Page last updated on: 17 January, 2025
Applications are now open for the Community Monuments Fund 2025. This Fund is operated by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and administered by the Heritage Office, Kilkenny County Council. The Fund provides investment in Ireland’s archaeological heritage and is prioritised for Local Authorities, private owners, custodians and community groups.
The aim of the fund is to: Enable conservation works to be carried out on monuments which are deemed to be significant and in need of urgent support; Build resilience in our monuments to enable them to withstand the effects of climate change; Encourage access to monuments and improve their presentation.
CLOSING DATE: 31st January 2025
The Collaboration and Innovation Fund is a great opportunity to fund projects and activities that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital and financial literacy needs. The Fund is managed by the Adult Literacy for Life Programme Office in SOLAS.
CLOSING DATE: 7th February 2025
The Wheel is delighted to share some good news! Training Links, a workforce development funding and support programme, is now open for applications. Since 2005, Training Links has funded the training and upskilling needs of staff, volunteers and board members in the community and voluntary sector.
CLOSING DATE: 7th February 2025
The Collaboration and Innovation Fund is a great opportunity to fund projects and activities that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital and financial literacy needs. The Fund is managed by the Adult Literacy for Life Programme Office in SOLAS.
CLOSING DATE: 7th February 2025
Kilkenny County Council Community Event Grant Scheme 2025 is open for applications. This grant scheme will assist community event organisers with the development, promotion and the running of small-scale community events organised by local not-for-profit voluntary groups and organisations. The emphasis of the scheme is on providing funding for community events that encourages local engagement. The grant can range from €100 up to a maximum of €1,000.
CLOSING DATE: Friday 14th February 2025 at 5:00pm.
Creative and Cultural Project Funding - Creative Kilkenny
Applications are now open for the Music Capital Scheme 2024 Piano Award to support the purchase/refurbishment of concert standard grand pianos by arts venues and music presenters. A total fund of €180,000 is available through the award.
More Information – Creative Ireland Grant – CLOSING DATE: 14th February 2025
More Information – Cruinniú na nÓg – CLOSING DATE: 21st February 2025
Applications are now open for the Music Capital Scheme 2024 Piano Award to support the purchase/refurbishment of concert standard grand pianos by arts venues and music presenters. A total fund of €180,000 is available through the award.
CLOSING DATE: 19th February 2025
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.
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.