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About Grants

The Community, Enterprise & the Arts Office of Sligo County Council administer the Community & Voluntary Grant Scheme which provides funding for Community Groups.  In 2006 the Scheme was divided into four distinct categories:

(a) Community & Voluntary General Grant   
(b) Burial Ground General Grant    
(c) Burial Ground Enhancement Works Grant  
(d) Tidy Towns Competition 

(a) The Aim of the Community & Voluntary General Grant Scheme is:-               

  1. To encourage the development of new and innovative approaches to promote towns and villages in County Sligo
  2. To support educational, recreational activities that lead to the improvement of the area.    
  3. To promote a culture of inter-community participation and involvement in the planning and management of local projects/initiatives
  4. To provide a financial contribution to further support other local funding sources secured.

The maximum available financial assistance for any one project/event/activity will not exceed €1,500.

(b & c) The Aim of the Burial Ground General Grant and Burial Ground Enhancement Works Grant is:-

  1. To encourage and support community groups to maintain their local burial grounds and enhance their communities
  2. To help communities to take greater ownership and pride in their local burial ground.
  3. To foster awareness of local responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of the local burial ground.

The maximum available financial assistance is between €400 and €1,000.

Sligo County Council will apply the following criteria when assessing applications.

  • The applicant group must be Sligo County based and the project must be focused in the county as opposed to the Borough area (Sligo Borough Council has a separate grant assistance scheme for Borough applicants)
  • The assessment board will not consider the following projects:
    • Arts, Environmental and Heritage Activities supported by other Local Authority funding sources
    • Wages costs, servicing of debts or retrospective debt
    • Funding for Individuals

  • The project must be effectively planned, budgeted and with clear aims and objectives.
  • The extent to which the proposed actions relate to an identified need and are likely to bring direct benefit to the priority areas/groups.
  • The use of innovative and imaginative approaches.
  • Where relevant, the extent to which the actions incorporate sound community development practices and principles.
  • The capacity of applicants to implement the proposal and achieve its objectives within the year of applying i.e. 2006.
  • The applicants must demonstrate that they have made an effort to raise income or assistance from other sources other than the Community/Voluntary grant. 
  • The project must represent overall value for money

(d) Tidy Towns Competition:

In 2006 the Office of Community, Enterprise & the Arts established a cross departmental working group to assist local Tidy Towns groups in improving their marks in the National Competition.  This group has re-vamped the local Tidy Towns Competition and it is now divided up into specific prize categories as follows:

  1. Best Kept Housing Estate 1-50 Houses 
    51-100 Houses 
    101+ Houses
  2. Best Kept School
  3. Best Shop Front/Business
  4. Best Community Managed Bottle Bank
  5. Best Kept Street

There is also an Overall County Award with 1 Winner in each of the following Population Categories:

  • Category A 500 or less
  • Category B 501 to 1000
  • Category C 1001 to 5000


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