The €15 million Community Centres Investment Fund launched in April this year.
The Fund was available to Community groups under 3 Categories:
- Category 1 - grants up to €25,000
- Category 2 - grants between €25,001 and €100,000
- Category 3 - grants between €100,001 and €300,000
The fund closed to applications in July, and interest was extremely high, with over a thousand applications received under the 3 Categories. All applications were subject to a competitive appraisal process.
On October 12th, I announced over €12.5 million in funding for 580 successful Category 1 applicants. On December 8th, I was delighted to announce a further €33 million in funding for 278 successful Categories 2 and 3 applicants. Details of the successful applicants are available on my Department’s website and my officials are the process of notifying all successful applicants.