The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is inviting applications from organisations who work with young people to apply for funding under the LGBTI+ Youth Fund 2024. A total of up to €400,000 is being made available in grants to applicants to the fund, with the term of the grant running from October 2024 to December 2025.
The fund has been established to support initiatives that make a difference in ensuring LGBTI+ young people are visible, included, treated equally, healthy, and safe in their communities.
Applications are invited from organisations that can demonstrate a track record in working with young people, in particular with LGBTI+ young people, defined for the purposes of this scheme as those aged under 25, and who have proposals for programmes of work that can make a real difference in the lives of LGBTI+ young people.
The fund will be administered by the Youth Affairs Unit of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
A total of €400,000 is being made available by the Department to support impactful projects to support LGBTI+ young people, to be delivered from Q4 2024 through 2025.
Grant amounts of between €20,000 and €75,000 are available to support projects that will make a substantial impact in advancing the objectives of the fund.
It is envisaged that work programmes will commence in Q4 2024 and complete no later than 31 December 2025 with the grant to be paid as detailed in a grant agreement. Funding awarded under the pilot scheme will cover the last 3 months of 2024 and the entirety of 2025.
A full guide to the application process is provided in the Guidance Note below.
Only applications submitted using the template Application Form (attached as an appendix to the Guidance Note) will be considered for funding under this application process.
LGBTI+ Youth Fund 2024 – Application Form: https://assets.gov.ie/302880/a2382ccc-7ce8-4ac1-b4a9-469601420892.docx
LGBTI+ Youth Fund 2024 – Guidance Note: https://assets.gov.ie/302883/eb33298e-3259-4abb-9c6d-e16745585175.pdf
All communications, including the completed application form, should be sent by email to [email protected] . All emails relating to this scheme should include ‘LGBTI+ Youth Fund’ in the subject.