Ballymun Regeneration Fund Advice To Help You Make The Best Application

Please take a few minutes to read our step-by-step guide. It will help ensure your group makes the best possible application for support. If you need more help before making an application, you can always get in touch – email [email protected]  or call 01-2225714   

Are you eligible? What groups can apply to Ballymun Social Regeneration Fund for support?

• Organisations are funded in order to meet the needs and gaps in service provision, projects and programmes in the Ballymun area linked to the Sustaining Regeneration Strategy 

• Your group must be a not-for-profit organisation that is based in and benefits residents who normally reside in Ballymun

• In every instance, 80% of the project’s beneficiaries must be resident in the defined Ballymun area and you must be able to illustrate this within your application.

What type of applications will be considered for support?

Local projects, which improve the quality of life & build the community capacity. Applications will be considered across the seven themes of the Sustaining Regeneration Strategy

• Place Making
• Education, Lifelong Learning and Training
• Community Safety
• Health and Wellbeing
• Child Development and Family Support
• Arts and Culture
• Recreation and Sport

What applications will not be considered for support?

1. Applications from organisations that have started new programmes/services or incurred expenditure before funding is sought or confirmed.
2. Applications from private, profit making, or commercial organisations.
3. Applications from national charitable or not-for-profit organisations who do not base their operations for this fund in Ballymun.
4. Applications from organisations where there is a clear statutory public services responsibility.
5. Applications from organisations seeking support for items that mainly benefit individuals (e.g. sport/clothing/dance costumes/band uniforms etc.) where there is no evidence of wider community engagement.
6. Applications from individuals (e.g. for personal sponsorship)
7. Applications for a project promoting religious or political beliefs.

Make your application in good time

1. Complete the application form, taking note of the fund’s terms and conditions before making your submission and ensuring you answer all questions and submit your budget costings. Applications must be made online. Help completing the application is also available by contacting the fund administrator at [email protected] or 01-2225714.

Please use the following checklist to ensure you have fully completed the application form:

• Schedule 1 Workplan 2023
• Schedule 2 Budget 2023

• Schedule 3 Mission Statement
• Schedule 4 Insurance Details
• Schedule 6 List of Employees currently funded by the BSR Fund

• Schedule 7 Organisational Chart/Structure
• Schedule 8 Names of the members of your Board/Management Committee and the dates when they were first appointed. Please indicate the name of the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and the dates they were first appointed to these positions.

 Applications for funding for 2023, must be received no later than December 13th 2022 at 5pm.

What happens after your application is submitted?

1. You will receive an acknowledgement confirming receipt of your application.  Incomplete applications will be excluded for 2023 funding so it is important you ensure you answer all questions and supply the necessary documents outlined on the application form to ensure your application is not delayed.
2. The Assessment Panel who administer the fund on behalf of Dublin City Council will meet in January 2023 to assess each application. All applications will be notified of the Committee’s decision within 1 week of the meeting taking place. Successful applicants will receive a letter of offer confirming funding allocation, and next steps including the drawing down of funds, reporting and record keeping requirements.
3. The full list of applicants and financial amounts will be brought to the North West Area Committee in report form for noting once agreed by the Assessment Panel.

Acknowledgement of support

1. All local groups are requested to acknowledge that their programme/service is supported by the Dublin City Council Ballymun Social Regeneration Fund as outlined in the SLA.

Funding Conditions

1. A minimum of 25% of any funding approved, for any organisation, must be used for programme costs, excluding pay and overheads.
2. For new applicants to the SRF 2022/2023 a minimum of 50% must be allocated to programmes (excluding salaries, wages and overheads).
3. Funding cannot be used for the purchase of capital items, the payment of redundancy monies or compensation, or the payment of any costs arising due to bankruptcy or insolvency. Small incidental capital costs associated with programme delivery will be considered e.g. a laptop.
4. Projects must be capable of delivery within an agreed timeframe.
5. All programmes/services funded will operate in accordance with Service Level Agreements.
6. Financial output returns must be submitted quarterly for each programme, followed by annual progress reports. A set of audited accounts for 2021 must be submitted by all new applicants for BSR 2023 funding.
7. Any excess funds unspent by the service provider at the end of the contract period are to be repaid to DCC within 30 days of the end of the contract period.
8. Any change of your personnel/management board associated with this application during the contract period is to be notified to DCC.
9. Organisations must certify that they comply with all legal and regulatory requirements relating to their organisation.
10. Where an element of the approved project is not carried out as per the project application, funding may be reduced to reflect the amended project.
11. Full and accurate documentation to support all expenditure should be maintained and accessible for audit purposes at all times and for a period of three years from the date of completion of the project.

Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the project outputs and outcomes should take place in the context of assessing the impact of the project.