Community Heritage Grant Scheme Opens In Dublin

Dublin City Council has announced that The Heritage Council is now accepting applications for its 2024 Community Heritage Grant Scheme.

Community groups and not for profit non-governmental organisations in Dublin are eligible to apply for the funding to support a range of project types. Projects include:

• Conservation works to collections, objects or places, including natural heritage projects e.g. control of invasive species or habitat restoration works; conservation works to buildings, including churches; stabilisation works to ruined structures;

• Surveys, reports, plans, and audits to inform the future management of buildings and monuments, habitats, collections, or objects.


• Accessibility projects that make heritage activities more accessible for people with disabilities e.g. building ramps, automatic doors, handrails, tactile interpretation

• Projects that help people engage more with their heritage e.g. interactive maps, videos, virtual exhibitions, podcasts, websites

• Purchase of specialised equipment e.g archival boxing for vulnerable documents, monitoring equipment for humidity or light, interpretation/multimedia equipment, specialised software

• Projects that address the heritage of minority groups e.g an oral history project documenting Traveller heritage

• Training in traditional skills and crafts e.g. workshops on skills such as roofing, thatch, dry stone walling etc.

• Citizen science projects on environmental conservation

The minimum grant that can be requested through the scheme is €500. The maximum is €25,000.

The application deadline is 25 March 2024 at 5.00pm, all funded projects must be completed by 15 November 2024. The Heritage Council will host a Zoom webinar on March 4 at noon, providing application guidance and Q&A.