Former Lord Mayor and Independent Cllr Kieran McCarthy wishes to remind community groups in the south east of the city that Cork City Council’s community development grants have an upcoming closing date. Applications for Community Associations Capital Grant and Small-Scale Programme Grant 2025 close on 5 March. Applications are welcomed from community groups who wish to apply for small once off programme grants or community associations with community centres/buildings that require works of a capital or building maintenance nature. Further details in relation to 2025 grants, including the online application form for funding can be found at www.corkcity.ie    

The Cork City Council Small Scale Programme Grant 2025 is aimed at community groups in the Cork City area for once-off, small scale programme activities excluding arts, sports activities and estate management including landscaping, tree/flower planting. The maximum grant that can be applied for will be €2,500. 

            The Community Associations Capital Grants 2025 is for recognised community associations in Cork City who own or can get permission to carry out works of a capital or major building maintenance nature. Funding will be awarded towards large scale Capital Grants between a minimum of €5,000 and a maximum of €35,000. 

  Cllr McCarthy noted: “The continuance of such grants is to be welcomed by Cork City Council. Our community centres do trojan volunteer work. Their centres are beacons of togetherness and solidarity and showcasing the myriad of reasons why building community capacity matters. The small scale grants are also very important to running community events, which are also all about bringing people together, learning from each other and progressing community life and activities in our neighbourhoods”.