From Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
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The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today announced the allocation of €635,287 to 13 organisations under the What Works 2023 Building Evidence Fund.
The Building Evidence Fund has been established under the Data and Evidence strands of the What Works Prevention and Early Intervention initiative. The Fund’s goal is to promote the collection and use of data in prevention and early intervention services on activities and outcomes for children and young people; and to support the development and application of skills for effective monitoring, evaluation and analysis of prevention and early intervention services.
Under this Fund, organisations were invited to apply for up to €50,000 in funding for prevention and early intervention projects. 71 applications were received, and 13 organisations were awarded funding with a total fund of €635,287 allocated, with the projects to run for a 12 month period. The 13 successful grantee organisations include practitioners and service providers working in not-for-profit organisations who work with children, young people, and their families.
Details of the successful grantees are listed directly below which provides detail of each project, thematic area, geographic area, and total amount awarded.
Minister O’Gorman said:
“I am delighted to allocate funding to these 13 organisations who are working to improve outcomes for children, young people, and their families in communities through prevention and early intervention approaches. This funding will assist in harnessing the learning from prevention and early intervention initiatives and research, and actively support the use of data and evidence to inform planning, delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvements.
"The funding will also help to improve access and use of data and information relating to children, young people, and their families by aligning and developing what currently exists around the country.
"I look forward to hearing about the outcomes, reach and impact of these projects.”
The DCEDIY What Works Initiative, funded under Dormant Accounts, is aimed at maximising the impact of prevention and early intervention to improve outcomes for children and young people living in Ireland.
At the core of the initiative is a desire to assist those working to improve the lives of children and young people in promoting evidence informed approaches. The initiative is designed to take a whole-system approach to enhancing the use, understanding and availability of prevention and early intervention approaches, and works across four key areas: data, evidence, capacity, and equality. Further information can be found on the What Works website.
The Building Evidence Fund’s goal is to promote the collection and use of data in prevention and early intervention services on activities and outcomes for children and young people; and to support the development and application of skills for effective monitoring, evaluation and analysis of prevention and early intervention services.
It will allow community and voluntary organisations to dedicate time and consideration to developing and improving their collection and use of data to assess the real-life impacts of their services on service-users, and to support their staff to access training on data collection and analysis so that they can use data in reporting on and evaluating their services.
The Fund is also envisaged to help those working with children, young people, and families to access training on collecting, research and analysis that improve outcomes for children and young people.
Queries can be directed to whatworks@equality.gov.ie
