SINN Féin’s Karen Mullan has today welcomed an announcement by the Minister Carál Ní Chuilín that her Department has joined forces with local philanthropists to invest £500,000 in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector.
Said the Foyle: “I would encourage local groups to apply for funding from this pilot scheme which will see an investment of £500,000 in the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector.
“These donations from local philanthropists will be matched by the Department for Communities and will help to create five new funds along with the Programme for Government objective to ‘Improve wellbeing for all by tackling disadvantage and driving growth.
“The grants of up to £15,000 will be available to the sector alongside a package of support, mentoring and training to help them with innovation, sustainability and resilience.
“Training will include online workshops in measuring impact, cyber security, diversifying funding, charitable trading and governance with 30 hours of bespoke mentoring available to voluntary groups.
“For additional details on the capacity building fund people should visit the site www.communityfoundationni.org”
