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04/11/2013
£1.2m Earmarked For NI Volunteers
£1.2m funding is to be used to help organisations across Northern Ireland recruit and support volunteers.
Minister for Social Development Nelson McCausland launched the Volunteering Small Grants Programme today.
The new programme is a key part of Northern Ireland’s first ever volunteering strategy 'Join in, Get involved: Build a Better Future'.
Minister McCausland said: "The Small Grants Programme will increase and develop local volunteer involvement and give more support to front line volunteers. With some £600,000 available each year for the next two years my Department expects to issue over 600 grants.
"Increasing the amount of government funding going out in small grants and centralising the administration of this new programme will have a great impact and allow many more volunteering organisations to benefit from existing government funding."
Grants of £200 - £1,500 will be available to organisations working with volunteers throughout Northern Ireland.
The scheme has four key objectives:
(IT/CD)
Minister for Social Development Nelson McCausland launched the Volunteering Small Grants Programme today.
The new programme is a key part of Northern Ireland’s first ever volunteering strategy 'Join in, Get involved: Build a Better Future'.
Minister McCausland said: "The Small Grants Programme will increase and develop local volunteer involvement and give more support to front line volunteers. With some £600,000 available each year for the next two years my Department expects to issue over 600 grants.
"Increasing the amount of government funding going out in small grants and centralising the administration of this new programme will have a great impact and allow many more volunteering organisations to benefit from existing government funding."
Grants of £200 - £1,500 will be available to organisations working with volunteers throughout Northern Ireland.
The scheme has four key objectives:
- to increase volunteer activity by groups under-represented in the volunteering population, including people not in paid work
- to increase numbers of new volunteers
- to promote innovative methods of recruiting new volunteers
- to promote innovative methods of engaging with and supporting both new and existing volunteers
(IT/CD)
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