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Mindfulness Course
Mindfulness Course
Date: Beginning Monday 24th February Time: 14:00 - 15:00 Location: The Benwiskin Centre This is a lovely opportunity to enjoy an immersive and refreshing six-week Mindfulness Course. Learn how to […]
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National Arts in Nursing Homes Day Award
National Arts in Nursing Homes Day Award
Age & Opportunity’s Bealtaine Festival, in partnership with Nursing Homes Ireland, wish to recognise three outstanding arts projects through the National Arts in Nursing Homes Day Award. Applications are invited […]
Level 6 ATU Certificate in Enterprise & Community Development
Level 6 ATU Certificate in Enterprise & Community Development
This flexible, fully online programme is designed specifically for adult learners looking to enhance their skills and advance their careers in the fields of Social Enterprise and Community Development. Highlights: […]
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Level 6 ATU Certificate in Enterprise & Community Development
Level 6 ATU Certificate in Enterprise & Community Development
This flexible, fully online programme is designed specifically for adult learners looking to enhance their skills and advance their careers in the fields of Social Enterprise and Community Development. Highlights: […]
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MSD Solutions for Healthy Communities
Solutions for Healthy Communities (SHC) is MSD's global grants program focused on investing in innovative solutions to advance equitable access to health around the world. How SHC drives access to […]
Boosting Fact-Checking Activities in Europe
The "Boosting Fact-checking Activities in Europe" Call for Proposals aims at supporting projects from independent fact-checking organisations, which play a key role in limiting the negative effects of disinformation on […]
YLACES Grant Program
Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists (YLACES) offers grants to equip the rising generation with scientific thinking ability. What prevents you and your students from conducting environmental research? Is it […]
Earth Rising Festival 2025 Open Call
Earth Rising Festival 2025 Open Call
IMMA invite proposals for innovative, community-focused projects that combine artistic creativity and environmental action to inspire hope, dialogue, and transformation. IMMA is offering three €10,000 grants to fund projects that […]
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Level 6 ATU Certificate in Enterprise & Community Development
Level 6 ATU Certificate in Enterprise & Community Development
This flexible, fully online programme is designed specifically for adult learners looking to enhance their skills and advance their careers in the fields of Social Enterprise and Community Development. Highlights: […]
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ATU Engineering Fair
ATU Engineering Fair
ATU have created a great family fun day out, see brochure attached and our hot food canteen is open all day!
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Science Without Borders® Challenge for International Students Art Contest
The Science Without Borders® Challenge is an international contest that engages students and teachers in ocean conservation through art. This annual competition inspires students to be creative while promoting public […]
Trust for Sustainable Living Competition
The Trust for Sustainable Living is excited to launch their competition inviting students to share their original, creative and expressive responses to the theme, From Eco-Anxiety to Eco Action & […]
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Culture Night Late
Culture Night Late
Culture Night Late is designed to support events that will begin after 9pm and continue late into the night on Culture Night, Friday 19 September 2025. The award is offered […]
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Celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 with Sligo Women in Business Network
Celebrate International Women’s Day 2025 with Sligo Women in Business Network
Date: Friday, March 7th Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, registration from 12:15pm Location: Hawk's Well Theatre, Magheraboy, Sligo, F91 CFY7 This event is free but booking in advance is […]
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Concert – Seoid at The Irish Music Centre
Concert – Seoid at The Irish Music Centre
Date: Saturday, 8th March 2025 Time: 8 p.m. Admission: €15 SEOID is a new collaboration of the well-known Trad multi-instrumentalists Kerrie Herrity, Kenny Donagher, John Dwyer & Fiachra Guihen performing a lively and vibrant […]
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Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) – Category 2 Projects
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced the fourth call for Category 2 applications under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF). Project proposals under the […]
RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2025
The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2025 is now open for applications. Children and family charities working at local, regional and national level can apply for a grant under one of […]
The Heritage Council’s Community Heritage Grant Scheme
The Heritage Council’s Community Heritage Grant Scheme
The Heritage Council’s Community Heritage Grant Scheme is now open for applications. The Heritage Council is now accepting applications from voluntary or community groups and not for profit non-governmental organisations […]
Foras na Gaeilge Summer Camp Scheme 2025
Foras na Gaeilge Summer Camp Scheme 2025
Foras na Gaeilge is providing funding for appropriate Summer Camps through Irish for young people (3 to 18 years of age): which aim to strengthen the Irish language through a […]
Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025
Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025
The Community Heritage Grant Scheme 2025 is now open for applications. This is an annual grant scheme for community groups and not-for-profit non-governmental organisations around the country for heritage projects. […]
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Sligo Ploughing Championship
The Sligo Ploughing Match is an exciting agricultural event that will be held in Knocknarea, Sligo (F91XY46), on the scenic land of Robert Donaghy. This annual gathering celebrates traditional ploughing […]
Sligo St Patrick’s Day Festival – The Pound Street Boys & The Atlantic
Sligo St Patrick’s Day Festival – The Pound Street Boys & The Atlantic
The sounds of The Atlantic and The Pound Street Boys will fill the "Gig Rig" stage at Queen Maeve Square on Saturday 15th at 18:00. A local Sligo band called […]
Sligo Rovers World Record Leprechaun Attempt
Sligo Rovers World Record Leprechaun Attempt
Sligo St. Patrick’s Festival is teaming up with Sligo Rovers for a world record attempt at the largest gathering of people dressed as leprechauns. The current record is held by […]
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Lidl Plus LGFA Club Rewards Scheme
Lidl Ireland has announced the return of its Lidl Plus LGFA Club Rewards Scheme, which gives communities the chance to support their local clubs and earn rewards through its stamp […]
St Patrick’s Day Festival – Ruaille Buaille
St Patrick’s Day Festival – Ruaille Buaille
The festival at Queen Maeve Square will include a dynamic blend of traditional Irish songs with contemporary twists performed by the Irish twisted-trad band Ruaille Buaille. The band is known […]
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County Sligo Parades
St Patrick's Day parades are going to be held throughout the county. Find the details below: Noon - Sligo Town Parade. 1 pm - Enniscrone. Assemble 12.30pm The Diamond Coast […]
Tubbercurry St Patrick’s Day Road Race
Tubbercurry St Patrick’s Day Road Race
Tubbercurry 10km and 5km At Noon, Start of the Sligo County Running League, A challenging course as an opening event. This is a 10 km Run in Tubbercurry, Ireland. The […]
St. Patrick’s Day Community Event
St. Patrick’s Day Community Event
Date: 17th March Time: 4:00 - 16:00 Location: The Avalon Centre, Sligo F91 FR78 Everyone is welcome to a community gathering hosted by the Aremoja Women's Group and the Sligo Family […]
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Regional Festival & Events Scheme 2025
Regional Festival & Events Scheme 2025
Sligo County Council is inviting applications for funding under the Regional Festival & Events scheme 2025. This is a combined fund with funding streams from Fáilte Ireland’s Regional Festivals and […]
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The Hare’s Corner
Sligo County Council and Burrenbeo Trust are bringing the Hare’s Corner to County Sligo! Sligo landowners can apply for support to create wildlife ponds, mini-woodlands, wildlife hedges, mini-orchards and ‘plans […]
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Entrepreneurship Impact Fund – Strand 3: Minority Entrepreneurship Fund
The Entrepreneurship Impact Fund 2023-2026 is a three-year fund, supported by a private donor, which aims to have impact across three strands: Strand 1: The Social Innovation Growth and Scaling Fund (launched […]
Adopt a Monument Scheme
The Heritage Council is now inviting groups to join and to adopt a monument in their locality. This scheme brings monuments into the heart of your community. They are interested […]
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Concert – Steve Wickham & Ray Coen at The Irish Music Centre
Concert – Steve Wickham & Ray Coen at The Irish Music Centre
Date: Saturday, 22nd March 2025 Time: 8 p.m. Admission: €20 Steve Wickham recorded and toured with the Waterboys for nearly 35 years playing on seminal albums This is the Sea and Fisherman’s Blues among […]
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Brighter Futures Fund 2025-2028
Brighter Futures Fund 2025-2028
The Brighter Futures Fund is a three-year fund aimed at improving mental health and wellbeing for marginalised groups in Ireland. We invite applications from projects and organisations that proactively identify […]
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2025 Coca-Cola Thank You Fund
2025 Coca-Cola Thank You Fund
The Coca‑Cola Thank You Fund is back with €200,000* in grants now available! Grants between €10,000 / £8,500 - €25,000 / £21,000 (sterling figure based on conversion rates at the […]
Sligo Central Library presents The Word for March
Sligo Central Library presents The Word for March
Date: 26th March Time: 18:30 Location: Sligo Central Library Author BRIDGET HOURICAN will be our guest at Sligo Central Library for the March edition of THE WORD Author of Finding Mangan – The Lives and Afterlives of Ireland’s […]
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Volunteer Charter Information and Training Session
Volunteer Charter Information and Training Session
We are hosting an Information and Training event on the new Volunteer Charter created by Volunteer Ireland on Thursday, 27th March in the Sligo Park Hotel. The Volunteer Charter is […]
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An Post Primary School Writing Competition 2025
An Post are proud to promote literacy through fun reading and writing competitions. This year, their competition focuses on a subject important to us all – Caring for our Community. […]
Age Friendly Health & Wellbeing Festival
Age Friendly Health & Wellbeing Festival
Date: 28th March 11am–3pm Time: 11:00 - 15:00 Location: ATU Sligo This event free but reserving a spot is essential. Welcome to the FREE Age Friendly Health & Wellbeing Festival 2025 in Partnership […]
Outdoor Recreation and Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS)
Outdoor Recreation and Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS)
Major Fund to develop our upland areas, lakes, rivers, beaches, blueways, walking trails and forest walks Outdoor Recreation and Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) to provide a range of funding opportunities, up […]
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Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
While this is funding for individual households and not for community groups, not for profit organisations etc. many of our subscribers offer support to individuals, so we felt it important […]
Artist in the Community Scheme Awards 2025
The Arts Council’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme, managed by Create, offers awards to enable artists and communities of place and/or interest to work together to create exceptional art. […]
Hybrid Social Finance Loan (Round 3)
The Hybrid Social Finance Loan is a new financial instrument in Ireland that aims to support social enterprises to develop a credit record and enhance their financial sustainability. It provides a mix […]
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Nature Hero Awards
Nature Hero Awards
The Nature Hero Award is Ireland’s largest outdoor learning award across the education sector. It is a mark of excellence for a school recognising exceptional work by young people & […]
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