RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Grant Program – Ireland

Deadline: 14-Mar-2024

The Community Foundation Ireland is pleased to announce RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Grant Program.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal was established in 2020 to raise funds for Irish children’s charities through the televised Late Late Toy Show. Since then, more than €21 million has been raised to support these charities.

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal mission is Inspired by children, they work to bring the magic of the Late Late Toy Show to every child in Ireland. By funding essential support, health, wellbeing, play and creativity they aim to change children’s lives for good.

Grant Categories

• Community Grants Round
  • Grants of €10,000 – €20,000 will be awarded.
  • Objectives
    • Strand 1: Addressing Essential Needs Strand
      • There are three aims of the Addressing Essential Needs strand. Applicants applying to this strand should choose one of the aims below that their project or programme will address:
        • Poverty
          • Reduce the impact of poverty by increasing the number of children facing poverty to have their basic human needs met.
          • Break the cycles of poverty through by increasing the number of children accessing and remaining in high quality education and supporting models of best practice of alternative forms of education.
        • Safety
          • Protect and empower children and young people to be safe online and in their homes by providing high quality supports to those in danger or at risk.
        • Environment
          • Ensure that all of Ireland’s children have access to green, vibrant and healthy spaces by providing programmes that bring children and young people into green spaces.
    • Strand 2: Improving Wellbeing
      • Mental Health
        • Improve the mental health of marginalised children and young people by increasing the number of children accessing high quality mental health programmes.
      • Physical Health
        • Increase the number of children with disabilities and those with life-limiting illnesses and who can receive high quality health and wrap around supports.
    • Strand 3: Creativity and Play
      • Access to the Arts and Recreation
        • Ensure marginalised children and young people can benefit from the Arts and creative programmes by breaking down financial barriers and increasing access for those with disabilities or severe illnesses.
• Impact Grants Round
  • Grants of €20,000 – €50,000 will be awarded.
  • Objectives
    • Strand 1: Addressing Essential Needs Strand
      • There are three aims of the Addressing Essential Needs strand. Applicants applying to this strand should choose one of the aims below that their project or programme will address:
        • Poverty
          • Increase the number of children facing poverty to receive preventative wrap around supports that empower children and their families alongside meeting their basic human needs.
          • Break the cycles of poverty through education by increasing the number of children accessing and remaining in high quality education and supporting models of best practice of alternative forms of education.
        • Safety
          • Protect and empower children and young people to be safe online and in their homes by providing high quality supports to those in danger or at risk.
        • Environment
          • Enable more children have access to green, vibrant and healthy spaces by developing current or new green spaces for children to enjoy.
    • Strand 2: Improving Wellbeing
      • Mental Health
        • Improve the mental health of marginalised children and young people by increasing the number of children accessing high quality mental health programmes.
      • Physical Health
        • Empower more children and young people with disabilities and those who have life-limiting illnesses, through personal development programmes, assistive technology, education and employment.
    • Strand 3: Creativity and Play
      • Access to the Arts and Recreation
        • Ensure marginalised children and young people can benefit from the Arts and creative programmes by breaking down financial barriers and increasing access for those with disabilities or severe illnesses.
        • Increase the number of accessible recreational spaces, including green spaces, by developing existing or new spaces.

Priorities

• They anticipate that this will be a very competitive grant round so proposals that meet all the priorities of this grant round will be prioritised for funding:
  • Projects that have a strongly justified need based on research or feedback.
  • Projects or programmes that are centred around prevention and early intervention.
  • Projects that have a strong impact on the wider community as well as upon the direct beneficiaries.
  • Projects that have the potential to be sustained beyond the life of this grant.
  • Projects that will include the voice and feedback of beneficiaries in its development.
• Impact Grants Round
  • Project or programmes that show innovation.
  • Proposals that include evaluation as a part of the project and budget

Eligible Projects

• Must meet the objectives of your chosen strand, outlined below.
• Must work with vulnerable or marginalised children and young people at a local and/or national level.
• Must create strong impact for the children who will benefit and the wider community.
• Should employ models of best practice.
• Should empower the children and young people who are benefiting from the programme.
• May be a current programme that will be developed or upscaled with the funding.
• May be to continue a project funded in last year’s RTÉ Toy Show grant round.
• Must start no earlier than June 2024 and run until the end of June 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be a child or family charity that regularly works with disadvantaged or vulnerable children from 0-18 years old. This includes:
  • Those at risk of poverty and facing consistent poverty
  • Those facing discrimination
  • Those with disabilities, lifelimiting conditions and additional needs o
  • Those facing and recovering from trauma
  • Be registered with the Charities Regulator
  • Have up to date and sufficient governing documents, annual accounts and child safeguarding policies.
• Community Grants Round
  • Have an annual income of €20,000 – €500,000.
• Impact Grants Round
  • Have an annual income of more than €500,000.

For more information, visit Community Foundation Ireland.