ESB Energy for Generations Fund
Monday, 24 Aug 2026
11:00am – 5:30pm
Closing Date: Monday 24th August (opening for applications from the 10th August)
Charities working in the areas of social inclusion, access to education, access to employment, and homelessness can apply to the fund.
Social Inclusion: Access to Education
The ESB Energy for Generations Fund funds services and projects working to promote access to education and have a particular interest in projects that support the following:
- Early years and primary education projects focusing on supporting transition into education and specialist literacy and numeracy skills development initiatives.
- Post-Primary level proposals supporting science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM).
- Adult education supporting competency development and return-to-education programmes aimed at those long-term out of work.
- Inclusive education initiatives that promote sustainability.
Social Inclusion: Access to Employment
They fund projects that focus on supporting inclusive access to employment initiatives committing to an increasingly diverse workforce and agile culture of inclusion and belonging in line with our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) commitment.
Homelessness
They also fund services and projects benefiting homeless people and those at risk of homelessness. The Fund welcomes projects particularly relating to sustainability as well as projects orientated towards social inclusion namely access to education and access to employment initiatives.
Twice a year, ESB allocates an amount from the fund for disbursement. The amount may vary because of the volume of applications received or seasonal considerations. Winter time and Christmas may require more funding than summer, for instance.