Deadline: 13-Sep-2024
The Festival and Events Grant Scheme is providing financial assistance to groups and organisations engaged in festivals or events at a local level.
The emphasis of the scheme is on providing funding for a diverse range of projects thus ensuring that the limited financial resources available are used to the maximum benefit of the community at large.
Funding Information
- Grants will not normally exceed €1,000 per project, per year. They will try to ensure that funding is distributed equally between the three Municipal District areas. The level of funding is determined on the number and type of applications received in the Municipal District Area.
Criteria
- The group must have:
- An acceptable constitution of set of rules governing its membership, operations and management.
- Proper procedures and policies in place
- A Child Protection Policy including a vetting procedure (where activity includes children and young people under 18)
- A reasonable expectation of continuity.
Ineligible
- The scheme will not fund:
- Ongoing running costs.
- Servicing of debt repayments.
- Activities where adequate statutory funding is clearly available
- They will not fund groups that have received a grant towards their festival/event for the previous three years in succession.
For more information, visit Cavan County Council.