Community Finance Ireland

Community Finance Ireland

Who Are We?
Community Finance Ireland (CFI) is the most progressive social finance provider on the island of Ireland. We are in this position because we work exclusively with not-for-profits and social enterprises to help them access affordable and sustainable loans. We are passionate about ensuring social impact is felt not just dreamt.

We believe in putting people in front of people and each of our clients has a dedicated local Client Relationship Manager who will meet with you in person and help you with every step of your loan from initial project idea to loan drawdown and beyond.

What Do We Support?
In our 20+ years of doing business, we have supported a wide variety of projects including:

  • Support with drawing down of retrospective grants, sports grants, LEADER grants and local government grants. 
  • Assisting with the purchase of new or existing premises.
  • Upgrading, retro-fitting and future-proofing facilities.
  • Helping to improve, diversify or expand services to increase your membership base.
  • Refinancing existing debts into a more manageable package.
  • Sports Clubs: GAA, soccer, rugby, tennis, athletics, golf, gymnastics, hockey, ice hockey, boxing, water sports and more.
  • Community Services: such as community halls, community development groups, after schools clubs, transport and childcare facilities.
  • Social Enterprises and Workspace: rural digital hubs, shared workspaces, enterprise centres, community tea rooms and craft makers.
  • Sustainability: green energy initiatives, forestry projects and food sustainability enterprises.
  • Faith Groups: church buildings, new spaces for worship and religious festivals and associated community gatherings/events.
  • Healthcare and Wellbeing: family resource centres, community counselling services, social farms, family support projects, men’s sheds and providing services for people with disabilities.
  • Arts, Heritage and Tourism: community cultural spaces, drama groups, heritage building restoration and visitor attractions.

 

Services

We Speak Finance, But We Hear People

We have loaned over £95m to clients across the island of Ireland. Supporting loans ranging from £25k to £500k+, you can be confident that if you have an idea or a dream, we know how to support your request and help get finance into your project.

Your Finance Choices

We offer a finance solution that is tailored to your project. We can offer both Term and Bridging loans or a blend of both. We can also offer finance that can aid the drawdown of retrospective grants including Sports Capital Grants, LEADER funding, local council grants and other government initiatives. Our loans are Fast, Fair and Flexible.

Fast: We promise a 48 hour response, when you complete and submit your application through our online service. We also promise a local Client Relationship Manager will be on hand, throughout the lifetime of your loan.

Flexible: The term and repayments are designed around your needs, not ours. Your project is unique. So is your loan.

Fair: No special offers. No personal guarantees. Nothing hidden in the small print. A competitive price at a rate that is fair.

Opening hours

Opening hours are Monday - Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Contact Details

NICVA will not disclose any contact details further to those published by the organisation below.

Address

6th Floor
3 Glengall Exchange
Belfast
Co Antrim
BT125AB
United Kingdom

Phone

028 9031 5003

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Charity Number:
NIC100325