Deadline: 19-May-23
Minister for Justice Simon Harris has announced the launch of the Community Safety Innovation Fund (CSIF) funding call 2023.
The Community Safety Innovation Fund
- allows proceeds of crime to be directed into community projects to support community safety
- ensures that the most appropriate proposals to improve community safety will access the funding they need
- encourages the development of innovative ways in which to improve community safety from those people who best understand local community safety needs
- allows best practice on community safety and youth justice to be shared with other partnerships and communities nationally as new proposals are developed
- reflects and highlights the success of an Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau in seizing the proceeds from criminal activity
- This could include activities intended to:
- tackle crime or reduce the fear of crime; improve community safety and feelings of safety
- support the creation of safe and resilient communities
- reduce reoffending
- divert vulnerable individuals away from engagement in criminal behaviour
Funding Information
- €3 million has been made available to support the development of community safety through innovative, local community based initiatives.
- Grants will be in the range of €20,000 – €150,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will be invited from community safety initiatives as well as groups co-funded with local authorities, NGOs and community organisations working on issues relevant to community safety and youth justice.
- Applications may be submitted by individual organisations, or by a consortium involving two or more organisations where the lead partner is a community organisation, not-for-profit, social enterprise or similar with a remit relevant to community safety and/or youth justice.
- Applications with innovative approaches will be afforded particular consideration.
For more information, visit Minister for Justice Simon Harris.