Deadline: 17 Aug 2020
The Minister for Justice and the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, and Integration are inviting applications from applicant groups operating at the national, regional, and local levels, to get funding support from the LGBTI+ Community Services fund.
The 2020 LGBTI+ Community Services Funding Call is an important element in supporting the implementation of the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy, which was published on 28 November 2019, and complements the National LGBTI+ Youth Strategy published in June 2018.
Streams
There are two streams of funding, and applications must be submitted electronically:
Stream A: Supporting community services for the LGBTI+ persons
- The Department of Justice and Equality will provide funding for between 5 and 10 grants for amounts in the region of €50,000 €100,000.
- The project’s to commence in 2020 and, continue into 2021 with the grant paid on a phased basis, to be confirmed in the grant agreement.
- The grant scheme is open to applications from existing LGBTI+ NGOs and community organizations working with the LGBTI+ community. Applications may be submitted by individual organizations, or by a consortium involving two or more organizations where the lead partner is an existing LGBTI+ NGO or community organization. The other partners may be not-for-profit organizations or social enterprises.
- The Funding scheme goals are:
- To enhance the services provided by the NGO or community organization to LGBTI+ persons, such as providing additional outreach capacity or locations, and/or
- To promote inclusion of LGBTI+ persons, in educational settings, within the workplace, or in wider society, and/or
- To support social inclusion and address multiple discrimination within the LGBTI+ community, targeting groups at risk of marginalization such as Travellers, Roma, migrant communities, people with disabilities, etc. and/or
- To contribute to ensuring that existing community infrastructure in rural areas is inclusive and welcoming to members of the LGBTI+ community, such as the provision of pop-up LGBTI+ services and/or
- To combat the impact of rural isolation on members of the LGBTI+ community.
- The criteria against which grant applications should be assessed should include the following:
- The degree to which the planned outcomes meet the goals of the scheme and the strategic fit (35% of Assessment).
- Whether the project has identified a gap in community services for LGBTI+ persons and a priority need to address that gap.
- How well the proposed project would meet that need and how feasible and sustainable the impact of the proposed solution was.
- How the proposed project would benefit LGBTI+ persons in rural areas, and from groups at risk of marginalization and multiple discrimination.
- The overall strength of the project proposal by reference to planned activities (35% of Assessment).
- Value for money (30% of Assessment).
- The degree to which the planned outcomes meet the goals of the scheme and the strategic fit (35% of Assessment).
Stream B: Promoting visibility and inclusion of LGBTI+ persons
- The Department of Justice and Equality will provide funding for between 10 and 20 small grants for amounts in the region of €5,000-10,000.
- All projects to be completed by the end of June 2021.
- As for Grant scheme A, scheme B is open to applications from existing LGBTI+ NGOs and community organizations working with members of the LGBTI+ community. Applications may be submitted by individual organizations, or by a consortium involving two or more organizations where the lead partner is an existing LGBTI+ NGO or community organization. The other partners may be not-for-profit organizations or social enterprises.
- The Funding scheme goals are to promote LGBTI+ visibility, awareness, and expertise, through events or communications directed at the public in general, a specific sector of the economy, a geographic location, or any group within the LGBTI+ community.
- The criteria against which grant applications should be assessed should include the following:
- The degree to which the planned outcomes meet the goals of the scheme (35% of Assessment)
- How well the proposed initiative had considered its target group and the intended impact of the initiative.
- How feasible the proposed initiative is.
- How the proposed project would benefit LGBTI+ persons in rural areas, and from groups at risk of marginalization and multiple discrimination.
- The overall strength of the project proposal by reference to planned activities (35% of Assessment).
- Value for money (30% of Assessment).
- The degree to which the planned outcomes meet the goals of the scheme (35% of Assessment)
Funding Information
- Additional funding of €700,000 was secured in the Justice and Equality budgetary allocation for 2020 to support equality and LGBTI+ initiatives, bringing the total funding available to over €900,000 in 2020.
- The project must be completed no later than 30 June 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
- The funding aims to promote inclusion, protect rights and to improve quality of life and wellbeing for LGBTI+ people in Ireland
- The grant scheme is open to applications from existing LGBTI+ non-government organizations and community organizations working with LGBTI+ people
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