Deadline: 21-Nov-2024
The Irish Youth Foundation has launched the Flagship Fund to support projects and programmes around the country that are focused on lifting children and young people up and out of poverty.
Focus Areas
- This fund will support work that is aligned with one of the following three focus areas for change:
- Educational Attainment – Programmes that support positive transitions through school from primary to secondary school and/or completion of secondary cycle
- Health & Wellbeing – Programmes that support happy, healthy transitions from childhood through to adulthood
- Skills & Employability – Programmes that support successful transitions for young people to economic independence
Funding Categories
- There are two categories of funding available:
- Promising Programmes Fund
- Awards of €10,000 – €30,000 will be granted under this category
- Grassroots Fund
- Awards of €1,500 – €10,000 will be granted under this category
- Promising Programmes Fund
Eligible Projects
- Promising Programmes Fund
- This fund will support innovative and dynamic projects or initiatives. These projects should be promising, not necessarily proven, and can provide some level of evidence on their effectiveness. They are especially interested in supporting pioneering initiatives to help children and young people overcome difficulty in their lives with innovative and creative thinking and/or collaboration at their core
- Grassroots Fund
- This fund will provide small grants for grassroots, community based projects to contribute to daily running costs, programme costs or activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Fund will support organisations working with children and young people in the Republic of Ireland aged between 5-25 years.
- To be eligible the applying organisation must:
- Be a registered not-for-profit or charitable organisation
- Have a bank account set up in the name of the organisation
- Be registered in the Republic of Ireland and have been active in Ireland for the past 12 months
- Have a child protection policy in place
- Please note that counselling and therapy services will not be eligible for funding.
For more information, visit Irish Youth Foundation.