Change Maker Funding Programme

This is an important element of the PEACEPLUS Programme as it will allow communities and organisations to avail of investment in a more simplified form, but will still result in a significant impact. These funds will be distributed in tranches over three years from early 2025 to 2027 and will be delivered on behalf of the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) by Pobal.

Co-operation Ireland, in partnership with Rural Action and East Border Region, have been contracted to help promote the programme and support groups to apply.

Click here to apply.

Click this link to register for support in completing your application. (The link will take you to our support partner’s website.)

These grants are provided under PEACEPLUS themes 1: Building Peaceful and Thriving Communities and 6: Building and Embedding Partnerships and Collaboration.

The Change Maker Funding Programme will focus on activities which enhance community cohesion and bring communities and groups together on a cross community (Investment Area 1.2) or Cross Border (Investment Area 6.2) basis, with the aim of embedding and enhancing existing relationships, and establishing new relationships and networks.

The funds are available to community and voluntary groups and other organisations– and are flexible in the activity that they deliver, but all projects must have a strong focus on improving cross community and cross-border relationships.

The application and implementation process for projects will be delivered in a streamlined manner reflecting the lower amounts of grants when compared to other investment areas of the programme.

The PEACEPLUS Change Maker Funding Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.

PEACEPLUS is co-funded by the European Union, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of Ireland, and the Northern Ireland Executive.