Funding Programmes
LEADER milestone: 1,000th project proposal approved for funding
As LEADER reaches a special milestone, we look at the project that got it there.
Funding
Budget 2019: €62m increase in Rural and Community Development budget
As the government announces the details of Budget 2019, what has been allocated to the Department, and where else will communities see increases?
Development Work
Further perspectives on ‘Alignment’
- Excerpts from reports by Dr Brendan O’Keeffe, Niall Crowley, Debra Mountford, Seán O’Riordan:
Funding
A €3.6 billion error? Here’s what we could do with that money
It's all rather curious. Ireland is €3.6 billion better off than we thought.
Community
Update in relation to former CDPs and the LCDP
The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government this afternoon released figures to ‘Changing Ireland’ that show the number of projects funded under the Local and Community Development Programme.
Development Work
INTERVIEW – Minister Carey says ‘no’ to national forum proposal, but ‘yes’ to some local proposals
'Changing Ireland’ interviewed Minister Pat Carey yesterday on a range of topics, including a key question over changing structures for State support for communities within the framework of the Local and Community Development Programme.
Development Work
2 PROGRAMMES TO BE MERGED – CURRAN IN CAVAN
The Community Development Programme, first established in 1990, is to be absorbed into a new unnamed programme that also incorporates the Local Development and Social Inclusion Programme.
Community Finance
8 WAYS COMMUNITY GROUPS CAN SAVE MONEY
Every tabloid magazine in the known universe has published articles this year about “getting through” the downturn/depression. Here are our ideas for non-profit organisations.More...
