Deadline: 31-Dec-2025
The Limerick City and County Council are pleased to announce the continued support for creatives, with the 2025 Strategic Fund for Culture and Arts Scheme.
The purpose of the Scheme is to support Limerick based creatives and projects apply for National and International Funding. It helps to maximise National and International sources of funding in to Limerick to support a vibrant creative culture.
Objectives
- This grant is in line with the following Limerick Cultural Strategy Aims and Objectives:
- To grow Limerick’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Limerick
- To grow the physical and human resources, infrastructure and support for staging large scale interventions, performances, festivals and productions
- To support and grow innovative and creative collectives in Limerick
Funding Information
- The principle of the grant funding is that Limerick City and County Council will award 10% of the amount awarded from the relevant funding body, to a maximum of €5,000.
Ineligible Costs
- Activities for costs that do not fit the purpose of the Award
- Proposals which do not have a cultural or creative objective, for example, sport, tourism, general recreation.
- Limerick Arts Office Strategic Fund does not fund organisations, projects, festivals, events, that are already funded by the Limerick Arts Office; no duplication of funding for the same activity/project is permitted.
- Charity fundraisers
- The scheme will not provide assistance for ongoing revenue costs or assistance to cover loans/deficits of any groups/organizations.
- Spend on alcoholic beverages, fines, legal costs, penalty payments
- Insurance
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants, (community and voluntary organisations, artists, creative practitioners and arts organisations) must be based in Limerick, or operate substantially within Limerick City and County, or operate a relevant programme within Limerick City and County, and be able to demonstrate this. It is open to artists at all stages in their professional careers.
For more information, visit Limerick Council.