The 2026 What Works In Communities Fund seeks to empower communities by supporting C&V organisations that deliver prevention and early intervention initiatives for children and young people, including those with disabilities, those that are marginalised, and those at risk of social exclusion.

The Fund specifically aims to support not-for-profit, non-statutory organisations based in the Ireland that are community-led and providing services, supports or advocacy for community benefit.
They must operate outside of formal state-run systems such as education or health service delivery.

Projects must apply one of the following approaches:

– Piloting and testing innovative prevention and early intervention approaches.
– Scaling up existing prevention and early intervention approaches where there is an opportunity to better understand how and in what contexts these approaches are effective.
– Evaluating an existing prevention and early intervention project so it can contribute to the national evidence base and potentially be upscaled and/or replicated elsewhere.

Learn more and Apply: Announcement of 2026 What Works In Communities Fund – WhatWorks

Closing date: Friday 31st July 2026