Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) offer Seed Grants to communities wishing to creatively process or memorialise loss. IHF offer up to 26 Seed Grants to support communities and individuals across the country with self-directed creative explorations of dying, death, grief, bereavement, and loss. Grants are a maximum
Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 2021
In this first year of the Fund, €2.5 million will be made available to local authorities to implement opportunities for people with disabilities to partake in activities at local level and to remove barriers to community involvement. Grants of up
Additional Funding for Sports Sector Announced
Ministers Martin and Chambers announce additional current funding of €65m for Sports Sector From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin T.D., and the Minister of
Minister Rabbitte launches €1m fund to develop sensory gardens
Minister of State for Disability, Anne Rabbitte TD, today announced a fund of €1 million to fund the development of sensory gardens to benefit children and adults with disabilities. Sensory gardens include features, surfaces, objects and plants that stimulate our
Social Enterprise Capital Grants Scheme 2021 Now Open
Closes: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 11:00 PM Description Background In July 2019, the Department of Rural and Community Development published a National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland. The Social Enterprise Capital Grants Scheme 2021 is one initiative being taken
111 projects to be funded under the Communities Integration Fund 2021 announced
€ 497,772 will be made available to 111 local community-based projects nationwide. Grants of up to €5,000 will be allocated to successful organisations to support integration initiatives. Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., today announced
€1,461,587 in Capital Grants to Arts and Culture Organisations Anncounced
Minister Martin announces €1,461,587 in capital grants to arts and culture organisations Catherine Martin, T.D., Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has today announced awards in capital grants of over €1.46m to eleven arts and culture organisations
€7 million fund to enhance streetscapes and shopfronts in rural towns and villages
Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys announces new €7 million fund to enhance streetscapes and shopfronts in rural towns and villages projects to include upgrade to building facades, artwork, murals, lighting, street furniture and canopies investment designed to make rural towns
Increased EU support for the LEADER Programme
Our Rural Future: Minister Humphreys welcomes increased EU support for LEADER Programme €20 million in LEADER funding now available for rural communities and private businesses Funding will help support rural communities and SMEs affected by the COVID-19 crisis Big focus
Minister O’Brien & Minister Ryan announce the successful applicants under the €3 million Pilot Bike and E-Bike Upcycling Initiative.
Following the recent introduction by the Department of Rural and Community Development, in conjunction with the Department of Transport, of a pilot initiative to develop a scheme for the provision of high quality up-cycled bicycles and e-bikes, the successful applicants