Dublin City Council has announced that The Heritage Council is now accepting applications for its 2024 Community Heritage Grant Scheme.

Community groups and not for profit non-governmental organisations in Dublin are eligible to apply for the funding to support a range of project types. Projects include:

• Conservation works to collections, objects or places, including natural heritage projects e.g. control of invasive species or habitat restoration works; conservation works to buildings, including churches; stabilisation works to ruined structures;

• Surveys, reports, plans, and audits to inform the future management of buildings and monuments, habitats, collections, or objects.

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• Accessibility projects that make heritage activities more accessible for people with disabilities e.g. building ramps, automatic doors, handrails, tactile interpretation

• Projects that help people engage more with their heritage e.g. interactive maps, videos, virtual exhibitions, podcasts, websites

• Purchase of specialised equipment e.g archival boxing for vulnerable documents, monitoring equipment for humidity or light, interpretation/multimedia equipment, specialised software

• Projects that address the heritage of minority groups e.g an oral history project documenting Traveller heritage

• Training in traditional skills and crafts e.g. workshops on skills such as roofing, thatch, dry stone walling etc.

• Citizen science projects on environmental conservation

The minimum grant that can be requested through the scheme is €500. The maximum is €25,000.

The application deadline is 25 March 2024 at 5.00pm, all funded projects must be completed by 15 November 2024. The Heritage Council will host a Zoom webinar on March 4 at noon, providing application guidance and Q&A.