COMMUNITY GRANTS SCHEME 2025
The deadline for application is Wednesday 30th of April 2025 – links below for the application form and guidance note
Introduction
BAM, in association with the Community Benefits Oversight Programme for the new children’s hospital, established a Community Grants Scheme in 2020. Since then, 88 voluntary, community, schools, social enterprises and resident groups have been supported with €200,000 donated. The Grant Scheme has been extended for one additional year in 2025.
The aim of the Grant Scheme is to support and encourage a diverse range of community-based initiatives that will improve the quality of life for local communities around the new children’s hospital. We want to encourage groups with good ideas about what will make their communities better places to live. Your organisation needs to be a not-for-profit voluntary organisation, community group or a registered charity. Consideration will be given to applicants that can demonstrate the benefits of a new, innovative or expanded project for the local community and residents.
The fund will assist community-based projects that:
The allocation for 2025 is €50,000 and will be divided into grant bands of €500-€1,000, €1,000 to €5,000 and €5,000 to €10,000. Please note that only a small number of applications will be supported at the higher band mainly so that we can support a larger number of deserving applications and in prior years the scheme has not been always able to support everyone due to figure of organisations applying. Hence every application is evaluated independently in terms of merit.
Key Themes:
The following themes have been identified in keeping with the Community Benefit Programme for the new children’s hospital:
