The Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan TD has today opened the nationwide funding call for the Community Safety Fund 2025 during a visit to Ballymun Garda Station and the Ballymun Implementation Board in Dublin.

The annual fund allows for the proceeds of crime, seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and An Garda Síochána, to be directed into local projects to support and enhance community safety.

This year, €4 million is available, which is double the original allocation of €2 million when the fund first opened for applications in 2022, and grants range from €20,000 to €150,000.

The call for the Community Safety Fund is open for six weeks from today Monday 7 April, closing on Friday 16 May.

Information Webinar: 16th April 2025

The National Office for Community Safety is hosting an information webinar in relation to the Community Safety Fund next Wednesday, 16th April.

Registration link: here

Any queries about the webinar, or the Fund, should be directed to the National Office for Community Safety, email address is Info@communitysafety.ie

The Fund:

• allows proceeds of crime to be directed into projects to support and enhance community safety
• ensures that the most appropriate proposals to improve community safety will access the funding they need
• allows best practice on community safety and youth justice to be shared with other partnerships and communities nationally as new proposals are developed
• benefits from the success of An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau in seizing the proceeds from criminal activity

Projects that have previously benefited from the funding supported initiatives that:

• reduce the fear of crime; improve community safety and feelings of safety
• support the creation of safe and resilient communities
• reduce reoffending
• divert vulnerable individuals away from engagement in criminal behaviour.

Completed application forms must be returned by 5pm Friday 16th May to CommunitySafetyFund@justice.ie

More information on Community Safety can be found at; www.gov.ie/communitysafety

Supporting documentation, including the Application Form and Guidance Document are available below.

Community Safety Fund: Your questions answered: Download or View

Community Safety Fund: Application Form: Download

Criteria for the Community Safety Fund: Download or View

Community Safety Fund: Guidance Note: Download or View

Source: https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/community-safety-fund/