Deadline: 16-Apr-21
The Community Foundation for Ireland has announced a call for proposals for the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal to raise funds for Irish children’s charities through the televised Late Late Toy Show.
Themes
They will be distributed through an application and assessment process and focused around the following themes:
- Strand 1: Ensuring basic needs: As it stands, about one in ten of Ireland’s children grows up in consistent poverty. That could mean living in a household with a very low income and without basics such as heat or nutritious food. The Covid-19 pandemic has greatly exacerbated this social inequality so the need for action is greater than ever. Proposals to this strand should ensure that children’s basic needs are met, such as warmth, security, safety, food and housing.
- Strand 2: Improving well-being: Disability rates are increasing amongst the children and young people, with 6.7% of the under 20’s in Ireland now classified as having a disability. The need for disability and respite services is particularly acute for children. Proposals to this strand should create opportunities to improve the physical and mental health of children who are disadvantaged or have additional needs.
- Strand 3: Reducing inequality through creative engagement: Creative programmes, when used to engage disadvantaged and marginalised children, can help reduce inequality, build confidence and break down social barriers. Proposals to this strand should create opportunities for children to engage with creative and cultural activities that enhance their personal development.
Funding Information
Registered children’s charities and charities working with Ireland’s most vulnerable children and young people are eligible to apply for funding in this grant round. Organisations can only apply once to one of the strands for funding between €25,000 and €150,000.
- To be eligible to Strand 1: Ensuring Basic Needs, organisations must have an annual income of €500,000 or more.
- To be eligible to Strand 2: Improving Wellbeing, organisations must have an annual income of €500,000 or more.
- To be eligible for Strand 3: Reducing Inequality through Creative Engagement, organisations must have an annual income of €250,000 or more.
Eligibility Criteria
Local or National Children’s Charities can apply to this fund. Organisations must have a charity number and their mission must be centred around children and young people (0- 18).
For charities where this cohort does not form a key part of their mission, but regularly work with one or more of the vulnerable groups listed below, may be eligible to apply for a project that is specific for that vulnerable group.
- Travellers and Roma children and young people
- Asylum seeker and refugee children and young people
- LGBTI+ children and young people
- Children and young people with physical or intellectual disabilities
- Children and young people in unsuitable accommodation (e.g. Emergency accommodation, refuges, unsafe homes, halting sites etc)
- Children and young people with severe long-term illnesses
For more information, visit Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.communityfoundation.ie/grants/types-of-grants/rte-toy-show-appeal
