Community Climate Action Programme Phase 2 - Small Grants Form

Closed21 Oct, 2025, 10:00 - 16 Dec, 2025, 17:00

Climate Action Fund - Community Climate Action Programme

Strand 1 – Building Low Carbon Communities

Small Grants Application Form

Community and voluntary groups and organisations can use this form to express their interest in engaging in a partnership project with Limerick City and County Council to seek funding under:

Strand 1 of the Climate Action Fund - Community Climate Action Programme - Building Low Carbon Communities.

Please ensure that you are fully familiar with the requirements and conditions set out in the Briefing Note and Guidelines for Applicants and the terms and conditions set out below before you begin filling in this form.

We can only assess forms that have been fully completed. Incomplete forms will not be considered for funding.

Please review the Community Climate Action Programme Briefing Note and Guidelines for Applicants before completing your application

You will need to register/log into your MyPoint Account in order to complete this application and save your application in stages (Save Draft).

The overall objective of the Community Climate Action Programme is to support and empower communities, in partnership with their Local Authority, to shape and build low carbon, sustainable communities in a coherent way to contribute to national climate and energy targets. The Programme aims to support small and large, rural and urban communities to take climate action. This programme supports direct engagement with communities to both promote and assist in the scale up of community climate action from the respective starting points of the communities.

Community Organisation Eligibility

Community organisations meeting the requirements listed below are eligible to apply to partner with Limerick City and County Council to implement a project under this Programme, they:

Must be a not-for-profit organisation
Must be located in the operational area of Limerick City and County Council
Must submit a completed application form on or before 5:00pm on the 16th December 2025
Must be registered with a PPN or connected with other collectives such as The Wheel, Tidy Towns and /or a community group with Articles of Association or a Constitution, which hold an AGM, and for which approved minutes are available.

Furthermore:

The project applied for must be in line with the aim/purpose of the funding as set out in the Framework document.
Only one application per organisation may be submitted for consideration – projects proposed could cut across several of the themes and be bundled together as part of a single application.

The following are not eligible to apply:

Private individuals.
Commercial undertakings (including sole traders).
National community and environmental organisations.

Terms and Conditions

Limerick City and County Council will only provide funds for eligible costs to groups/organisations that are directly involved in approved projects at a community level, on a not-for-profit basis, aimed at shaping and building low carbon communities.
The information supplied by the applicant group/organisation must be accurate and complete.
Misinformation may lead to disqualification and/or the repayment of any grant made.
All information provided in respect of the application for a grant will be held electronically. Limerick City and County Council and the Department of the Climate, Energy and Environment (DCEE) reserve the right to publish a list of all grants awarded on its website.
The Freedom of Information Act applies to all records held by DCEE and Limerick City and County Council.
The application must be signed by the Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer or responsible person of the group/organisation making the submission.
It is the responsibility of each group/organisation to ensure that it has proper procedures and policies in place including appropriate insurance where relevant.
Expressions of Interest will only be accepted on this form.
Evidence of expenditure, receipts /invoices must be retained and provided to Limerick City and County Council or their representative to support payment of funds.
Photographic evidence of the project may also be required to facilitate draw down of grants.
DCEE or the local authority may carry out unannounced site visits to verify compliance with Programme terms and conditions.
No third party or intermediary applications will be considered.
Breaches of the terms and conditions of this programme may result in sanctions including return of funds already granted and disbarment from future grant applications.
In order to process your application it may be necessary for Limerick City and County Council to collect personal data from you. Such information will be processed in line with Limerick City and County Council’s privacy statement which is available to view on Limerick City and County Councils Website

A grant agreement will be put in place between successful applicants and Limerick City and County Council

Strand 1 Building Low Carbon Communities

This application is being processed by Limerick City and County Council.

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact us by email on communityclimatefund@limerick.ie

If you wish to submit your application in Irish, please contact us at communityclimatefund@limerick.ie

Más mian leat d'iarratas a chur isteach i nGaeilge, déan teagmháil linn ag communityclimatefund@limerick.ie

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There are Four main sections to this form and each section must be fully completed.

Section 1: Tell us about your group or organisation

Section 2: Include details about your project

Section 3: State Aid Questionnaire

Section 4: De Minimis Questionnaire

Section 5: Declaration by applicants

DOWNLOAD THE BRIEFING DOCUMENT DOWNLOAD THE COMMUNITY CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAMME SMALL GRANTS FORM PRIVACY STATEMENT

The closing date has passed and submissions are no longer being accepted.