Deadline: 28-Nov-2025
The Clare Communities Fund is a three-year collaborative initiative between Rethink Ireland, the Michael Guinee Charitable Foundation, and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, aimed at fostering participation, accessibility, and social inclusion across County Clare through a strong sense of community and wellbeing.
The fund focuses on empowering local communities by supporting grassroots projects to address social inequalities and build resilience, enhancing social inclusion to strengthen community ties and collaboration through innovative projects, promoting inclusion and belonging by engaging individuals from diverse backgrounds, particularly marginalised groups, championing innovation in the arts through digital storytelling, immersive technologies, and creative industries to drive cultural growth, and improving mental health and wellbeing by recognising the community’s role in fostering wellness and resilience.
The fund offers a combination of cash grants and non-financial supports for up to eight selected projects to help them expand their reach and enhance their social impact. Each selected project can receive up to €45,000 in funding.
Eligible applicants include organisations with a not-for-profit legal form such as companies limited by guarantee, co-operatives, trusts, charities, or other voluntary organisations that meet both Rethink Ireland’s and the Clare Communities Fund’s criteria. Projects must address a critical social or environmental issue, be innovative within the Irish context, be based on the island of Ireland with primary impact in the Republic of Ireland, and demonstrate readiness or proof of concept. Additionally, applicants must show potential and intent to scale or replicate their project across Ireland.
For more information, visit Rethink Ireland.
