February 2017 E Bulletin
Sligo Public Participation Network
Contents
Funding Opportunities 3
Funding Available for Heritage Buildings 3
Social Innovation Fund 3
Sports Capital Grant 4
X-Hale Short Film Competition Grant 5
Health Charities Invited to Make Funding Application 6
Arts Council Funding 6
Call for Applications: Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program 2018-2020 7
Enterprise Ireland Innovation Vouchers 7
The Ray Murphy Fund for Leadership 7
Community Foundation of Ireland, Grants Fund for Mergers 8
CFI, Leadership for Ethnic Minorities, Social Change Grants 9
Inclusion for LGBT Migrants, Social Change Grants 10
The Older Persons’ Fund 11
Culture Ireland funding 13
Dormant Accounts Fund, Measure 1: Social Enterprise 13
EIL: Seed Fund Micro Grant Scheme - Now Open Until March 10th! 14
Funding for Gender Equality and Migrant Integration 15
Irish Georgian Society Conservation Grants Programme 2017 16
Free Trees! One million trees in one day 17
Forgotten Archaeological Monuments Wanted 17
Local Opportunities and Events 18
Sligo Public Participation Network News 18
Sligo Inclusion / Games for All Committee. 19
Stroll the Track, Sligo Racecourse and North West Hospice 19
Photo Competition Dromore West 20
Up Coming events at the Coleman Music Centre, Gurteen, Co Sligo 20
Involving Corporate Volunteers 21
European Volunteering Capital - St.Patrick’s Day Parade 2017 21
Pathway to Employment Expo 21
Festival and Events Advice Pop Up Clinics for Sligo 22
Upcoming Events at the Benwiskin Centre 23
Safeguarding Children and Young People Event, 9th Mar 24
Brain Health, Sligo Lend a Hand and Muintir na Tire 25
Cos Cos Sean Nos Festival 26
Sligo Field Club, AGM 26
Sligo Field Club, Lecture 26
Mugendo Open Kickboxing Event 26
Dates for your diary from Sligo-Bay RNLI 27
Events in Easkey 27
Sligo Intercultural Forum, Coffee Morning 27
New Email Address for the Racist Incident Referral Support Service 27
Fri 3rd March Tea Day for North West Simon Community 28
Call for Submissions 28
National Biodiversity Action Plan Public Consultation: Extended 28
Consultation on the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 28
National Events 29
Energy Action Fuel Poverty and Climate Action Conference 29
Funding Opportunities
Funding Available for Heritage Buildings
Sligo County Council in conjunction with the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs are now inviting applications for the ‘Structures at Risk Fund’ (SRF) and the ‘Built Heritage Investment Scheme’ (BHIS) for 2017. The grant schemes will be administered by the Heritage Office of Sligo County Council. The categories of structures eligible for assistance are as follows:
§ Protected Structures i.e. those structures included in the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) of the Planning Authority.
§ Proposed Protected Structures i.e. those structures that are proposed for inclusion in the RPS of the Planning Authority.
§ Structures in Architectural Conservation Areas (ACAs), or within the amenity of a National Monument where exceptional circumstances are deemed by the Department to apply.
Full details of both grant schemes and application forms are now available on the Sligo County Council website at www.sligococo.ie/news. The deadline for submission of completed applications is 4pm Tuesday 28th February 2017. Any queries can be directed to: Siobhán Ryan, Heritage Officer, Sligo County Council by email at -
Social Innovation Fund
Social Innovation Fund Ireland’s Education Fund is open to projects that are focused on improving educational outcomes (at QQI Level 6 or higher from the National Framework of Qualifications) for those experiencing educational disadvantage. Projects are likely to focus on students at the upper end of second level or starting higher education.
Educational disadvantage that arises from living in a disadvantaged area, socio-economic disadvantage, experiencing mental health or other health issues, or disability are all relevant to this Fund.
Education and related qualifications determine to a large extent the life chances of people. Those who leave education without qualifications are hindered in their ability to find well-paying jobs and as a result are more at risk of poverty.
The number of people with educational disadvantage achieving accreditations to QQI level 6, or higher, is disproportionately low when compared with the national norm, despite many government and other initiatives to combat this. Social Innovation Fund Ireland’s goal via the Education Fund is to improve access to 3rd level education (QQI Level 6 & above) for students affected by disability or disadvantage, through improved educational attainment.
Social Innovation Fund Ireland believes that there are many innovative local projects that tackle educational disadvantage but which fail to grow and spread. With this in mind the education fund aims to address this by:
· Providing funding to organisations who can provide evidence of having secured match private or philanthropic funding for the duration of the proposed project (Minimum €10,000)
· Convene the best projects together annually to share learnings
· Provide projects with the opportunity to participate in a cluster evaluation
· Provide projects with a platform to showcase their work at a closing event.
The Education Fund will accept applications from
· Not for Profits
· Charities
· Schools
· Higher Education Institutes.
Social Innovation Fund Ireland is open for applications from November 2016 until 24 February 2017.
Full details available here >>
Source: The Wheel
Sports Capital Grant
The 2017 Sports Capital Programme will be open for applications from 9am on Monday 23 January 2017.
The deadline for registration is 5pm on Friday 10 February 2017.
If your organisation is not registered on OSCAR by 5pm on 10 February 2017, you will not be able to make an application. If your organisation has already registered, you do not need to register again.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday 24 February 2017. The online system will be shut down at this time and no late or partial applications will be accepted.
The 2017 guide to filling out the online application form, including the terms and conditions pertaining to applications, is available here >>
General Background
The Sports Capital Programme is the Government’s primary vehicle for supporting the development of sports facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment.
The programme funds:
· Natural grass sports pitches, tracks and courts (including pitch drainage)
· Floodlighting
· Artificial sports pitches, tracks, courts and multi-use games areas
· Security fencing, ball stop netting and goal posts
· Hurling walls / handball alleys
· Building or refurbishment of dressing rooms, showers and toilets
· Building or refurbishment of sports halls and gyms
· Non-personal equipment including lawn mowers and defibrillators. Anything set in the ground (such as goal posts) is not considered equipment.
· Any other capital projects that are clearly sporting in nature and that will increase participation in sport or improve performance.
www.dttas.ie/sport/english/sports-capital-programme
(Source: The Wheel)
X-Hale Short Film Competition Grant
The Irish Cancer Society are now inviting youth groups, clubs services, projects and centres to apply an X-HALE 2017 Short Film Competition grant.
The X-HALE Short Film Competition is an exciting opportunity for youth groups to create and promote a youth-led short-film that encourages young people to be smoke free.
Since 2011, The Irish Cancer Society has supported over 180 youth groups from all over Ireland to have their say about smoking and drive the movement towards a tobacco free Ireland.
If your youth organisation works with young people aged 10-24 and you are interested in receiving funding, resources and training to explore issues around young people and smoking, X-HALE wants to hear from you.
· Visit www.cancer.ie/xhale to learn more about X-HALE
· For more information about the X-HALE 2017 Short Film Competition and to submit a grant application please click here
· The closing date for grant applications is Wednesday 1 March 2017
· Please direct queries to or (01)2316624.
(Source: The Wheel)
Health Charities Invited to Make Funding Application
The Hospital Saturday Fund, which makes donations to hospitals, hospices and medically associated charities for research and care and to individuals whose health problems have caused severe financial stress, is now inviting applications from Irish charities and individuals.
The Hospital Saturday Fund was founded in 1873, at a time when poverty, overcrowding and ill-health were prevalent and little help was available for those needing costly hospital care.
Applications from Organisations
The Grant Making Committee (GMC) meets quarterly. Applications should be submitted online by close of business on the following dates:
GMC 5 June 2017
Standard Grants of £2,000 or €2,700 – deadline 8 May 2017
Large Grants of up to max £10,000 or €13,500 – deadline 10 April 2017
GMC 14 August 2017
Standard Grants of £2,000 or €2,700 – deadline 17 July 2017Large Grants of up to max £10,000 or €13,500 – deadline 19 June 2017
GMC 6 November 2017
Standard Grants of £2,000 or €2,700– deadline 9 October 2017
Large Grants of up to max £10,000 or €13,500 – deadline 11 September 2017
Applications from Individuals
Individual applications are accepted throughout the year on a rolling basis. See the guidelines on our website for further information.
Visit the Fund website here >>
(Source: The Wheel)
Arts Council Funding
All upcoming funding opportunities with the Arts Council are listed at
http://www.artscouncil.ie/available-funding/
Call for Applications: Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program 2018-2020
The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers aiming at improving the development and living conditions of children and youth or contributing to one of the Jacobs Foundation’s thematic priorities.
Fellowships are awarded to the most highly talented and innovative young scholars and mid-career researchers working on child and youth development. Funds from Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowships are awarded directly to the Fellow’s institution and may be used over a three-year period by the Fellow to partially cover the Fellow’s salary and for any activity supporting the Fellow’s research, such as assistant salaries, equipment, technical assistance, professional travel, or trainee support.
Scholars who engage in interdisciplinary work on individual development and learning of children and youth, and who seek to combine genetic, epigenetic, neurobiological, behavioral and social levels of analysis, are particularly encouraged to apply.
For further information and to submit an online application, please click here. Deadline for Applications is 31st Mar 2017.
Enterprise Ireland Innovation Vouchers
The Innovation Voucher initiative was developed to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers (i.e. higher education institutes, public research bodies) and small businesses.
Innovation Vouchers worth €5,000 are available to assist a company or companies to explore a business opportunity or problem with a registered knowledge provider.
Find our more at https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/research-innovation/companies/collaborate-with-companies-research-institutes/innovation-voucher.shortcut.html
The Ray Murphy Fund for Leadership
Ray Murphy worked for the Mott Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies and was instrumental in helping us get established in our early years. When he passed away in 2007 our board established a 10 year fund in his memory focusing on an area of particular interest to him – leadership in the not for profit sector.
The fund is aimed at Chief Executives within the community and voluntary sector. The fund will support CEOs to reflect on their leadership role within the community
Grants from this fund will provide CEOs with the opportunity to access leadership-related mentoring or coaching.
The Fund will make grants to build leadership within the community sector over 10 years, 2008 – 2017.
It is with regret that we cannot accept applications for courses which are not centrally focused on leadership-related mentoring or coaching. The fund will not cover regular leadership courses, degrees or post-graduate courses.
Grants of up to €2,500 may be awarded.
Who can apply: Chief Executives within the community and voluntary sector.
How to apply:
Contact Adele Mc Namara: to determine suitability. If suitable, the criteria and an application form will then be sent for you to complete. Return your completed application form as per the instructions outlined on these documents.
Assessment of Grant Recipients:
To ensure that funds are being allocated and used correctly we continuously and randomly assess various projects that have received funding through us. This allows us to give a high level of commitment to all our donors that their funds are being used in an appropriate manner and are also having the impacts that they want.
Outcome Reports
All grantees are required to provide an Outcome Report six months after their grant has been awarded.
Find out more at http://www.foundation.ie/apply-for-a-grant/types-of-grant/ray-murphy-fund/
Community Foundation of Ireland, Grants Fund for Mergers
In the face of current challenges facing the Irish Community and Voluntary sector, all organisations are looking at ways of working differently. In certain limited circumstances some organisations may see benefit in exploring merging permanently with another organisation, or consortium of likeminded organisations. We have a small fund which might allow such organisations or consortiums to explore this. It is for the facilitation of early stage discussions and negotiations, and not the process of merging in action.
Grants of a maximum of €8,000 will pay for associated costs such as hiring an external facilitator, room hire, travel costs etc.
The fund is not for collaborative working or strategic partnerships
Who can apply: Organisations/bodies and consortiums of organisations/bodies in the Irish Community and Voluntary Sector.
How to apply: Interested bodies and/ or consortiums should email Helen at in confidence to discuss the suitability of submitting an application to the fund. Please only send a brief introductory paragraph setting out the proposed activity and level of funding required. There is no application form available and potential applications must be discussed in advance with us.
Deadline
Applications will be considered as and when received; there is no specific closing date.
Any approach or enquiries will be held in the strictest confidence. Suitable applications will be assessed by one of the Grants staff and the Chair of Grants Expert Panel. Following the process those involved will be asked to report their learning about the process to us with a view to this helping other groups.
We do not take a view as to whether any organisations should merge.
Find out more at http://www.foundation.ie/apply-for-a-grant/types-of-grant/grants-fund-for-mergers/
CFI, Leadership for Ethnic Minorities, Social Change Grants
Leadership for Ethic Minorities Social Change Grants 2017
THIS CATEGORY WILL OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS ON 1ST MARCH 2017 The Community Foundation for Ireland’s ongoing grants strategy, now named “Social Change grants” has been confirmed for 2017. The social change grants that will be open for application on 1st March 2017. This year though our Social Change Grants Scheme we have a dedicated category for Leadership for Ethnic Minority Groups.
Criteria Summary
Grants of up to €7,500 are available for projects working towards building leadership skills in local Ethnic Minority community groups.
Grants will support community based and national work that will build leadership skills in local Ethnic Minority community groups, for example through capacity building, leadership training or strategic planning with very clearly identified objectives.