Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 3.0: ReThink Ireland

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What is The Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 3.0 ?

Rethink Ireland is partnering with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) to deliver and manage a €3,500,000 Disability Participation and Awareness 3.0, an eight month fund, to support up to 18 innovative projects and organisations which work to enhance the lives of people with disabilities.

The eight-month Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 3.0 is now open for applications from change-making non-profit organisations focused on supporting people with disabilities, with a key focus on neurodiverse people to participate fully and equally in all aspects of life. This includes social, cultural, arts and sports participation, as well as dismantling barriers, promoting understanding and competence, and leveraging innovative strategies to address the evolving needs of the disability community.

The goals of the Disability Participation and Awareness Fund 3.0 are to support innovative projects or organisations across Ireland to:

Enhance community, social, cultural, arts and physical participation of people with disabilities in all aspects of community life
Promote disability understanding and competence and awareness of disability issues and matters in the community
Support and empower neurodiverse people at community level
Build the organisational capacity of impactful service providers in Ireland to expand their services and to support more people with disabilities
To increase awareness of disability issues and matters in the community

The Fund offers a package of cash grants from €50,000 up to €200,000, and non-financial supports for up to 18 projects, to help them expand and increase their social impact.

This includes:

Up to 18 awards ranging from €50,000 up to €200,000* each
The non-financial supports will include:
- a place on Rethink Ireland’s Accelerator Programme
- bespoke business and capacity building supports designed in consultation with the successful projects on topics such as strategic planning, maximising your impact, communications, storytelling and fundraising
Access to Rethink Ireland’s networks

* The Rethink Ireland Board will decide how much money to award, which may be less than the amount requested. The final amount of the award will depend on how many organisations are selected.