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A new £8 million fund has been set up to help groups from across Belfast deliver capital projects in their neighbourhoods.
The Neighbourhood Regeneration Fund (NRF) aims to help groups deliver physical development projects that will make a real, long-term difference in their communities.
Projects must fit within one or more of three themes:
The fund is for capital projects only. The list below gives an idea of the type of things that can be funded, but it is not exhaustive. It can be used to fund the capital costs of:
You don’t have to have match funding in order to apply, but you will score more highly if you have secured some other funding.
If you have previously received capital funding from us, you can still apply for this fund.
The NRF cannot be used to fund:
This list is not exhaustive.
The Neighbourhood Regeneration Fund is our fresh approach to physical regeneration across the city. Its themes are directly linked to the following strategies:
We will use an Outcomes Based Accountability approach, or OBA, to monitor the impact of the fund. It measures effectiveness and impact by answering three questions: How much did we do? How well did we do it? Is anyone any better off?
All applicants must demonstrate at Stage 1 Application Stage how their project meets some of the NRF’s outcomes. More detail on outcomes is available in the application pack.
Projects will be assessed and scored against four key criteria:
An information session took place on Tuesday 1 March 2022. It included information on the fund, how to apply, the assessment process and information on the fund’s three themes – social economy, neighbourhood tourism and environmental sustainability. Watch the webinar.
To be eligible you must answer yes to all of the following questions:
If you do answer no to any of the questions, it is unlikely that you are eligible. Please note that we will also check that your project is within our legal powers to deliver.
Applications are now closed.
Details of the three-stage application process are included in the guidance notes and application pack. We hope that decisions on stage one will be made by autumn 2022.
Work on individual projects will get underway from 2023 onwards, with most projects likely to be completed within 12 months, depending on their complexity and scale.
More detailed timelines for the delivery of each project will be included in the final funding agreement.