The Heritage Council is now accepting applications from community groups and not-for-profit non-governmental organisations around the country for its Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2024.

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.

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.

Projects that can be commenced after an offer date in mid-April and completed before 15th November 2024 can be considered under this scheme.

The scheme is open to:
• Voluntary and community groups for example Tidy Towns groups, local action groups & societies, parish councils, church councils & select vestries.
• Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) including not for profit trusts
• Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) participants (NGO’s only)
• Adopt a Monument Programme participants

View/download the full community grants scheme information pack below

Community Heritage Grant Scheme Guide 2024

You must apply through the Heritage Council’s online grants system. We only accept forms submitted online. We do not provide or accept paper forms.

Please note that a new Online Grants System will be operating for 2024. You will have to Register first before you can start your application.

To consider your application, we must receive your online application along with supporting documents by: 25 March 2024 at 5pm.

Applications, or additional information will not be accepted after this time. We will let you know, in writing, whether your application is successful or not in May 2024.

A zoom information webinar about the scheme will be held on Monday 4th March at 12 noon.
Register here

We have put together a list of resources here, which we hope you find helpful when planning and developing your heritage. project. These include ideas for project promotion, access and inclusion, good heritage advice guidance etc

View some previously funded projects here.

Source: https://www.heritagecouncil.ie/funding/community-heritage-grant-scheme-2024