Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund
The Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund is a small capital grant scheme for voluntary and community organisations. The Fund is a £4.32 million grant scheme to support voluntary and community sector organisations to improve the internal or external fabric of their existing community buildings. The fund is being delivered by the Department for Communities in partnership with Co-operation Ireland.
Background
The aim is to enable community organisations to better meet the needs of their community and/or improve the quality and range of activities delivered in community buildings.
The scheme will provide funding towards:
- repairs to existing community buildings (for example, refurbishment or structural repairs, roof work, repairs to meet health and safety or building regulations)
- small scale refurbishment or renovation works to improve communal facilities, for example kitchen and toilets or changes to enable multi-use of premises
- capital works for accessibility improvements (upgrades such as ramps or lifts)
- energy efficiency measures (such as boiler replacement, window upgrades, insulation, heating systems, or solar panels).
The scheme opened for Expressions of Interest on 1 October 2025 and closed on 29 October 2025. Successful Expressions of Interest have now progressed to Stage Two Full Application. Projects are to be delivered between 1 April 2026 and 31 March 2027.
Guidance notes
For more information, the guidance notes are available: