The Investing In Communities Fund (ICF) Round 2 now open

The Investing in Communities Fund (ICF) is a streamlined communities fund that is delivered as part of the Empowering Communities Programme.  The fund supports our most disadvantaged or fragile communities to tackle poverty in all its forms on their own terms. The fund also helps to meet our targets as set out in the child poverty delivery plan and to underpin the Place Principle by encouraging more joined up collaborative approaches to services and assets to achieve better outcomes for people and communities.

The Investing In Communities Fund (ICF) Round 2 will open for applications on Tuesday 31 May 2022.

Applications to this open challenge fund will be made through a web-based online portal.  The link to the portal will be posted on our website page on Tuesday 31 May 2022 in time for the fund opening at 2pm.

The online portal will close for applications at 2pm on Tuesday 28 June 2022.

Please visit the website page for all information and final guidance regarding ICF R2.