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OUR <\/span>FUNDING PROCESS.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Background<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An Ciste Infheist\u00edochta Gaeilge invites applications through an open-call procedure from interested Irish language community groups seeking to advance capital applications for the ultimate development of sustainable capital projects that will enhance the delivery of services to the Irish language sector and assist in the creation, development and support of Irish language communities.<\/p>\n

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Grants will be capped at 50%<\/span> of the Project costs or \u00a3250,000<\/span> per applicant (to include all costs).<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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applications Considered<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An Ciste will only consider applications from voluntary and community sector organisations, with an Irish language constitution, charitable status (or with charitable status pending) and with a proven track record of promoting the Irish language.
Examples of capital projects that must fulfill a need or opportunity and must be delivered through the medium of Irish include:<\/p>\n

\u2981 Arts & Cultural projects.
\u2981 Irish language Family Centres.
\u2981 Cult\u00farlann facilities
\u2981 Community development projects.<\/p>\n

An Ciste can only fund Project Capital Costs and cannot fund any project operational or running costs. Priority will be given to capital projects that can demonstrate long-term viability and that can attract capital and operational funds from a range of other sources.<\/p>\n

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Projects must demonstrate
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\u2981 Partnership and co-operation: – with other Irish language groups\/bodies at local, regional and national level.
\u2981 Cultural Development: – the promotion of the Irish language and its cultural and social advancement.
\u2981 Inclusiveness: – the promotion of equality of opportunity.
\u2981 Leverage: – the ability to maximise other fund-raising potential and capital funding from other agencies.
\u2981 Complementarity: – ensure that proposals will not duplicate, substitute or displace existing provision in a particular geographical locality.
\u2981 Sustainability: – be associated with long term activities and initiatives that contribute to social and economic sustainability, including job creation.<\/p>\n

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An Ciste recognises that not all projects will be economically viable from project incomes alone and some will require fundraising from other sources.\u00a0 If this is the case applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the capability of raising the required operational costs to make their project sustainable in the long term.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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what we can fund
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\u2981 Site purchase costs (providing funding package is in place to develop)
\u2981 Construction costs for new build
\u2981 Refurbishment costs
\u2981 Pre-construction costs which may include eg. Professional & design team fees.
\u2981 Associated non retrospective professional costs will be considered as part of the over application.<\/p>\n

We will not fund items of equipment that are not directly linked to refurbishment \/ construction costs.<\/p>\n

Applicants are encouraged to explore and demonstrate how they have investigated all possible sources of other funding for their particular project. In this way the funds available through An Ciste can be maximised to lever out other important funding into the Irish-language sector.<\/p>\n

Applicants should make contact with An Ciste in advance to discuss other potential sources of funding for their project ideas in advance of the submission of a full application.
An Ciste will solely consider applications from Irish language voluntary and community sector organisations with a proven track record of promoting the Irish language.<\/p>\n

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INELIGIBLE APPLICANTS
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An Ciste will not fund projects that it considers to be a statutory responsibility of local or central government.<\/p>\n

Ineligible applicants include;<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2981 Private Businesses
\u2981 Educational Institutions
\u2981 Schools
\u2981 Individuals
\u2981 Groups without a governing document PRIMARILY promoting the Irish language and proven long standing track record of same.<\/p>\n

* An Ciste will not consider Third party applicants or consortia lead applications.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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INELIGIBLE PROJECTS
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\u2981 Projects that create economic displacement
\u2981 Capital projects where the Irish Language is not central to the ethos of the organisation and the use of the building.
\u2981 Retrospective funding
\u2981 Retail & Commercial (except as part of income generating initiatives associated with regeneration scheme)
\u2981 Private dwellings
\u2981 Projects with negative environmental impacts
\u2981 Stand-alone Youth Clubs and Youth Facilities funded by EA
\u2981 Projects which are PRIMARILY of a Heritage or conservation nature.
\u2981 Projects which are PRIMARILY the remit of the Department of Education and \/or Health and Social Services and\/or other Irish Language Funding Organisations<\/p>\n

Ciste may contact Government Departments and other funding bodies to discuss the validity of submitted applications.<\/p>\n

An Ciste would like to make their decision making process as transparent as possible and has set a range of criteria against which each project will be assessed. This will assist applicants to address a specific criterion within their application form.<\/p>\n

As a pre-requisite, all applications must clearly demonstrate there is a need\/opportunity and support for the project in a definitive area<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Decision making will be based on An Ciste\u2019s assessment of the following criteria. The weighting applied to each of these criteria in assessing the overall project is also shown:<\/p>\n

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