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Applications are open for our Summer Community Diversionary Festival Funding Programme. This programme provides funding to eligible community-based groups working to support young people and communities during July and August in Belfast. We are holding information sessions on the funding programme on Tuesday 21 May 2024.
Apply for Summer Community Diversionary Festival Funding
Grants between £25,000 and £100,000 are available to eligible groups. For an application form, email SCDF@belfastcity.gov.uk. The closing date for applications is Tuesday 28 May 2024 at 10am.
Summer Community Diversionary Funding programme information sessions
To learn more about our programme, book one of our online information sessions:
- Tuesday 21 May at 1pm
- Tuesday 21 May at 6pm
To book your place or ask for more information, email SCDF@belfastcity.gov.uk.
Eligibility criteria for Summer Community Diversionary Festival Funding Programme
This programme is for community-based festivals and events that make a significant contribution to the reduction of anti-social behaviour linked to key dates in the summer, specifically 11 July and 8 August.
For the funding programme, we will use these criteria:
- constituted community and voluntary organisations must be based in the Belfast City Council area.
- applications must score above the eligbility threshold to be considered for funding.
There will be an independent evaluation of all events that receive funding.
Summer Community Diversionary Festival Funding Programme in 2025
If a group awarded funding in 2024 does not submit paperwork and receipts for vouching purposes by a designated date, that group will be ineligible for our Summer Community Diversionary Festival Funding Programme in 2025.