Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025

The Heritage Council is now accepting applications from voluntary or community groups and not for profit non-governmental organisations around the country for its Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025.

A broad range of project types are eligible for funding under the scheme including:

• 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.

• Alterations to buildings and places of architectural heritage significance to improve accessibility 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 or items that support conservation or improve access to heritage 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

• Workshops and training events that focus on skills development e.g. training on topics such as traditional building skills, graveyard recording, oral history recording and biodiversity conservation, such as pollinator-friendly planting and managing habitats for species of conservation concern.

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

The variety of applicants who successfully secured funding in 2024 demonstrates the positive impact the scheme has across the heritage spectrum. View a full list of projects offered funding in 2024.

A full overview of eligibility criteria and other relevant details are available on the Community Grants Webpage 

The closing date for applications is Friday, 14th of March 2025 at 11.30pm. Applications must be made via the Heritage Council’s online grants management system. Funded projects must be completed by 14th of November 2025.

The Heritage Council will host a Zoom information webinar on the scheme at 12 noon on Friday the 7^th of February with general application advice followed by a question and answers session. The event will be recorded and available on our website for viewing afterwards. Register here.