The Rethink Ireland is accepting
applications for its Ignite Midwest Fund to provide a package of awards and
supports to innovative not-for-profit organisations that are working to empower
communities, tackle inequality, poverty, or social exclusion; and/or promote
recovery and prevention in the counties of Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary.
This one-year Fund is open to community groups, charities, or
social enterprises that support children, young people, or adults who are
experiencing poverty, socio-economic disadvantage, or geographic isolation. Two
awards will specifically be for projects that are using music as a means of
promoting social inclusion and/or wellbeing in the region.
Funding Information
- The Fund offers a package of
cash grants and non-financial supports to the value of between €55,000 and
€75,000 for up to seven projects, to help them expand and increase their
social impact.
- This includes:
- Up to two awards of up to
€55,000 for projects that are using music as a means of promoting social
inclusion. This includes a cash grant of up to €44,000.
- Up to five awards of up to
€75,000 for other successful projects. This includes a cash grant of up
to €60,000.
- The non-financial supports will
include:
- a place on Rethink Ireland’s
Accelerator Programme
- be spoke business and capacity
building supports designed in consultation with the successful projects
on topics such as strategic planning, maximizing impact, communications,
storytelling and fundraising.
- Access to Rethink Ireland’s
networks.
Eligibility Criteria
- The fund invites applications
from organisations or projects within organisations, that:
- support people who are
marginalised or are experiencing poverty, disadvantage, or geographic
isolation
- have a sustained impact in the
counties of Clare, Limerick or Tipperary.
- The fund particularly welcomes
projects that are focusing on one or more of the following:
- tackling poverty, inequality,
and/or social exclusion
- empowering communities to
speak and act for themselves
- promoting recovery or
prevention
- using music as a means to
promote social inclusion and/or wellbeing.
- Rethink Ireland Compulsory
Criteria:
- The project must address a
critical social issue, in this case poverty, inequality, socio-economic
disadvantage, or geographic isolation.
- The project must be innovative
in an Irish context.
- The project must be based on
the island of Ireland and make its main impact in the Republic of Ireland
(for this Fund projects must be based in Co. Tipperary, Co. Limerick, or
Co. Clare, or operate under a national organisation with a midwest branch
or focus).
- The project must have the
potential and desire to scale or replicate in Ireland.
- The project must provide
evidence that it is up and running, or be tested at least in a minimal
way.
- Applicants must come from an
entity that has a not-for-profit legal form, eg:
- company limited by guarantee
- charity
- co-operative
- social enterprise
- volunteer organisation
- other not-for-profit legal
forms
- Ignite Midwest Fund Compulsory
Criteria:
- Projects must be based in Co.
Tipperary, Co. Limerick or Co. Clare, or operate within a national
organisation with a branch or focus in one or more of these counties.
- Projects/organisations must
ring-fence the funding and supports for their work in one or more of the
three counties only.
- Projects must be working with
communities and groups experiencing socio-economic disadvantage or
geographic isolation.
- Projects must focus on one or
more of the following: tackling inequality, poverty and/or social
exclusion; on promoting recovery or prevention, or on empowering their
communities.
- A project wishing to apply for
one of the two awards for using music as a means of promoting social
inclusion and/or wellbeing must be able to show a substantial impact on
participants.
- Advantageous Criteria:
- Projects that have a direct
and sustained impact on the midwest region.
- Projects which work to enhance
leadership and self-empowerment among marginalised communities.
- Projects that promote and
employ community development approaches.
- Projects which have a
demonstrable commitment to equality and human rights for all.
Post Date - 16-Feb-2021