From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, today announced the 113 community projects set to receive funding under the Communities Integration Fund 2024. Through this Fund, a total of €509,791 will be made available to support local community-based organisations across Ireland to play a greater role in welcoming and integrating migrants and refugees.
The Communities Integration Fund has been in place since 2017 and arises from Action 51 of the Migrant Integration Strategy, which calls for funding to be made available to local communities throughout Ireland to promote the integration of migrants and refugees. Since its inception, the Communities Integration Fund has now supported over 930 projects, with grant funding totalling €4.32 million.
Welcoming the announcement, Minister O’Gorman said:
“I am delighted to announce today that 113 local migrant integration projects will be funded under the Communities Integration Fund. Over the last few years, communities across Ireland have played a vital role in supporting those who have come and made their lives here. I’m confident that this fund will help support those efforts”.
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The Communities Integration Fund 2024 open call for proposals ran from 8th April to 8th May 2024. Just over €500,000 has been made available in 2024 to support local projects through grant funding of €1,000 - €5,000 per successful project.
As in previous years, calls for proposals were grouped under ten themes aiming to promote inclusion and diversity:
• Intercultural Awareness;
• Combating Racism and Xenophobia;
• Sport & Community Games;
• Arts;
• Food/Cuisine;
• Community Events;
• Capacity Building;
• Employment;
• School-Aged Projects;
• Migrant Women.
As this Fund is intended to support the integration of migrant and host communities, all successful applicants have demonstrated the ability to involve both migrant and host communities in the activities proposed. The maximum grant available is €5,000, and the minimum grant is €1,000.
A list of successful applicants can be found here.