Closing Date usually towards the end of July 

No details on 2026 Fund available yet.

Information below based on 2025 Fund

The Department of Social Protection is providing funding to support anti-poverty groups to organise local, regional or national activities to promote awareness of the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty and to mark this day (Friday 17th October) in 2025.

The event must be a once-off initiative with a national, regional or local focus and must aim:

• to create public awareness of the UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty;
• to create public awareness of poverty in Ireland;
• to involve people at risk of, or experiencing poverty;
• to express solidarity with the fight to eradicate poverty globally

*Activities MUST take place on or around 17th October 2025.

The maximum amount of funding which can be awarded to any one project is up to €3,000, with a limitation of only one proposal per organisation under this initiative.

Click HERE (Scroll to relevant section of the webpage – United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty) to find out more and apply