Small Grants Scheme
Applications for the Small Grant Scheme 2025-26 will reopen in late summer of 2025 for community groups, schools and non-for-profit organisations to develop environmental improvement projects.
If you were successful in receiving funding this year, stay up to date by logging in to your grant account.
Objectives
The Scheme offers funding for projects that revitalise shared greenspaces, benefitting the community and the environment. The Scheme has been supporting community volunteers focused on environmental action since 2014.
This grant scheme seeks to:
- Increase civic pride and improve the quality of the local environment
- Transform underused spaces into vibrant and valued community places
- Improve the health and wellbeing of communities whilst helping to improve public spaces
- Support environmentally focused actions and help to increase local biodiversity
2024-25 Grantees
For information regarding your grant, please log in to our grant portal. Access the Small Grants Scheme Guidance Notes and our FAQs here. Suggested suppliers can be found here.
2023-24 Scheme
The Scheme for the year 2023-24 saw an impressive number of applications, totaling 454. This includes an encouraging 249 new applicants showing interest in the scheme and in environmental and community development. This year was particularly successful, with a significant 89 projects completing their grant project. The total investment allocated amounted to a whooping £113,760! Check out some previous projects:
Tynedale Residents Association
Acknowledgments
The Small Grants Scheme is funded by 9 local councils and Northern Ireland Housing Executive and supported by Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful and Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs.
