Cuan Funding Call 2025 – Information for Service Providers

Cuan, the National Agency for coordinating Ireland’s response to Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV), is pleased to announce that additional funding has been secured to support the work of DSGBV services nationally.

This funding aims to consolidate and strengthen existing services, to expand service provision and submissions for funding should align with the objectives of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on DSGBV.

This funding will be allocated to Cuan funded DSGBV service providers and to new applicants where eligibility criteria have been met.

Priority areas for investment include:

• Enhanced capacity building and training for staff and boards of Cuan funded services
• Expansion of sexual violence services for adults and adolescents
• Expansion of specialized interventions and supports across all DSGBV services for marginalized and diverse groups
• Expanded access to evidence led perpetrator programmes

Please note note the following:

Completion of one form per organisation is permitted. The Cuan DSGBV Funding Call Form facilitates submissions of funding under each of the listed strands: A, B, C, D. Please refer to the User Guide for further information on how to complete, and eligibility criteria.

*Your service may be eligible to apply for funding under one or more strands.

Services not currently funded by Cuan are NOT eligible to apply for the first two strands of funding under the Cuan DSGBV Funding Call 2025:

1. Funding to Support Capacity Building to Meet Professional Standards
2. Sexual Violence Services

For services not currently funded by Cuan, in Question 6 of the form, please ONLY select:

1. Specialised Interventions and Support for marginalised and diverse groups (e.g., for LGBTQ+ individuals, Traveller and Roma communities and male victims etc.)
2. Perpetrator Programmes

Cuan are providing an additional guidance note for new applicants of Cuan funding. This should be used by service/organisations completing the Cuan DSGBV Funding Call 2025 Form who are NOT currently Section 40 Funded Services as defined by the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Act 2023 (i.e. services which are not currently funded by Cuan). New service/organisations should read the attached Cuan DSGBV Funding Call Form 2025 User Guide and relevant parts of the Cuan Hub - User Guide & FAQ, as outlined here, prior to completing the form.

Upon accessing the link to the Cuan DSGBV Funding Call 2025 Form, new users must first register an account on the Cuan Hub. Instructions for doing so can found in the Cuan Hub - User Guide & FAQ on pages 4-7. After registration, you should be taken to the Cuan DSGBV Funding Call 2025 Form.

If you log out of the Hub and need to return to the form, please refer to page 12 of the Cuan Hub - User Guide & FAQ for instructions. Please ensure that you select the Cuan DSGBV Funding Call 2025 Form on the home page, NOT the Cuan Recurring Funding Submission 2025: Submission.

Please refer to the Cuan DSGBV Funding Call Form 2025 User Guide for instructions on completing the Funding Call form. If you have questions about using the Cuan Hub, please refer to the Cuan Hub - User Guide & FAQ. FAQs about using the Hub can be found on pages 18-22, and instructions about submitting forms on the Hub can be found on pages 14-15.

The link to the Cuan DSGBV Funding Call 2025 form can be accessed here:

Cuan DSGBV Funding Call 2025

If you have any questions that aren't answered in the User Guides or encounter a problem while completing the Funding Call form, please send us a message on the Hub. Instructions on accessing the messaging feature can be found on pages 16 and 18 of the Cuan Hub - User Guide & FAQ.

If you are unable to access the Hub, please send an email to: services@cuanagency.ie

Submissions should align with the objectives of the Zero Tolerance: Third National Strategy on DSGBV.

The deadline for submissions is COB, Tuesday 5th August 2025

We look forward to receiving your submission.