Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme
The Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme 2019 is now open.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is now accepting applications for the Human Rights and Equality Grant Scheme 2019.
Application form and information booklet are available below.
The deadline for applications is 17.00 on Monday 15 April 2019.
The Commission is running a number of regional information sessions across Ireland to provide information to those organisations who are interested in applying.
Download application form and manual
Attend an information session
| LIMERICK
13 March 2019 The Strand Hotel, |
GALWAY
14 March 2019 The Connacht Hotel, |
CARLOW
20 March 2019 Woodford Dolmen Hotel |
DUBLIN
21 March 2019 The Irish Human Rights |
Register for an information session
Please register for an event by emailing RSVP@ihrec.ie with the location and date of the event you would like to attend in the subject line.
When registering please feel free to let us know if you have any special requirements, for example, dietary, accessibility, ISL interpretation. This will help us in our preparations for the event.
About the 2019 Grant Scheme
The Scheme will support activities in Ireland that advance economic and social rights and equality in relation to:
- Housing/accommodation
- Health
- Decent work
Eligible approaches include
- Building people’s awareness and understanding
- Assisting people to vindicate their rights
- Supporting equal treatment on equality grounds
- Strengthening the capacity of civil society to engage with public bodies on the public sector equality and human rights duty
- Providing evidence base to develop rights based legislation, policy and practice
Eligible activities for grant support can include
- Research and legal & policy analysis
- Education and training activities and resources
- Conferences, seminars, workshops
- Digital tools and campaigns
The Human Rights and Equality Grants Scheme is open to civil society organisations, including community and voluntary organisations, non-governmental and non-profit organisations, groups representing geographic communities or communities of interest, and trade unions.