The purpose of the Community Festival Fund is to support, promote and develop the capacity of communities to host community festival events across the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area.
The fund will also enable organisations to celebrate their unique cultural and community identity, to promote diversity and to strengthen good community relations within and between communities.
A community festival is a festival which has developed from within a community and should celebrate and positively promote what the community represents.
The Community Festivals Fund was established in recognition of the positive contribution that festivals can make to communities and to the local economy. The main purpose of Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council’s Community Festivals Fund is ‘to enable communities to enhance their quality of life through participation/engagement in culture, arts and leisure activities.’ (Department for Communities Community Festivals Fund Revised Policy and Guidance Framework October 2015). The fund will enable organisations to celebrate their unique cultural and community identity, to promote diversity and to strengthen good community relations within and between communities.
You may find it helpful to discuss your project with one of officers within the Community Festival Unit before submitting your application:-
Catherine Farrimond, Community Development Officer catherine.farrimond@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk or
Adele McCloskey, Community Facilities Development Officer adele.mccloskey@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk
Deadline for Submission of Application is 6th February 2026 @ 12 noon.
How to Apply
To apply for any of the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Councils grants please apply online here https://grants.ccgbcapps.com/
