Fibrus Donate £57,805 to 32 Community Groups in Northern Ireland

Infracapital-backed alternative network operator Fibrus, which is rolling out their full fibre (FTTP) broadband network across Northern Ireland and Cumbria (England), has today announced that they’ve so far donated £57,805 to 32 community groups across Northern Ireland as part of their 2025 Community Fund.

Fibrus has so far extended their fibre optic lines to cover 410,000 premises (2nd May 2025) across the UK (inc. 113,500 customers connected to the network). At the same time they’ve also been investing to support a variety of rural community groups within the operator’s network patch as part of their community fund, which is working to help bridge the digital divide within some of those areas.

A range of NI based community focused organisations have received financial support from the fund this year – delivered in partnership with The Community Foundation N.I, including Sixtowns Cross Community Group, Newtownstewart Community Forum and Bannagh Community Project. Since launching in 2021, The Fibrus Community Fund has provided over £230,000 worth of funding to over 130 community groups spread across Northern Ireland, to support digital inclusion projects.

For example, one of the groups that significantly benefited from the latest round of funding is a Mid-Ulster based angling group, Moyola Angling Association. The group will use its £2,000 of funding to purchase three laptops for a community loan scheme and hold digital workshops with local schools in the area.

Linda McMillan, Chief People Officer at Fibrus, said:

“Fostering digital inclusion continues to be a priority for Fibrus, and we believe everyone should have access to essential digital services here in Northern Ireland and beyond.

This year, we were blown away by the number applications for The Fibrus Community Fund from so many outstanding local organisations dedicated to helping their communities. We are so proud to support their efforts and look forward to seeing how they use the funding to fuel their development.”

Learn more about the Community Fund Northern Ireland here.

Learn more about the Community Fund Cumbria here.