DORMANT ACCOUNTS FUND

1. Title: DORMANT ACCOUNTS FUND2. Awarding Authority: The National Lottery Community Fund, GB. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: Dormant Accounts Fund NI will support the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector in the specified location to be more resilient and prepared for the future by funding activity that increases capacity and sustainability. We hope the programme will support organisations to adapt to future challenges and be more financially resilient.Dormant accounts are UK bank and building society accounts that have been untouched for 15 or more years, and where banks and building societies are unable to trace the customer who owns the account.We received policy directions?from?the Department of Finance in?September?2019. These funds are not derived from National Lottery activity. Around £20 million has built up over the past ten years.Money from Dormant Accounts will continue to be released for us to distribute each year to increase capacity, resilience and sustainability in the Northern Ireland VCSE sector. Given that this is a rolling fund, we’re taking a phased and long-term approach to support the sector, based on learning.For this first phase, we have developed a flexible and responsive grant programme that will support organisations to be able to adapt to future challenges and be more financially resilient. We’ll also support larger investments that will enable collaboration and develop new and creative approaches to sustainability. These Northern Ireland-wide or sector-specific proposals could focus on specific themes such as volunteering, digital capacity or diversity and inclusion.? These are examples of themes and not set criteria.In the grant programme, we want to fund organisations that can identify the best way to improve their long-term capacity, sustainability or resilience to best deliver their mission.We anticipate that we’ll award funding for between one and three years, in order to have the greatest impact for the organisations and the communities they serve.5. CPV Code(s): 66000000, 661100006. NUTS code(s): UKI, UKI3, UKI317. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Northern Ireland8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Funding size Up to £100,000 for individual organisationsTotal available If you think you will need more than £100,000 for your project because you’re working in partnership, please get in touch.10. As no deadline date has been specified please contact the awarding authority for further information.11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information and instructions in the above contract notice please visit website: 12. Other information: Application deadline OngoingTo apply go to the website at: # funding opportunity