The Sports and Wellness Fund aims to support social innovations that use sports and physical activity programmes to have a demonstrable impact on improving mental health outcomes and social inclusion for people and communities in Ireland.
This two-year Fund will offer a package of cash grants and non-financial supports to up to 5 awardees to help them scale and maximise their impact in promoting healthier lives, increased levels of mental health and wellbeing and improved social cohesion.
CLOSING DATE: 12th July 2024
The Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) encourages community groups in County Kilkenny to apply under the ‘Water Heritage Day Grants Scheme 2024’ to celebrate Water Heritage Day on Sunday the 25th of August.
You are asked to consult with your local Community Water Officer before applying. Find details about your local Community Water Officer Here.
By submitting an event on the Heritage Week website and receiving a LAWPRO grant, you could also be in with a chance to win a Water Heritage Award in 2024, for more information on the awards visit: National Heritage Week Awards | National Heritage Week 17th – 25th August 2024
CLOSING DATE: 16th July 2024
The Circular Economy Innovation Fund 2024, a collaboration between Community Foundation Ireland and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, is now open for applications.
The grant round aims to support regional and national projects that are working on innovative and/or scalable solutions to ensure waste prevention. Grants between €40,000 to €50,000 will be available for non-profit organisations, social enterprises and small businesses working in the area of circular economy or aiming to make their existing work more circular.
CLOSING DATE: 19th July 2024
The overall objective of the Ireland Against Racism Fund (IARF) is to provide funding for National & Regional Projects and local initiatives that aim to combat racism and foster racial equality and community cohesion, in order to support the implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism and the achievement of its objectives.
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is providing funding of €1,000,000 for Schemes A (National & Regional Projects) & Scheme B (Local Projects)
CLOSING DATE: 7th August 2024
The landscape for people in international protection has changed rapidly in recent years and in order to capture and understand these changes, SSGT produced a Current Context Paper to shape and inform a new grant round under the programme for 2024.
This year’s funding will focus on supporting groups with a proven track record of advocacy work in relation to issues affecting people in IP so that they can make time and space for strategic thinking, with a view to addressing one or more of the issues outlined in our paper, through strategic advocacy.
OPENING DATE: 8th July 2024
CLOSING DATE: 12th August 2024
The Movement for Good Awards opens its doors for nominations, providing an opportunity for charities to receive a €1,000 boost. This initiative, having already donated over €5 million since its inception in 2019, is committed to making a positive impact by supporting a diverse range of causes.
Nominations are now officially open and can be submitted quickly and easily at www.movementforgood.com. Randomly selected winners will be announced, and the more nominations a charity receives, the greater its chances of being chosen.
In addition to the €1,000 grants, special draws will allocate €5,000 to charities within specific sectors:
Environment: 12-16 August 2024
Arts & Culture: 21-25 October 2024
This capital fund of €20 million will provide funding for the improvement and refurbishment of existing community centres in both urban and rural areas.
Funding will be available under 2 Categories: Small scale projects/improvements to facilities from €10,000 to €25,000, and larger scale projects from €25,001 to €100,000
The Department will be hosting a number of online information events to support committees in preparing and submitting an application under this fund.
The next of these events will be held on Tuesday 2nd July, from 12:30 to 2pm and on 10th July, from 5:30pm to 7pm. Register Here.
The portal to submit an application will open on July 29th, 2024. Please note, applicants need to register as ‘users’ on the portal in advance.
CLOSING DATE: 29th August, 2024
The overall objective of New Solutions is to enhance the social innovation ecosystem in Ireland and is co-funded through the European Social Fund + 2021-2027 (ESF+), a European initiative aimed at reducing the risk of poverty and social exclusion, with an emphasis on disadvantaged groups.
The Hub’s main objective will be to act as a One Stop Shop for supporting Social Innovations. It will provide a suite of measures to develop the Irish Social Innovations ecosystem including, raising awareness and understanding of Social Innovation, providing a range of bespoke training to build capacity, establishing communities of practice for networking within the sector, while maximising the impact of funding and developing impact measurement methodologies.
CLOSING DATE: 30th August 2024
The programme aim is to contribute to improving the system of support for families affected by convictions and imprisonment to improve rehabilitation and resettlement outcomes. They believe that putting families at the heart of the criminal justice system is the ‘golden thread’ which can reduce the harm of imprisonment and contribute to rehabilitation. Evidence shows that prisoners who manage to maintain family bonds whilst in prison have significantly reduced reoffending risks upon release. Families cannot bear this burden alone and should be supported in this role.
The grant programme has two strands: one-off grants to test new approaches or add value to current work (up to €7,000) and; one-off or multiannual (up to 3 years) grants for more strategic work (up to €25,000).
CLOSING DATE: 9th September 2024
The SEAI Community Grant supports energy efficiency community projects through capital funding, partnerships, and technical support.
Through the support of SEAI, communities are improving the energy efficiency of shared community buildings and businesses are becoming more competitive through reduced energy costs. In addition, homes are being upgraded making them more comfortable and helping alleviate the effects of energy poverty.
This SEAI Community Grant is managed by Project Co-ordinators. If you are a local community service operator and you are interested in applying for the Community Grant, it is advised that you get in touch with a project coordinator.
Groups may apply for capital funding for works to include River Restoration Works, Silt Trapping, Pollution Management, Invasive species, Creation of habitat (full list of capital works available on www.watersandcommunities.ie).
Creating Public Awareness through community led surveys, booklets, information session, signage etc.
Enhancing a public area i.e. picnic area, river walk etc
CLOSING DATE: December, 2024
Grants are available for the following streams:
- Club Development Grant — This grant is designed to support clubs and volunteers to increase participation in sport and physical activity in Kilkenny. This fund aims to encourage the setup of new clubs and assist existing clubs to attract new participants.
- Women in Sport Support Fund —This fund is designed to enable clubs and organisations to develop programmes that specifically target and support women’s participation in sport.
- Dormant Accounts Volunteer Support Fund — This fund is designed to enable clubs and organisations to increase the number of people of all ages playing a leadership role in developing sports and physical activity in their communities.
Town & Village Renewal Scheme (To Be Announced)
Target Group: Towns/Villages population under 10,000
Successful expression of Interest Application will demonstrate close collaboration between communities and business interests in the design and delivery of proposed projects and must have the support of the Local Authority.
Examples: Capital Works-Community Centre / Community projects/shops/cafe/gardens.
Closing Date: To Be Announced
Do you represent a community or organisation looking to make a positive change? Community Foundation Ireland love to talk to and partner with groups of people who share their mission of equality for all in thriving communities.
Once the conversation starts, there are a number of funding options which they can discuss with you to see which partnership might work best.
Projects should align with at least one of the pillars supporting their equality mission: Sustainable Futures, Inclusive Communities, Empowering Generations or Accelerating Change.
The Reach Fund is issued to ETBs, and is designed to support and engage with disadvantaged learners who have the highest level of need.
It can be used to assist learners with transport or education costs, funding on access to technology and devices, expanding community access to Wi‐Fi and broadband resources.
PwC has launched the PwC Ireland Resilient Communities Fund in collaboration with ChangeX. The PwC fund is designed to empower individuals and teams to spearhead local community projects that promote inclusion, equitable access to opportunities, skills development, and sustainability.
Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny provide services to new and established businesses in county Kilkenny.
These include:
- Business Information, Signposting and Advice
- Enterprise Development Training including Start Your Own Business Courses
- One-to-One Business Specific Mentoring
- Business Expansion Services including Management Development Training and LEAN Business process programmes
- Direct Financial Assistance*
*Where eligibility criteria are met, the Local Enterprise Office Kilkenny offers a range of financial supports to assist the start-up, and expansion of small businesses in the manufacturing and export services sectors:
- Priming Grant (for business trading less than 18 months)
- Business Expansion Grants (for businesses trading greater than 18 months)
- Feasibility Study/Innovation Grants
- Technical Assistance for Micro-Exporters
- Microfinance Ireland Loan Scheme
- Trading Online Voucher Scheme – aimed at micro-enterprise
The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant is a grant you can get if you are bringing a vacant property back into use as your permanent home or a rental property. A grant of up to €50,000 is available. An additional top-up grant amount of up to €20,000 can be sought, if the property is derelict (deemed structurally unsound and dangerous). The grant is inclusive of VAT.
The purpose of the ‘Small Business Vacant Premises Incentive Scheme’ is to give an incentive, to a start up business or a small business expanding, to occupy previously vacant commercial property. Entry costs are lowered through a grant related to the level of rates payable on the property (not exceeding €5000p.a.).
The grant is based on a correlation to the business’s commercial rates paid on a reducing basis of 75%, 50% and 25%, over a three year period. This scheme will allow a business to receive up to €7500 over the three years of the scheme.