Grand Choice
What is Grand Choice?
Grand Choice is a participatory budgeting initiative which means that local people get to decide how public funds are used to address needs in their area. Community Planning partners have pooled their resources to fund community projects.
Local people can apply for up to £1,000 for a project they think will benefit their area - and best of all, it is the local residents who decide which projects should go ahead!
Current round of funding
There is no funding open at this time.
Current round of funding
| District Electoral Area | Closing date |
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Closing date:
Sunday 8 February 2026
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Grand Choice Lisburn North DEA
£15,000 of Grand Choice funding is available for local projects across Lisburn North, including Derriaghy, Harmony Hill, Hilden, Lambeg, Magheralave and Wallace Park. Successful projects will then be chosen by local people, with residents voting for the ideas they want to see happen in their area.
How to apply?
You can apply online or download an application form here.
The closing date for entries is Sunday 20th September 2026. Voting will take place in-person at a Community Decision Event on Saturday 17th October, from 11am to 3pm at
St Columba’s Derryvolgie, 211 Belsize Road, Lisburn, BT27 4DP.
To ask a question or get advice, email pcsp@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk.
Grand Choice is supported by Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council, alongside partners including the PSNI, Sport NI, Ark Housing, South Eastern Trust, Choice Housing, Apex Housing and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
Grand Choice Market Place - Meet the winners
| Organisation | Project | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ballymacash Nursery School | Stay and Play sessions with parents from Nursery School | £1,000 |
| Ballymacash Playgroup School | Developing a sensory area within their playgroup classroom | £1,000 |
| Ballymacash Primary School | Friday Carousel. Summer term project for P4-P7 to experience different sports | £1,000 |
| Ballymacash Regeneration Network | Ballymacash kitchen equipment update at Ballymacash Community Hall | £1,000 |
| Ballymacash Regeneration Network | Ballymacash Summer Programme 2026 | £1,000 |
| Knockmore Primary School | School sound system update | £1,000 |
| Lisburn Social Hurlers | Cricket style ball stop netting | £1,000 |
| Old Warren Nursery Unit | Developing the Nursery children’s physical and mental well-being through outdoor play. | £1,000 |
| Pride of Ballymacash Flute Band | POBFB SUPPORT 2026 band equipment | £1,000 |
| Resurgam Trust Community Fridge | The Mobile Food Hub | £1,000 |
| Resurgam Youth Initiative | Colour our Community | £1,000 |
| St Aloysius Nursery School | Nursery play equipment development project | £1,000 |
| St Aloysius Primary School | Enhancing outdoor play provision for primary pupils | £1,000 |
| The Hygiene Bank (Moira Branch) | The Hygiene Bank Moira - Refill Lisburn South | £1,000 |
| The T Group | The T Group – maintenance of the group. It is an older people's project (originating from Men's and Hens Sheds) who meet, socialise and participate together in activities identified by the group. | £1,000 |