Deadline: 23-May-25
The North East Inner City is inviting grant applications to provide financial assistance to residents, voluntary groups, and clubs across the community and voluntary sector who wish to make the North East Inner City a safe, attractive and vibrant living and working environment for the community and its families, with opportunities for all to lead full lives.
Theme
- The theme for the Community Grants Scheme is ‘Community Pride: Working together to foster connection, sense of belonging and bring change to the community spaces through physical realm, environment and streetscape improvements.’
Objectives
- The objective of this year’s scheme is to support the services of voluntary/community/not-for-profit groups whose services benefit the communities of the North East Inner City and whose objectives are to:
- tackle poverty and disadvantage,
- promote participation, integration and social inclusion,
- empower local residents to take ownership of and have pride in their community through both group and family based activities.
Funding Information
- The overall total amount of funding available under the Scheme is €104,000.
- In general, the grant amount payable for any single application is in the range of €500 to €5,000 however; the maximum may be exceeded, at the sole discretion of the Programme Implementation Board, in the case of a joint application, or a proposal considered to be of exceptional merit.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only applications from local community and voluntary groups and not-for-profit organisations based within the North East Inner City Initiative area or directly servicing the community of the North East Inner City Initiative area will be considered.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Commercial organisations, individuals and for-profit organisations are not eligible for funding under this Scheme.
- Events that intend to serve alcohol will not be considered for selection.
- Late applications will not be considered.
Selection Criteria
- All applications for funding received under this Scheme will be assessed on their merits against the following criteria:
- Potential to contribute to the achievement of the overall objective of the Scheme.
- Demonstration of need, anticipated use and potential benefits.
- Geographical balance and desirability to fund a variety of projects.
- Once-off cost that will not incur ongoing additional maintenance and running costs.
For more information, visit North East Inner City Dublin.
