Deadline: 26-Mar-25
The Coca Cola Ireland and its bottling partner Coca Cola HBC Ireland and Northern Ireland have launched the Coca Cola Thank You Fund, which will be operated by The Irish Youth Foundation, in partnership with Youth Action Northern Ireland, making grants available for projects that empower young people through inclusion and inspiration.
Theme
- In 2025, the Fund will focus on one overall theme: Supporting and empowering youth interventions across the island of Ireland under the pillars of Inclusion and Inspiration.
- Under this theme, the Fund is seeking applications from community-based projects and programmes across the island of Ireland that are focused on supporting young people aged 16-25 who are not in education or training – empower them to take action and effect positive social change.
- Organisations applying for funding will have to show how their proposed project will show impact in one of two areas:
- Inclusion: Empowering young people through education and employability
- Inspiration: Supporting young people to take positive action to create a better society
Funding Information
- The Coca‑Cola Thank You Fund is back with €200,000 in grants.
- Grants between €10,000/£8,500 – €25,000/£21,000 (sterling figure based on conversion rates at the time) will be available to support community-based projects that that are focused on empowering young people through programmes of inclusion and inspiration.
Eligibility Criteria
- Entry is open to registered not-for-profit and charitable youth-focused organisations working with young people across Ireland and Northern Ireland aged between 16 – 25 years.
- Entries must seek to support those young people under one of the following two categories:
- Inclusion: Empowering young people through education and employability
- The fund will support accessible education programmes that promote mentorship, increase employability skills, enhance personal agency and strengthen essential life skills.
- Inspiration: Supporting young people to to take positive action to create a better society
- Successful applicants must demonstrate how their projects empower young people to take action and effect positive social change.
- The organisation must be a not-for-profit, voluntary, or charitable organisation classified under one or more of the following headings:
- Charitable organisation with a registered charity number working within a community
- Voluntary organisation working within a community
- Not-for-profit community organisation
- A foundation or a trust for the benefit of a community
- The organisation must submit details of a proposal which it will put in place if successful, which demonstrates targeted supports that help young people (16 – 25 years) through empowering learning and sustainable development.
- The organisation must be registered in the Republic of Ireland and / or Northern Ireland and have been in operation for a minimum of 12 months prior to the date of submission of this application.
- The organisation must have a bank account set-up in the name of the organisation.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Applications will not be considered from the following:
- Individuals
- An organisation that discriminates based on race, gender, marital status, family status, religion, sexual orientation, membership of the travelling community, age, or disability
- Religious endeavours
- Political, legislative, or lobbying organisations
For more information, visit Coca‑Cola Company.