Deadline: 4 August 2020
ESB’s Energy for Generations Fund sees €1m per year disbursed through a quarterly fund to charities working in the areas of suicide prevention, homelessness and education access and support.
ESB aims with the Energy for Generations Fund is to maximise the impact of investment by taking a more strategic approach to effect change. Funding is only part of the jigsaw – they also want to leverage the skills and knowledge have within the company to bring about more sustainable and positive outcome.
ESB’s Energy for Generations Fund sees over €2 million per year disbursed across a range of community and issues-based initiatives. The Fund awards approximately €1m annually in direct funding through a quarterly fund to charities working in the areas of suicide prevention, homelessness and education access and support.
Focus Areas
- Suicide Prevention
- ESB will fund services and projects working to promote positive mental health and to build capacity, skills and training to make effective suicide prevention interventions.
- They have a particular interest in funding programmes with a focus on youth suicide and positive mental health promotion for young people.
- Homelessness
- Theywill fund services and projects benefiting homeless people and those at risk of homelessness.
- Education
- Proposals are invited from the following:
- Early years and early primary schools projects focusing on literacy and numeracy;
- Secondary level proposals promoting science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM);
- Adult education return-to-education programmes aimed at those long-term out of work.
- Proposals are invited from the following:
Funding Information
- The guideline application amount is c. €15,000. This is neither a minimum nor a maximum, rather an indication of the scale of the resources available.
- Average funding awards in recent years have been c. €8,000 – €12,000.
Funding is not awarded to / for:
- Individuals and individual fundraisers
- Administrative or operating costs
- Salary expenses
- Third party fundraising (e.g. fundraising events)
- High risk ventures
- Retrospective funding
- Community counselling services
- Overseas work
- Single school applications and school completion projects
Eligibility Criteria
- Charities working in the areas of suicide prevention, homelessness and education access and support can apply to the Fund for project specific funding.
- Every quarter ESB allocates an amount from the Fund for disbursement. The amount may vary because of the volume of applications received or seasonal considerations – wintertime and Christmas may require more funding than summer.
- Applications submitted during each quarter are appraised at the end of the quarter and funding allocated accordingly.
For more information, visit https://www.esb.ie/acting-responsibly/community-stem-and-the-arts/esb-corporate-responsibility