• Young People
• Those at Risk of Social Exclusion
• Current Students
• Life Long Learners
• Prospective Students
• Charities and Non-Profit Organisations
• Fishermen and Coastal Communities
• Rural Communities and Areas
• Farmers
• Industry and the Research Community
• High Speed Broadband
• Micro-enterprise Sector
• Households
• Cities and Towns in the region

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Young People

Support	Managed By	Find out More
Youthreach - Youthreach is an education, training and work experience programme aimed at early school leavers aged 15-20.	Education and Training Boards	Enquire about Youthreach in your county
Garda Youth Diversion Projects - A programme for young people involved in anti-social or criminal behaviour that offers opportunities for education, employment and training as well as sport, art, music and other activities all of which contribute to improving employability.	Irish Youth Justice Service	Learn More
Young Person Probation - Community based projects providing programmes to children who come before the courts to address anti-social attitudes and behaviour, and offending behaviour.	Probation Service	Learn More

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Those at Risk of Social Exclusion

Support	Managed By	Find out More
Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme - SICAP aims to raise skills and education levels through education, training, work experience and/or work opportunities.	Pobal	Find out More
Tus Nua - A programme to assist women released from prison in their transition to independent living in the community.	Probation Service	Find out More
Integration and Employment of Migrants - Projects that will increase the employability of migrants who may be experiencing barriers to entering the labour market.	Department of Justice and Equality	Find out More
Garda Youth Diversion Projects - A programme for young people involved in anti-social or criminal behaviour that offers opportunities for education, employment and training as well as sport, art, music and other activities all of which contribute to improving employability.	Irish Youth Justice Service	Find Out More
Young Person Probation - Community based projects providing programmes to children who come before the courts to address anti-social attitudes and behaviour, and offending behaviour.	Probation Service	Find out More
Gender Equality - Projects targeted at women who are currently detached from the labour market, but wish to take up employment.	Department of Justice and Equality	Find Out More

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Current Students

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Student Assistance Fund - This fund provides financial assistance for full-time students experiencing financial difficulties whilst attending higher education.	Higher Education Authority	Find out about Eligibility and Applying
Fund for Students with Disabilities - This fund allocates funding to further and higher education colleges for the provision of services and supports to full-time students with disabilities.	Higher Education Authority	Find out about Eligibility and Applying

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Life Long Learners

Support	Managed By	Find out More
Adult Literacy - These projects and courses are aimed at helping people to gain literacy, language and numeracy skills.	Education and Training Boards	Find Your Local ETB
Back to Education Initiative - This initiative addresses the educatiional needs of those with minimal or no educational qualification and school leavers.	Education and Training Boards	Find Your Local ETB

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Prospective Students

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Springboard+ - Springboard+ offers a range of free courses at certificate, degree and masters level leading to qualifications in areas where there are employment opportunities in the economy. This includes courses that are aimed at addressing ICT skills gaps by converting talented graduates from non-computing/IT disciplines to meet identified ICT skills needs.	Springboard+	Look-up Courses

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Charities and Non-Profit Organisations

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Food and/or Basic Material Assistance Programme - This Programme provides charities with food and other basic materials for distribution to those most in need in our society. You will find details of the application process on the website linked here.	Department of Social Protection	Learn more on the Department’s Website

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Fishermen and Coastal Communities

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Schemes - Schemes supported by the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund are made available on the Bord Iascaigh Mhara Website.	Bord Iascaigh Mhara	Look-up Schemes

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Rural Communities and Areas

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Farmer’s Schemes and Payments - The Department of Agriculture provides a number of supports under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. These are all consolidated in one place on the linked section of the Department’s website.	Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Look up the Schemes and Payments
LEADER Programme - The LEADER Programme is managed by Local Action Groups spread across the country. For more details on the LEADER Programme, see its page on this website.	Departments of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Find your Local Action Group
Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAG) - Under the EMFF, local areas are empowered to produce local strategies for developing their coastal communities.	Bord Iascaigh Mhara	FLAG on Bord Iascagh Mhara

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Farmers

Farmer’s Schemes and Payments - The Department of Agriculture provides a number of supports under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. These are all consolidated in one place on the linked section of the Department’s website.

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Look up the Schemes and Payments

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Industry and the Research Community

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Research Centres - The Science Foundation Ireland Research Centres and Spokes Programmes are central to developing and strengthening a world ranking research, innovation and development reputation in Ireland and its regions.	Science Foundation Ireland	Learn More
Commercialisation Fund - Supporting entrepreneurship in the research community, through helping to bring good ideas to market.	Enterprise Ireland	Learn More
Innovation Partnership- Irish Business get a chance to work with and gain the expertise of Irish Research Institutes to help develop ideas and grow their business.	Enterprise Ireland	Learn More
Marine Research - Funding research initiatives that support and develop the fishing and coastal communities in both regions.	Marine Institute	Learn More

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High Speed Broadband

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Businesses and Households - The National Broadband Programme is a plan to deliver high speed broadband services (minimum speed of 30Mbps download and 6Mbps upload) to all businesses and households in Ireland.	Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment	Learn More

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Micro-enterprise Sector

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Small Business - Helps small business grow, increase the numbers employed and support innovation practise and investment in research and development in the micro-enterprise sector.	Enterprise Ireland	Learn More

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Households

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme - The scheme is targeted at low-income households at risk of energy poverty, delivering a range of energy efficiency measures.	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Learn More
Social Housing Retrofit - This is a retrofitting scheme for Local Authority housing stock. The scheme will help Ireland meet its carbon emission commitments and energy reduction targets for 2020.	Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

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Cities and Towns in the region

Support	Managed By	Find Out More
Sustainable Urban Development - Making our cities and towns more attractive for living, working and recreation.	Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government	Learn More