AQW 27625/22-27


Mr Mark Durkan
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Foyle


Tabled Date: 22/05/2025
Answered On Date: 29/05/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail a list of (i) successful; and (ii) unsuccessful, applicants to the Core Grant Funding Scheme for 2025/26; and (iii) the total awards allocated to each, broken down by local council area.


Answer:
The following tables provide the list of (i) successful and (ii) unsuccessful applicants to the Core Grant Funding Scheme for 2025/26.
The Department does not gather the information requested at constituency level.
Organisations which were successful in the 2025/26 funding round are listed below.
Name of organisation
Total funding sought
ACET Northern Ireland Ltd
£30,016.45
Action Cancer
£100,000
Action Mental Health
£92,965.25
All Lives Are Precious LTD
(ALPS)
£36,870
ASCERT
£99,964
AWARE NI
£99,178
Cancer Focus NI
£99,189
CDHN
£56,719.37
Children in Northern Ireland
£76,416
Children's Law Centre
£77,609.11
Cruse Bereavement Support
£46,351
Informing Choices
£54,055
Life NI
£28,060.74
National Autistic Society NI
£84,377
NI Chest Heart and Stroke
£85,000
Northern Ireland Hospice
£98,732
NSPCC
£100,000
RNIB
£100,000
Solas Special Needs Charity
£99,826.91
Southern Area Hospice Services
£100,000
Tackling Awareness of Mental Health Issues (TAMHI)
£17,157
The Fostering Network
£42,750
The Parent Rooms
£63,841
VOYPIC
£99,720
Young Lives vs Cancer
£95,964
Organisations which were unsuccessful in the 2025/26 funding round are listed below. All bids were in the range of £5000 to £100,000.
Organisation
Women's Aid Federation NI
Mencap NI
Hive Cancer Support
Age NI
The Rainbow Project
Autism NI
HDANI (Huntington's Disease Association NI)
CAUSE NI Ltd
Compass Advocacy Network
Training for Women Network Ltd
The Cedar Foundation
Inspire
Bolster Community
Stepping Stones
Youthlife
Disability Action
Stroke Association
Belfast Exposed
Tiny Life
Men’s Advisory Project
Mental Health Foundation
Links Counselling Service
The Aisling Centre
Children’s Heartbeat Trust
Action Deaf Youth
Fermanagh Women's Aid
The Resurgam Trust
YMCA Ireland
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society
British Deaf Association
Cara-Friend
Include Youth
NICMA
Clanrye Group
Home-Start Down District
Volunteer Now
The Advantage Foundation Ltd
Association for Real Change, Northern Ireland
Foyle Women’s Aid
Kids Together Belfast
Vineyard Compassion
Brain Injury Matters (NI)
RNID
Specialisterne NI
West Wellbeing
Adoption UK Charity
Family Care Adoption Services
The Churches Trust Ltd
Carers NI
Cancer Fund for Children
Start360
Sense NI
Adopt NI
Parenting Focus NI
Relate NI
Beyond the Battlefield
Greater Shankill Partnership
L’Arche Belfast
The Samaritans
Cancer Lifeline
Fresh Minds Education
Home-Start East Antrim
Tara Centre Omagh
BEAM
The Old Library trust
Depaul Northern Ireland
Developing Healthy Communities
uHub Therapy Centre
Derry Well Women
Orchardville
Contact a Family
HERe NI
MindWise New Vision (operating as MindWise)
PAPYRUS
Impact Network NI
Charis Cancer Care
YMCA North Down
Extern NI
Mornington Community Project
Glow NI
LORAG
Mid & East Antrim Agewell Partnership
Versus Arthritis
Down Armagh Rural Transport (DART)
ROSPA
The Back Up Trust
Beat (formerly Eating Disorders Association)
Epilepsy Action
Knitted Knockers
Bogside & Brandywell Health Forum
STEP NI
Cancer Connect
Find Help NI
Access Employment
NIFSA (Northern Ireland Forest School Association)
Omagh Volunteer Centre
Nexus
ARC Fitness
Springfield Charitable Association Limited
Home Start Banbridge
Rapid
MYMY
Rural Health Partnership
AIIHPC (All Ireland Institute of Hospice and Palliative Care)
Ashes to Gold
Foyle Down Syndrome Trust
ADDNI Ltd
Northlands
New Lodge Duncairn Community Health Partnership
SWELL
KAIROS Enterprises
Autonomie
Age Concern Causeway
Positive Life
Women's Resource & Development Agency
Derg Valley Care Limited
174 Trust
Cairde Uí Néill
Dunlewey Addiction Services
Music in Hospitals & Care
CHILD Training Academy
Everyday Harmony
Foyle Hospice
SOS NI
Foyle Obon
The Appleby Trust
The Hummingbird Project CIC
Mae Murray
Adapt NI
Community Intercultural Programme
Home Start Newry and Mourne
NI Active Youth (trading as Active Youth NI)
Youth Action NI
Inspiring Yarns
Lisburn Downtown Centre
Advocacy VSV
Down’s Syndrome Association
Sticky Fingers Arts
Goal Line Youth Trust
Newry and Mourne Community Transport
Down Community Transport
Life Changes Changes Lives
Family Routes
South West Age Partnership
Destined
Safe Families UK and Home for Good
Lenadoon Community Forum
Twins Trust
Family Caring Centre
Common Youth
Lisburn YMCA
Phoenix Education Centre
Home-Start UK
Counselling All Nations Services (CANS)
Crossroads Care NI Charitable Group
Arts Care
Stage Beyond Theatre Company
The Cithrah Foundation
Albert Street Community Centre
Windsor Women's Centre
Niamh Louise Foundation
Home-Start Causeway
Newington Day Centre
Play-A-Away
PIPS Hope & Support
Mid Ulster Community and Arts Trust Ltd
Derry Youth & Community Workshop
Camphill Community Clanabogan
Creggan Country Park
Early Years
Accord NI
Atlas Women's Centre
Survivors of Suicide
The Vine Centre
J29 Project
Community Advice Ards and North Down Ltd
FND Matters N. I
Assistance Dogs NI
Home-Start Ards Comber & Peninsula Area
Hope for tomorrow
Bees Nees
Scoil na Fuiseoige
SEN Space
Fermanagh Rural Community Initiative (FRCI)
East Belfast Independent Advice Centre
LIGHTHOUSE
Carrickfergus Hub Improving Lives Locally (CHILL)
O4O Cookstown
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful
Golden Thread Gallery
Rainbow Corner Pre-School and Playgroup
C.O.A.S.T.
Lavey Early Years Group
Belfast Lough Sailability
Newry Street Unite
Mid Ulster Agewell Partnership
Sustrans
Shopmobility Mid Ulster
Kiddies Castle Early Years
Cumann Gaelach Leath Chathail
Newtownabbey Men's Shed
Little Flower Playgroup
Castlewellan Cross Community Playgroup
Peatlands Playgroup
Greater Village Regeneration Trust
Mens Action Network
Building BallySally Together
Little Doves Childcare Centre
Recharge CIC
Tobin Centre
Crisis Café
St Finians Preschool
Apple Blossom Playgroup