Summary of the programme
Energy Efficient Venues will pay for community organisations to carry out works to their venue to make them more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient. As well as benefiting the environment, this programme will help community organisations save on their heating and lighting costs.
The outcome of the Energy Efficient Venues programme is:
Organisations have been supported to create energy efficient community venues across Northern Ireland.
Grant sizes
Grants of £2,000 - £10,000 and grants of £15,000 - £50,000 are available for groups to carry out improvements such as double glazing, upgrading insulation, or installing a more efficient heating system.
If the venue is already energy efficient, a grant could give organisations the opportunity to install solar panels, wind turbines, or biomass technologies such as wood pellet boilers.
What to do next
The closing date for applications is 12pm on Friday 1 June 2012.
Make sure you have enough time to prepare your application.
You can choose to make one grant application, for either a small grant or a large grant. If you are applying for a £15,000 - £50,000 grant you will need to have carried out an energy audit and obtained any necessary statutory permissions before sending us your application.
If you want to make two applications (for a small grant followed by a large grant, or two small grants) you will need think about whether you have enough time to do this. To apply for a second grant, you must have successfully completed the work on your small grant, submitted your End of grant report and received confirmation that your small grant has been closed.
You should be aware that we anticipate that the grant programme may be oversubscribed and therefore an application is not guaranteed to be successful.
Take a look at the news section to see the kind of projects that we have funded so far.
The programme guidance notes have more information about our application requirements.
Contact
Information team
Big Lottery Fund
1 Cromac Quay
Cromac Wood
Ormeau Road
Belfast
BT7 2JD
Phone: 028 9055 1455
Fax: 028 9055 1445
Textphone: 028 9055 1431
Email: enquiries.ni@biglotteryfund.org.uk
