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Mid Ulster to Benefit from £8m in Rural Development Funding
Mid Ulster Rural Development Partnership
Local Action Group
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RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANT SCHEME
OPEN from 3rd August 2020 Do you operate a micro business? (i.e. you employ less than 10 employees) Is your business based in a rural area? (a rural area is defined as an area with a population of less than 5,000 residents and outside designated urban areas of Magherafelt, Dungannon, Cookstown and Coalisland). If so you may be eligible to apply for funding under the Rural Business Development Grants Scheme. This Scheme aims to support the sustainability, survival and development of micro rural businesses across Northern Ireland by providing a small capital grant for the business. Funding for this Scheme is provided through the Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation (TRPSI) Programme funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs. Capital grants are offered at 50% of eligible expenditure up to a maximum of £4,999. The minimum grant level that can be applied for is £500, which means the minimum total project cost must be £1,000. The maximum total project costs must not exceed £20,000. Eligible expenditure under this scheme includes computer equipment and software, E-commerce websites, new equipment/ machinery, capital costs to facilitate health and safety changes to working practices and alterations to premises needed due to COVID 19 restrictions or building works to bring an area of a building back into economic use or improve/change the use of the building. Further detail on eligibility is available within the Scheme guidance notes by visiting www.midulstercouncil.org/businessgrowth Please read the guidance notes carefully to ensure you can meet the eligibility criteria set for the Scheme before applying. The guidance notes also provide instruction on completing your application and the supporting information you need to submit. Application forms will be available for download via the link above from 3rd August when the scheme opens. The closing date for completed applications will be: 12 noon on 11th September. Late applications will not be considered. This is a competitive process with limited funding available therefore it may not be possible to fund all applications. Grants awarded will be determined on the base of merit. For further information contact a member of the RDP Admin Unit on: Telephone: 03000 132 132 (Ext 22508 or 22506) or Email: rdp@midulstercouncil.org |
Mid Ulster Rural Development Partnership
Contact: Eamon Gallogly - Rural Development Manager Mid Ulster District Council - Tel: 028 867 64714 Mob:075 5337 3752. |
The Local Action Group for Mid Ulster has been formed - Mid Ulster Rural Development Partnership taking forward the delivery of Priority 6 funding under the new 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme in partnership with Mid Ulster District Council and part-funded via the Department of Environment, Agriculture & Rural Affairs (DAERA).
Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2014-2020
Mid Ulster Rural Development Partnership is responsible for delivering LEADER funding throughout Mid Ulster District Council under the 2014 – 2020 NI Rural Development Programme and is seeking applications for funding under 4 new Measures. At local level, funding will be used to encourage the economic development of rural Mid Ulster and will be delivered across a range of schemes.
What's Available
The NI Rural Development Programme (2014-2020) is open to people who live in, or organisations which operate in, either the countryside or in settlements with a population of less than 5,000.
MURD Partnership has identified the following schemes within its local rural development strategy.
Click the links below to open the scheme sheet for further detail on each.
Current Programme Measures:
Rural Business Investment
Rural Services
Village Action Scheme
Rural Broadband Scheme
Attendance at a funding workshop - Anyone thinking about making an application must attend a funding workshop specific to the Scheme they are applying under. These will be advertised in both local press and on this website prior to the opening of a call for applications.
Match Funding - Evidence of match funding for the project must be demonstrated and provided with your application.
Planning Permission Approval - For projects requiring planning permission full approval must be granted and supplied with the application.
Quotations – Project costs must be supported with quotations for the equipment / infrastructure being applied for.
Business Plan - Private sector business must complete a business plan to submit with their application for funding.
New businesses will be required to complete the Regional Start Initiative before making an application.
Community / voluntary groups: will have to prepare a project plan to support their application.
Please note applications cannot be accepted unless all of the pre-requisites which apply to your project are met and supplied with your application.
Attendance at a funding workshop does not constitute an offer of funding.
The application process will be competitive and not every application will be funded.
We will keep you fully up-to-date with rural development issues and funding opportunities as they arise - Watch this space!
For further information on LEADER Rural Development funding and the application process, contact the Rural Development Team at Mid Ulster District Council on 028 8676 4714 or email eamon.gallogly@midulstercouncil.org or Visit the Website: www.midulsterrdp.org
To book a place at one of the workshops, to talk to a member of staff about your project or any of the funding Measures available please contact MURD Partnership:
Tel: 028 8676 4714 or email: rdp@midulstercouncil.org
or Visit the Website: www.midulsterrdp.org
Gortalowry House, 94 Church Street, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, BT80 8HX.
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The Local Action Group for Mid Ulster has been formed - Mid Ulster Rural Development Partnership taking forward the delivery of Priority 6 funding under the new 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme in partnership with Mid Ulster District Council and part-funded via the Department of Environment, Agriculture & Rural Affairs (DAERA).
Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme 2014-2020
Mid Ulster Rural Development Partnership is responsible for delivering LEADER funding throughout Mid Ulster District Council under the 2014 – 2020 NI Rural Development Programme and is seeking applications for funding under 4 new Measures. At local level, funding will be used to encourage the economic development of rural Mid Ulster and will be delivered across a range of schemes.
What's Available
The NI Rural Development Programme (2014-2020) is open to people who live in, or organisations which operate in, either the countryside or in settlements with a population of less than 5,000.
MURD Partnership has identified the following schemes within its local rural development strategy.
Click the links below to open the scheme sheet for further detail on each.
Current Programme Measures:
Rural Business Investment
Rural Services
Village Action Scheme
Rural Broadband Scheme
Attendance at a funding workshop - Anyone thinking about making an application must attend a funding workshop specific to the Scheme they are applying under. These will be advertised in both local press and on this website prior to the opening of a call for applications.
Match Funding - Evidence of match funding for the project must be demonstrated and provided with your application.
Planning Permission Approval - For projects requiring planning permission full approval must be granted and supplied with the application.
Quotations – Project costs must be supported with quotations for the equipment / infrastructure being applied for.
Business Plan - Private sector business must complete a business plan to submit with their application for funding.
New businesses will be required to complete the Regional Start Initiative before making an application.
Community / voluntary groups: will have to prepare a project plan to support their application.
Please note applications cannot be accepted unless all of the pre-requisites which apply to your project are met and supplied with your application.
Attendance at a funding workshop does not constitute an offer of funding.
The application process will be competitive and not every application will be funded.
We will keep you fully up-to-date with rural development issues and funding opportunities as they arise - Watch this space!
For further information on LEADER Rural Development funding and the application process, contact the Rural Development Team at Mid Ulster District Council on 028 8676 4714 or email eamon.gallogly@midulstercouncil.org or Visit the Website: www.midulsterrdp.org
To book a place at one of the workshops, to talk to a member of staff about your project or any of the funding Measures available please contact MURD Partnership:
Tel: 028 8676 4714 or email: rdp@midulstercouncil.org
or Visit the Website: www.midulsterrdp.org
Gortalowry House, 94 Church Street, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, BT80 8HX.
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