Grants

The 2018 National Grant Scheme for Sport and Physical Activity for Older People is now open for applications. Closing date for applications is 12 noon Friday 28 September. Grant forms will be available to download on our website, or call us if you need a form posted out.   2018 Application Form Age & Opportunity is the national organisation that inspires everyone to reach their full potential as they age. Our goal is to turn the period from age 50 onwards into one of the most satisfying times in people’s lives, [...]

Make Ireland Sustainable for All would like to invite organisations to apply for its small grant programme to support actions and initiatives on the Sustainable Development Goals in Ireland. The theme for the call is ‘Fighting Inequalities’. Click here for details

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Dr Katherine Zappone TD, has launched a new €2m fund to support ‘ground-breaking and new proposals’ to support disadvantaged young people. Quality and Capacity Building Initiative supported through Dormant Accounts Funding. This fund is open to community, voluntary and not-for-profit organisations delivering innovation in prevention and early intervention services for children and young people. Click here for more details + application forms.

Open for Applications -  Established by The Community Foundation for Ireland in 2010, The Women’s Fund for Ireland is a long-term philanthropic fund. Its mission is to encourage philanthropy among women, to improve the lives of women and girls through social change grant making and to educate the entire community about the benefits to society when the potential of women is realised. Click here for all the details

COMMUNITIES INTEGRATION FUND 2018 - Call for Proposals Mr. David Stanton T.D., Minister of State for Equality, Immigration and Integration at the Department of Justice and Equality, launched the Communities Integration Fund (CIF) 2018.   €500,000 is available from the Office for Promotion of Migrant Integration in 2018 to support community organisations to promote migrant integration, raise intercultural awareness and combat racism in their local communities. The closing date for applications is 12.00 midnight on Thursday 3 May 2018  Click here for more information

The Local Authority Waters & Communities Office are pleased to announce the launch of an open call for applications to a Community Water Development Fund 2018. Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday, 28 May at 19.00hrs. Click here for more information

VOICE and Repak: GRANTS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY GROUPS VOICE and Repak have developed this grant to support community groups to engage with their neighbours to clear up the confusion around recycling through local face-to-face discussions, and to help with research into current recycling behaviour and barriers by conducting a paper survey in their community The grants will be up to a maximum of €500 per group and are being made available to community groups to support the Recycling Ambassador Programme Nationwide.      Click here for more information

CLÁR is a targeted investment programme which provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in rural areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline. The Programme is a key enabler in supporting rural communities and will an important part of the Government’s integrated strategy for rural development, which will be supported through the new Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. An allocation of €5 million is available for the CLÁR Programme for 2018 and our objective is to maximise the impact of the funding, for the benefit of communities [...]

The Community Foundation for Ireland -THE OLDER PERSONS’ FUND - Now Open for Applications Click here for details