Community Relations Council Core Funding Scheme (Northern Ireland)
Funding
Contact funder
Deadline
12 November 2026
Location
Northern Ireland
Applications
Deadline: 12 November 2026
Overview
The Community Relations Council's Core Funding Scheme helps pay salaries and running costs for organisations doing strategic community relations work in Northern Ireland. Your work needs a clear good relations purpose and planned activities that tackle sectarianism, linked to a Together: Building a United Community outcome. Applications close at 4pm on 12 November 2026. The award size is not stated on the scheme page. Official source: https://www.community-relations.org.uk/funding-scheme/core-funding-scheme. Last checked by GrantMatch on 22 October 2026.
Requirements to check
Key requirements:
- Contribution to salary and running costs; amount not stated.
- Clear good relations purpose that addresses sectarianism.
- Closes 4pm, 12 November 2026.
Organisations in Northern Ireland whose work is of strategic importance to community relations, with a clear good relations purpose that directly addresses sectarianism.
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
Northern Ireland organisations doing strategic community relations and good relations work.
Sectors
Regions
Full details from Northern Ireland Community Relations Council
The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council's Core Funding Scheme supports organisations of strategic importance in promoting community relations work across Northern Ireland, contributing towards salary and organisational running costs. Work must be intentional, with a clear good relations purpose from the outset and planned activities that directly address sectarianism, and must meet an identified good relations need. Applicants must say which Together: Building a United Community outcome their work contributes to. This round, for 2027 to 2028, closes at 4pm on Thursday 12 November 2026. The award size is not stated on the scheme page; see the guidance notes.
Read the Core Funding Scheme guidance notes and FAQs on the Community Relations Council website, watch the how-to-apply video, then apply online from the scheme page by 4pm on 12 November 2026. The Funding and Development team can help before you apply.
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