Dublin City Council Community Grant Scheme 2026 Inviting Applications

Posted on 27 Jan 2026

The Dublin City Community Grants scheme provides support to a wide variety of groups and organisations across the city annually that facilitate projects, events and activities to encourage social inclusion. 

The 2026 scheme is inviting applications from Thursday 22 January 2026 from 12 noon with a total fund of €386,500 divided into the following strands:

  1. The Local Area Grant (€300,000 with a maximum grant available of €1,000)
  2. The Informal Adult Education Grant (€86,500 with a maximum grant available of €800).

Applications are made through Citizen’s Hub using the following links with terms and conditions also provided:

https://citizenhub.dublincity.ie/en/service/Community_Grant_Application

https://citizenhub.dublincity.ie/en/service/Informal_Adult_Education_Grant

Please note the closing date for submissions is Friday, 20 February 2026 at 1pm.

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