Following on from the 2 year pilot scheme of Community Development Grants in 2024 and 2025, Dublin City Arts Office has announced that Community Development Arts Grants will now be a permanent award.  

DCC Arts Office invites Community Development practitioners, community development groups and organisations as well as Artists and Arts Organisations to collaborate in joint applications to this fund.

For the purposes of this grant:

Artistic activity can be any of the artistic disciplines listed in the Arts Act 2003: Visual Arts, Theatre, Literature, Music, Dance, Opera, Film, Circus, Architecture or Multidisciplinary.

Full details here

An online Information Session is taking place on Tuesday 19th May at 11:30am  to provide help and guidance with all aspects of the application process.
 
Register for Information Session here
 
The deadline for the scheme is 12 noon, Tuesday 9th June 2026.
 
Apply here