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€400,000 awarded to projects to advance Access to Justice and Rights and to promote the Eradication of Ableism, Ageism, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Transphobia

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has today announced the 30 organisations to be awarded a total of €400,000 in funding for projects under its Human Rights and Equality Grants Scheme 2023-24. The 2023-24 Grants Scheme’s themes are informed by the Commission’s strategic priorities set out in its Strategy Statement 2022-24. This year the Grants Scheme supported projects under the following strands.
  • Strand A: Advancing Access to Justice and Rights
  • Strand B: Promoting the Eradication of Ableism, Ageism, Racism, Sexism, Homophobia and Transphobia
This year, projects were awarded for general grants up to €20,000 and for smaller grants up to €6,000. The scheme was open to civil society organisations working to promote human rights and equality and trade unions, as well as groups representing communities addressing poverty and social exclusion or communities of interest protected under the 9 equality grounds. We look forward to these projects and are confident that the outcomes will inform our future work. Chief Commissioner Sinéad Gibney said:
 “The Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme is part of our initiative to support and empower communities and organisations to tackle important rights-based issues, with those who are most affected.” Access to justice and protection from discrimination in all its forms is central to a healthy functioning democracy.” “We look forward to seeing the outcomes of empowering those who face the greatest barriers to justice to understand and claim their rights, through these projects, with the shared aim of creating a more inclusive society for all of us.”
ENDS/ For further information, please contact: Sarah Clarkin, IHREC Communications Manager, 01 852 9641 / 087 468 7760 sarah.clarkin@ihrec.ie Follow us on twitter @_IHREC

Editor’s Note

The IHREC Human Rights and Equality Grants Scheme 2023-2024

The Human Rights and Equality Grants Scheme is part of the Commission’s statutory power to provide grants to promote human rights and equality under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014.

The full list of organisations receiving the Human Rights and Equality Grants Scheme 2023-24 are:

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