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Change Something Round 2 Awards

Due to the sheer volume of ‘high-quality’ applications from young people throughout the North West to the ‘Change Something Fund’, Derry City & Strabane District Council and The National Lottery Community Fund have increased funding by £20k – bringing the final total of grants awarded for youth projects in 2019 to £120k. The second round of grants announced today will see 46 groups from across the Derry City & Strabane District Council area share a slice of £70k funding to help ‘Make.Change.Happen’ through a series of projects run by young people that will make a positive impact in their local community.
The projects awarded are listed below.
- Brady Academy awarded funds towards their traditional music programme led by Steven McKeever.
- Brass Works – Strabane Brass Band awarded funds towards their masterclass and performance.
- Club Oige Setanta awarded funds towards their social club activities including funding to purchase floor covering, pool table and other interactive activities.
- Cruise Centre awarded funds towards their multimedia and YouTube channel development.
- Dennett Anglers awarded funds towards their CAST Awards.
- Derg Valley Hospitality Association awarded funds towards the costs of hire of their staging for their ‘Open Mic’ event for young people.
- Derg Valley Angling Club awarded funds towards the costs of their ‘Introduction to Angling’ course.
- Derg Valley Ladies Hockey Club awarded funds towards the costs of the hire of equipment for their fun hockey tournament.
- Derry and Raphoe Action Limited awarded funds towards the costs of their Ulster Scots Speaking Competition and Ulster Scots Music Youth Band.
- Enagh Youth Forum awarded funds towards the costs of their Community Media Productions.
- Echo Echo Dance Company awarded funds towards the costs of their music and movement programme.
- First Act Theatre awarded funds towards their workshop costs with older people.
- Foyle College awarded funds towards the costs of providing reading materials in their ‘Peer Reading Programme’ led by senior pupils.
- Foyle Down Syndrome Trust awarded funds towards the costs of their ‘Equine Enrichment’ course.
- Greater Shantallow Community Arts awarded funds towards the costs of equipment needed for their intergenerational conversational programme with local older residents.
- Include Youth awarded funds towards the costs of transportation for young people to attend the creative programme in Strabane.
- Involve awarded funds towards the costs of their visual art project.
- In Your Space awarded funds towards the trainer costs of their Youth Troupe.
- Jazz Life Alliance awarded funds towards the costs of their programme of gigs and workshops.
- Kerala Association awarded funds towards the costs of good relations and cultural sharing programme.
- Killeter Development Trust awarded funds towards the volunteering costs and branding for their environmental clean-up.
- KVC Creativity awarded funds towards the costs of their after school cookery programme.
- Londonderry YMCA awarded funds towards their student de-stress programme.
- Mandarin Association Speakers Derry awarded funds towards the costs of their Chinese cultural exchange workshops with local young people.
- Millennium Forum awarded funds towards the costs of their ‘Energy of Light’ disco for young people with disabilities.
- North West Carnival Initiative awarded funds towards the costs of their engagement plans for the participation of young 14-25 year old LBGTQ+ community in the Halloween Carnival Parade.
- On Street Community Youth awarded funds towards the costs of the driving theory test and provisional licences for 12 young women at risk of further offending and participating in anti-social behaviour.
- Our Space awarded funds towards the costs of making a youth video.
- Outer West Neighbourhood Renewal Partnership awarded funds towards the costs of Life Coach and Sports Coach facilitation.
- Sollus School of Highland Dance awarded funds towards the costs of their professional workshops.
- St Cecilia’s College awarded funds towards the costs of fun literacy activities for students with dyslexia from across all the year groups.
- St Columb’s College awarded funds towards the costs of a 5K run and baseline surveys of participants around their mental health.
- St Columb’s Park Reconciliation Trust awarded funds towards the costs of their ‘Peace in the Park Youth Games Night’
- St Columb’s Park Reconciliation Trust awarded funds towards the costs of their project to work with local coffee shops to try to eliminate single use plastics.
- St Mary’s College awarded funds towards the costs of their workshop with Bruiser Theatre Company in preparation for their musical.
- Strabane A.Y.E awarded funds towards the costs of the fishery course and CAST awards.
- Strabane Training Services awarded funds towards the costs of improving their premises so that young people have somewhere to go.
- Strathfoyle Youth Centre awarded funds towards the costs of their summer programme.
- The Arts Academy awarded funds towards the costs of their music programme and rehearsal space.
- The Nerve Centre awarded funds towards the costs of their gig hosting Joe Talbot for young people.
- The Obon Foyle Festival Group awarded funds towards the costs of their drums and other equipment needed to develop their skills.
- The Store Front awarded funds towards the costs of their pop-up shop and workshops on sustainable clothing.
- The Void Art Gallery awarded funds towards the costs of their week long creative programme which will coincide with Pride Festival in August.
- Triax Neighbourhood Board awarded funds towards community workshops.
- UUM Trad awarded funds towards the costs of their Irish Traditional masterclasses.
- Verbal Arts Centre awarded funds towards the costs of the ’Man Down’ fabric bands.