Rural Action Awards for 2026/2027
Funds volunteer-led community action projects. Rural community groups and charities can apply.
Confirm amounts, deadlines, and eligibility on the funder site.
- Amount
- £1,000
- Scope
- All Northern Ireland
- Deadline
- Date unknown
Criteria and guidance
Open to constituted rural community-based organisations in Northern Ireland or border counties. Provides 1000 GBP towards practical, tangible, and time-bound projects that must complete within 12 weeks.
Selection is via a random draw after each call for applications.
What is funded
The Rural Action Awards for 2026/2027 are open for applications and will close on 20th September 2026. Please follow our Facebook page for further updates Our established Awards offer rural community-based organisations, in Northern Ireland or the border counties of Sligo, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim and Louth, the opportunity to apply for and secure £1000 or €1000 towards their volunteer led community action project.
Our Rural Action Awards scheme for this year will again support 12 volunteer led community action projects up to March 2027. As before, the scheme is open to constituted rural community-based organisations including charities, not for profit community groups, sporting and cultural organisations, heritage groups, Parent Teacher Associations, youth groups/clubs and social enterprises.
The scheme seeks to support practical, tangible and timebound projects where the project must complete within 12 weeks. This years Awards will operate 3 calls for applications in the financial year to end March 2027.
After each call a random selection will identify 4 recipients. Upon successful completion of verification, each will receive £1000/€1000 towards their chosen community project.
Full Details: Rural Action Awards – Rural Action
Confirm amounts, deadlines, and eligibility on the official page before you apply.
Apply on the funder siteListings are scraped from funder websites and can be incomplete or out of date. Last indexed 26 Aug 2026. Amounts are in pounds sterling (£).