The Minister for Social Protection, Ms Joan Burton, TD, has announced a call for applications under the Disability Activation Project. The Disability Activation Project is co-funded by the European Union under the European Social Fund (Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007 – 2013) and the Irish Government. The funding, which will be available for projects in the Border, Midlands and Western (BMW) region will be administered by the Department of Social Protection with the support of Pobal.

Applications for strategic and innovative projects in the Border, Midlands and Western region are invited from organisations who have experience of working with people with a disability. Projects can be funded up until 30th April 2015. Closing date for applications is Friday 13th April 2012.

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Operated by Create

This scheme is funded by the Arts Council and managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. Please note that this award may by subject to different conditions and criteria than the awards directly administered by the Arts Council. Requests for information or application forms should be directed to Create.

Description

Twice yearly, the Arts Council offers grants to enable artists and communities of place and/or interest to work together on projects. The scheme covers all artforms: architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts.
The projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts eg arts and health; arts in prisons; arts and older people; arts and cultural diversity.

The aim of the scheme is to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists. It is essential that consultation take place between the artist and the community group, so that both parties are involved in deciding on the nature of the project realisation. Group ownership of the art should be maintained at every stage. The project realisation may result in a variety of outcomes.

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The Ana Liffey Drug Project is recruiting for a Project Worker for their Mullingar Open Door Project.  This project provides a low-threshold harm reduction drop-in service to drug users based in Mullingar.

This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate  from a relevant programme or someone with 2-3 years post-qualification experience to  join an established team working in the area of problem subtance use.

Conditions of Employment:
Contract: 10 months fixed term .
Salary: HSE Social Worker Scale
Hours: 35 hours per week, 9.30am to 5.30pm    
Base: Mullingar

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The Ana Liffey Drug Project is recruiting for a Project Worker for their Mullingar Open Door Project.  This project provides a low-threshold harm reduction drop-in service to drug users based in Mullingar.

This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate  from a relevant programme or someone with 2-3 years post-qualification experience to  join an established team working in the area of problem subtance use.

Conditions of Employment:
Contract: 10 months fixed term .
Salary: HSE Social Worker Scale
Hours: 35 hours per week, 9.30am to 5.30pm    
Base: Mullingar

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TUS

Community Work Placement Initiative

Westmeath Community Development (WCDL) are calling on all community and sporting groups to apply for workers under the TUS programme. All costs related to the scheme including payroll and insurance are covered by WCDL. A supervisor will work with the community groups and participants to ensure that all predetermined work is carried out as agreed. This initiative will provide suitable working opportunities for people who are unemployed while at the same time carrying out a broad range of services of benefit to the community and in a variety of community settings.

Eligible Work

The types of work that might be carried out may include:

• Energy conservation work in homes and community buildings
• Personal services and social care of all age groups and persons with disabilities
• Caretaking, securing, supervising of community buildings and spaces
• Renovation of community and sporting facilities, including the regeneration and enhancement of community, recreation and sporting spaces
• Work in support of cultural and heritage activities
• Community administration and community event management
• Coaching for sporting activities
• Recycle and repair of equipment for developing communities abroad-farm tools, bicycles, computers, sewing machines, health equipment.

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The Grant Round

The objective of the Small Grants Round is to enable as many organisations as possible to fund new and innovative responses to social need. The amount of funding available will vary from year to year but is typically around $1 million. Applicants can apply online during the period in which the Grant Round is open, which is typically February – March.

Grant Round Funding

Organisations typically begin their funding relationship with The Ireland Funds when they are awarded a grant through the Grant Round. Donors occasionally identify projects through the Grant Round that they wish to support longer term through donor advised gifts and, while a relatively small number of organisations receive funding in this way, we continuously update our records on charities should a donor express an interest in supporting an area in which they are active.

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