Deadline: 20-Jul-22
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has announced an open call for applications from existing LGBTI+ NGOs and community organisations working with members of the LGBTI+ community.
Scheme B: Promoting LGBTI+ Visibility and Inclusion.
The overall aim of this fund is to promote inclusion, protect rights and to improve quality of life and wellbeing for members of the LGBTI+ community enabling them to participate fully in Ireland’s social, economic, cultural, and political life.
The Funding scheme goals are to promote LGBTI+ visibility, awareness and expertise, through events or communications directed at the public in general, a specific sector of the economy, a geographic location, or any group within the LGBTI+ community.
Themes
If your project addresses more than one please pick the theme that best fits your project.
- Enhance the services provided by the NGO or community organisation to LGBTI+ persons, such as providing additional outreach capacity or locations.
- Promote inclusion of LGBTI+ persons, in educational settings, within the workplace, or in wider society.
- Support social inclusion and address multiple discrimination within the LGBTI+ community, targeting groups at risk of marginalisation such as Travellers, Roma, migrant communities, people with disabilities, etc.
- Combat the impact of rural isolation on LGBTI+ persons.
- Outreach support to LGBTI+ persons and their families, including initiatives to combat intersectional discrimination affecting LGBTI+ persons.
- Advocacy services: on behalf of LGBTI+ persons.
- Awareness: Developing information, guidance toolkits and frameworks and delivering LGBTI+ awareness/ sensitivity training in healthcare settings, businesses, schools etc., and to assist local employers in improving workplace inclusion.
Funding Information
- The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth will provide funding for smaller grants for amounts from €5,000 – €10,000.
- All projects must be completed by end September 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are open for existing LGBTI+ NGOs and community organisations working with members of the LGBTI+ community.
- Applications may be submitted by individual organisations, or by a consortium involving two or more organisations where the lead partner is an existing LGBTI+ NGO or community organisation. The other partners may be not-for-profit organisations or social enterprises.
Criteria
The criteria against which grant applications should be assessed should include the following:
- Degree to which the planned outcomes meet the goals of the scheme (35% of Assessment).
- How well the proposed initiative had considered its target group and the intended impact of the initiative.
- How feasible the proposed initiative is.
- How the proposed project would benefit LGBTI+ persons in rural areas, and from groups at risk of marginalisation and multiple discrimination.
- Overall strength of project proposal by reference to planned activities (35% of Assessment).
- Value for money (30% of Assessment)
For more information, visit https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/1539e-minister-ogorman-announces-2022-lgbti-community-services-funding-call/