PROGRESSIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY AWARDS SCHEME
A Community Awards Scheme Panel, working independently of the Society, meet twice yearly to assess applications and allocate awards ranging from £200 to £2,000.
Applications for Community Awards must be made using the Society's Application Form, which must bear the nomination of a current Member of the Society. Applications submitted without the nomination of a current Member will be returned.
Applications will only be accepted from non-profit organisations working for the benefit of communities within Northern Ireland.
The Rules of the Scheme can be found on the reverse of the Application Form, available from any branch of the Society. Please feel free to download a copy of the form available from the download section of this site.
PAST RECIPIENTS
Over the past few years we have granted many awards to various community groups and charities. These include:
NI Childrens Hospice, Heartbeat NI, Action Cancer, Age Concern NI, Aware Defeat Depression, Ballymena Area Childrens Contact Centre, Camphill Village Community, Childline, Disability Action, CRUSE, Dunclug Nursery School, Enniskillen Riding School for the Disabled, Fleming Fulton Phab and many more.
At the last meeting of the Panel, awards granted included:
Alzheimers Society, Nite Lite Team (Alexandra Presbyterian Church), Boys Brigage (Belfast), Belfast MDF Self Help Group and Belvoir Disability Football Club
FURTHER INFORMATION / OBTAINING AN APPLICATION FORM
If you have any queries please contact any of our branch offices or Christine Hamill on 02890821827 or you can download a PDF copy of the Community Awards application form by visiting our download section of the website.
Judging takes place twice a year at approximately the end of May and November. Members are encouraged to apply as early as possible for any round of funding.
Below are a selection of awards that have previously been awarded by the Society. You can view a larger version of the picture by clicking on the image.
Portadown & District Battalion of the Boys' Brigade
Portadown & District Battalion of the Boys' Brigade received £1000 towards the costs of an extensive renovation project at the Battalion's 'Rocky Mountain Centre', situated in the Mourne Mountains. Boys' Brigade members Scott Cochrane (left) and Dalton Ashfield-Beattie are pictured ready for an action packed adventure watched by (centre) Declan Moore, Area Manager of Progressive Building Society, (back, left) Alan Milligan, Vice President of the Portadown & District Battalion of the Boys' Brigade, and Raymond Campbell, who is a builder by trade and also Chairman of the Battalions' Company Section Committee.
Leonard Cheshire Disability
Leonard Cheshire Disability in Omagh received £1,500 to leasea pollytunnel and some outside garden space at the Macca Resource Centre for a horticultural project, where the flowers and vegetables grown by service users will be later sold during two open days that the group will host in summer. Pictured are (left) Sinead Murphy, Manager, Get Going Resource Centre (Leonard Cheshire Disability's only day service in Northern Ireland), Malcolm Taylor, service user and volunteer, and Amanda Wilson, Progressive Building Society.
New Mossley Presbyterian Church
New Mossley Presbyterian Church in received £1500 towards the costs of developing a drop in centre at the Church on Friday evenings. Amongst other activities young people will now have the opportunity to learn new skills such as cooking. Pictured are (from left) Graeme Norris, Area Manager, Progressive Building Society; Judith Paxton, Youth & Community Worker for New Mossley Presbyterian Church, with participant Claire Gorman.
