Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025 open for applications

Heritage Council’s Community Heritage Grant Scheme is now open for applications

An annual grant scheme for community groups and not-for-profit non-governmental organisations around the country for heritage projects.

This scheme is intended to enable communities and heritage non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to continue their work on existing projects or to start new initiatives.

A broad range of project types are eligible for funding under the scheme including:

  • Workshops and training events that promote good heritage practice, in particular, we are interested in traditional building skills, craft skills, graveyard recording and biodiversity training.
  • Development of Digital Heritage Resources including digitisation, online exhibitions, oral history recordings, podcasts, and films. You need to make sure that the digital outputs you create
    with grant funding are available, open, and accessible.
  • Conservation surveys, reports, plans, and audits that will inform the future management of buildings and monuments, habitats, collections, or objects.
  • Conservation works to buildings, monuments, habitats, collections, or objects. Conservation works must include an assessment of potential impacts on biodiversity and climate and outline measures to ensure positive outcomes. For example, habitat restoration, sustainable management of invasive species, or improving energy efficiency in heritage buildings.
  • Purchase of specialised equipment or items that support conservation or improve access to heritage.

Who can apply?

The scheme is open to:

The applicant group must have a current bank/credit union account in their name. 

The Scheme is not open to

  • Private companies
  • Individuals
  • Public bodies or organisations controlled either directly or indirectly by any state or other body.

Deadline to submit applications is 14th March 2025 at 11.30pm.

Zoom Information Webinar

A zoom information webinar about the scheme will be held on Friday 7th February 2025 at 12 noon. Register here

For details on how to apply visit https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/funding/community-heritage-grant-scheme-2

See how the scheme has benefited the Ellen Hutchins Festival in Cork in the video below. 

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