RURAL ACTION AWARDS 2026/2027
Supporting Community Action
The Rural Action Awards for 2026/2027 are open for applications.
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.
CURRENT CLOSING DATE
20th June 2026
What is a Rural Action Award?
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.
Rural Action Awards Terms & Conditions.
“Rural Action was established out of a continued desire to make a positive contribution to the everyday lives of rural communities.
Our strapline is ‘Making it Happen’ and we hope that these modest awards, can in some way, contribute to doing just that, to help to support rural communities to make things happen locally”.