# Grants to empower older people now available in Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/13/grants-empower-older-people-now-available-ireland/
- Published: 2014-06-13T12:02:06+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Grants of up to €7500 are available in Ireland to help older people become more 
active citizens and make themselves heard at local and national level.

[The Community Foundation for Ireland Older Person’s Fund](http://www.foundation.ie/giving/cat/the-older-persons-fund/)
will provide funding for year-long projects focused in two areas:

 * Inclusion of older people in active citizen roles, and
 * Supporting older peoples’ voices at local and national level.

For **inclusion projects** the Fund says it will support “innovative, replicable
and effective local community interventions’. Users/beneficiaries must be involved
or have been consulted in project planning and applicants must be prepared to evaluate
and learn from their work as well as share project learning and outcomes.

## Advertisement

The second strand of the funding for **advocacy work with older people** can include
training to influence policy, developing community decision-making processes, building
leadership or negotiation skills and other innovative projects to give greater “
voice” to older people.

The deadline for applications is **25 July 2014**, with successful applicants informed
in October. Applicants should have annual revenue of not more than €1 million.

 * **[Ireland Funds reveal $16 million in Irish grants](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/01/ireland-funds-reveal-16m-irish-grants/)**(
   1 July 2014)
 * **[Lloyds reports on Northern Ireland giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/07/29/lloyds-reports-northern-ireland-giving/)**(
   29 July 2014)
 * **[Irish cancer charity income falls](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/08/01/irish-cancer-charity-income-falls/)**(
   1 August 2014)