Reach Fund 2024 Now Inviting Applications
Calling all community organisations: The City of Dublin ETB Reach Fund 2024 is now open for applications.
The aim of the Reach Fund 2024 is to provide support to educationally disadvantaged learners in accessing and participating in community education in Dublin city.
Funding Categories
1. Community education learner assistance support; including education outreach, mentoring projects, transport costs for learners, urgent educational response.
2. Innovative green projects.
3. Projects focused on increasing participation in learning of specific target groups (listed in Information Guidelines)
4. Events/awareness campaigns that contribute to equality policy and legislation.
5. Support the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) strategy, specific actions that:
• Support individuals and groups with unmet literacy needs to access education and training offered by ETBs and community education providers.
• Target funding on access to technology and devices
• Expand community access to Wi-Fi and broadband resources.
6. Community groups in pre-development phase to support the most marginalised and disadvantaged groups.
7. Support for refugee groups to support education and training delivery and promote and/or support cultural and social inclusion, including research and/or needs analysis.
Closing date is Friday, 8 March at 5pm.
Reach Fund Across Ireland
Community education providers are now being given the opportunity to apply for funding for eligible projects under the Reach Fund for 2024. Funding will be administered to community education groups who apply through the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) across Ireland.
SOLAS and the network of ETBs are now inviting community education providers to apply for funding through the 2024 Reach Fund.
Applications can be made by community education groups by completing a funding application available through adult education providers in your local ETB.
Contact your local ETB here.