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FODC Opens Funding Streams

21 February 2025

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council have opened two funding streams which may be of interest to Ulster-Scots groups in the area.

The funding streams are:

  • Ulster-Scots in the Community – 2025/26
  • Good Relations – 2025/26. 

Ulster-Scots in the Community – 2025/26 

Ulster-Scots in the Community grant aid is available to groups to deliver projects that promote, enhance, and encourage greater understanding of Ulster-Scots heritage, language, and culture in the district. Applicants should demonstrate that their project focuses on ONE or more of the following objectives:

1. To raise the profile of Ulster-Scots in the district

2. To reach out to engage people whose primary identity is not Ulster-Scots

3. To provide opportunities for groups to extend their knowledge and understanding of Ulster-Scots heritage, language and culture. 

Project activity may include one or more of the following – language, music, dance, literature, drama, and heritage (workshops, presentations, study visits, tours). 

Applicants are asked to complete their application form through the Council’s official portal only. Only authorised representatives of the organisation may apply. 

For full eligibility and guidance notes, please follow this link: https://fodc.submit.com/show/78 

If you require assistance with completing the form, please contact the Grants and Investment Unit, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council – Tel: 0300 303 1777 / Email: grants@fermanaghomagh.com


Good Relations – 2025/26 

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council’s Good Relations Grant Programme supports, encourages and facilitates activities which enhance and develop community relations within the district, and which promote good relations between persons of different political opinion, racial group or religious belief.

Organisations can apply for Good Relations funding at 100% for projects that contribute to “Together: Building a United Community” (T:BUC) priorities:

  • Our Children and Young People – To continue to improve attitudes amongst our young people and to build a community where they can play a full and active role in building good relations.
  • Our Shared Community – To create a community where division does not restrict the life opportunities of individuals and where all areas are open and accessible to everyone.
  • Our Safe Community – To create a community where everyone feels safe in moving around and where life choices are not inhibited by fears around safety.
  • Our Cultural Expression – To create a community which promotes mutual respect and understanding, is strengthened by its diversity, and where cultural expression is celebrated and embraced.

Projects can use a range of activities such as sport, music, art, personal development, leadership to engage with and make a difference in the local community.

Applicants are asked to complete their application form through the Council’s official portal only. Only authorised representatives of the organisation may apply. 

For full eligibility and guidance notes, please follow this link: https://fodc.submit.com/show/77  

If you require assistance with completing the form, please contact the Grants and Investment Unit, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council – Tel: 0300 303 1777 / Email: grants@fermanaghomagh.com

This programme has received financial support from the Executive Office under the Together: Building a United Community Strategy and can be viewed on: www.executiveoffice-ni.gov.uk.