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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.

The Sports Minister Edwin Poots MLA has announced that the NI Assembly will provide £4.2million to sport to compensate for Lottery sports money which has been redirected to the 2012 London Olympics.

NICVA estimates the loss of revenue to Good Causes due to the London 2012 Olympics as £2billion across the UK or £80m in Northern Ireland.

Details are emerging of how the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust will slash funding to vountary sector organisations delivering frontline services.

A total of 52 projects across Northern Ireland have so far been awarded grants totalling £2,571,045 through the Big Lottery Fund’s £5m Improving Community Buildings programme.

The Community Development and Health Network is opening a new round of funding through its Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership Programme (BCPP)

Is your organisation faced with a cut in funding because of efficiency savings your statutory funder is required to make? Let us know.
The Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister has opened the 2008/2009 funding round for work with ethnic minority communities.

The Environment and Heritage Service (EHS) is currently consulting on a revised grant scheme for the Historic Buildings grant aid scheme.
Nationwide Building Society has teamed up with the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to launch the Nationwide Community and Heritage Awards 2008, inviting the public to nominate people or groups who deserve recognition for community or voluntary work that has made a real difference to people’s lives.

Foras na Gaeilge is providing funding for youth schemes and summer camps in 2008.

Charity Choice has suspended registration of Northern Ireland charities because it cannot confirm charitable status. A meeting is being held shortly to review the policy.

"Integrating Communities" is a programme of support managed by the Northern Ireland Rural Development Council (RDC) and funded by the International Fund for Ireland.

Business in the Community’s third annual Regional Recognition Awards, in association with resource have been launched.
UnLtd the charity which supports social entrepreneurs have opened their level 2 awards.
NITB request applications for the Tourism Development Scheme (TDS) which will provide financial assistance to capital projects that can demonstrate that they will increase tourism activity to and within Northern Ireland.

The Youth Council for Northern Ireland (YCNI) wishes to invite applications very quickly for short term programmes.

Search for your valentine funder - free access to the Grant Tracker website. There is also the chance to win 1 year's free subscription and a new Grant Tracker website on its way.

NICVA has put together a list of the potential council clusters for the Peace III Programme. This article provides information the current progress of clusters, contacts details and a map of the proposed clusters.

Entries are currently being accepted for the Charity Awards 2008, the charity sector’s well-established celebration of management excellence, organised by Plaza Publishing.
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