Grants and funding

Belfast Festival of Learning will take place from 9 to 13 April 2025.T he festival will showcase learning opportunities in different settings across Belfast. 

Constituted, not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply for a grant up to £500 to assist with the costs of scheduling an event during festival week. Funding can be used for renting space, decoration, transport, promotion and activities. Events must be open to all, free to attend and align with the 2025 festival theme, Creating Connections.

To receive an application form and guidance notes, email [email protected].

• Community Festival Fund
• Arts and Heritage
• Good Relations
• Park Events
• Support for Sport: Sports Events
• Support for Sport: Large Development Grant
• Support for Sport: Small Development Grant
• Support for Sport: Hospitality Grant
• Support for Sport: Sporting Individual Grant
• Community Summer Scheme

To access information on these grants and guidance notes, go to our Online Funding Hub (link opens in new window).

Open to not-for-profit community, voluntary or social enterprise organisations, the aim of a social supermarket is to offer a sustainable response to food insecurity by seeking to help address the root causes of poverty rather than simply provide food. This is achieved by providing, in addition to food support, a referral network for wraparound support which can include, but is not limited to:

• advice on debt, benefits, budgeting and housing;
• healthy eating advice and guidance;
• physical and mental health referral; and
• education, training, and volunteering opportunities to enhance employability skills.

For an application form and guidance notes email [email protected].