p in the pound for a 3 year transitional period. Awareness campaigns on Gift Aid however are only being supported in England.
Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Edwin Poots, MLA and the Chairman of the Ulster-Scots Agency Mark Thompson have met to discuss the increased funding in the budget for the Ulster Scots Agency.
Many voluntary and community organisations are currently negotiating contracts and grants for the forthcoming year. Positive Steps and HM Treasury Guidance spells out government's position of Full Cost Recovery.
The HM Revenue and Customs has guidance on its website regarding the rules for benefits as a result of gift aid donations. The benefits rules changed from 6 April 2007.
EDACT has announced a call for application for its small grants programme for drug and alcohol projects.
Revisions have been made to the funding priorities of some of the Big Lottery Fund's Awards For All distributors, and will be effective from 1st April 2008, the Guidance notes and application forms are currently being updated.
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