Closing Soon: National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2025!

Posted on 13 Mar 2025 Last updated on 31 Mar 2025

The National Lottery are seeking entries to this year’s Good Causes Awards. The competition will culminate with a National Final awards ceremony which will take place in October 2025.

Who can enter this year’s awards?

You can enter the National Lottery Good Causes Awards if you, your organisation, project or club has received funding through the following National Lottery part-funded schemes between 2020-2024.

Sport: Any funding received through the Sports Capital Programme or through Sport Ireland

Arts & Culture: Any funding received through the Arts Council of Ireland

Heritage: Any funding received through the Heritage Council of Ireland

Youth: Any funding received from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, specifically the UBU Your Place, Your Space grants, Targeted Youth Funding Schemes or funding for Youth Information Centres.

Health: Any funding received through the HSE National Lottery Grant Scheme

Community: Any funding received from the National Lottery part-funded schemes administered by Department of Rural & Community Development, namely the Senior Alert Schemes or the Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO)

Irish Language: Any funding received to support the Irish Language, provided by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Application Details

The deadline for applications is Friday, 4 April!

Full details available here: https://www.lottery.ie/good-causes/good-causes-awards 

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