Rethink Ireland

Rethink Ireland We support charities and social enterprises that are making a real difference in Ireland with cash grants and business supports.

Our vision is to create an Ireland that is more equal, just and sustainable. Registered Charity Number 20108014 Our mission is to provide growth capital and supports to the best social innovations in Ireland, enabling them to scale and maximise their impact.

28/05/2026

Do you want to learn how to build your own home?🔨 Or maybe tiling, sewing, DIY and repair?🪡

This is your sign to register for one of Common Knowledge courses this summer ☀️

Common Knowledge is a social enterprise in the beautiful Burren, Co. Clare. They offer courses and community projects providing people with the knowledge needed for a sustainable future, from creating your own vegetable patch, to weaving and your own home 🏠

We are so proud to be one of their first backers and thrilled to support them through the Social Innovation Regeneration Fund, in partnership with Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 💛

Find out more about their courses and community activities on the Common Knowledge website 👉 ourcommonknowledge.org

27/05/2026

Celebrating Traveller Pride Week by highlighting one of the amazing initiatives making a real difference in our communities💛

Offaly Traveller Movement is a Traveller led community development organisation that aims to achieve full equality for the Traveller community in County Offaly.

The Inclusive Education Project by Offaly Travellers Movement and Ballycommon Technology and Training Centre CLG was supported by the Equity in Education Fund 2022-2025, created in partnership with a private donor and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht.

celebrates and promotes the Traveller community’s unique contribution to Irish society while combating the discrimination and prejudice Travellers face 💛

“Education is our great equaliser.”Last week, we had the privilege of bringing our board and team to , Dublin, to visit...
26/05/2026

“Education is our great equaliser.”

Last week, we had the privilege of bringing our board and team to , Dublin, to visit some of the amazing awardees supported by Rethink Ireland.

We met some truly remarkable people, individuals deeply committed to giving back to their communities, who 'lead with love' and who are providing life-changing supports for the community in Tallaght 💛

A big thank you to the team at Citywise Education for hosting us. We were inspired seeing the impact of your work with young people, who say that they have grown in confidence, found new friends and all have big plans for the future ✨

Thank you also to the team at An Cosán for welcoming us into your centre and sharing your powerful stories of impact. Your belief that “education is the one-generation solution to poverty” stayed with us.

We were delighted to gather with our board, donors, staff and awardees for dinner at Citywise Education.

Áine Kerr, Chair of our board, closed the evening with reflections that stayed with many of us. She spoke about the power of education as the great equaliser, but also the responsibility we each carry for our young people. Drawing on Jigsaw’s work on the importance of One Good Adult, and leaving us with a challenging question, in the words of Professor Katriona O’Sullivan 👉 “What will you do with your privilege?”

22/05/2026

Living Woodlands are creating biodiversity havens across Ireland, helping to bring nature back into local communities. Since their start in 2022, they have planted 22,000 trees together with schools and community groups 🌳

We recently joined John and Colm from Living Woodlands when they revisited one of their biodiversity havens, where the trees are almost two metres tall after only two years!

Are you a nonprofit organisation looking to address the climate crisis and its interconnected challenges? The Sustainability Step Up Fund is open for applications. Learn more on our website👉 rethinkireland.ie/open-funds

We’re thrilled to have supported Living Woodlands through the Impact Fund for Munster 2024. The fund was created in partnership with donors from the Munster region, including Tomar Trust, ei.electronics, Sunflower Community Foundation, the Parkes Family Limerick, and a private donor and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 🤝

20/05/2026

At Rethink Ireland our mission is to support the best social innovations so that they can grow and maximise their impact across Ireland 🔥

We currently have two funds open for applications:

🌟The Sustainability Step Up Fund, supporting social innovations across Ireland to step up their impact and address the climate crisis and its interconnected challenges.

🌟The Skills for Tomorrow Fund, supporting innovative, evidence-based projects building the capacity of marginalised individuals and communities to thrive in the future world of work.

We also have our AI Discovery Days workshops coming up in Cork, Dublin, Galway, and Limerick - a series of nationwide, in-person workshops designed to build AI understanding and capability, delivered to social enterprises and non-profits at no cost 💛

Learn more on our website👉 https://rethinkireland.ie/open-funds/

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Are you a non-profit supporting marginalised individuals and communities to thrive in the world of work? If so, we want ...
19/05/2026

Are you a non-profit supporting marginalised individuals and communities to thrive in the world of work? If so, we want to hear from you! ✨

The Skills for Tomorrow Fund is a new €1.5 million fund, in partnership with Deloitte Ireland and Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, supporting up to nine projects over 2.5 years 🙌

It aims to support innovative, evidence-based projects building the capacity of marginalised individuals and communities to thrive in the future world of work.

The Skills for Tomorrow Fund will also support the successful awardees to optimise their use of artificial intelligence to extend and maximise their non-profit's impact 💻

Learn more about the fund and sign up for one of our application clinics, commencing 25 May, on our website: rethinkireland.ie/open-funds

Applications open until 1pm on 29 June 2026 📅

Calling all non-profits working in climate action and sustainability! 🌱 The Sustainability Step-Up Fund is a €1.5 millio...
18/05/2026

Calling all non-profits working in climate action and sustainability! 🌱

The Sustainability Step-Up Fund is a €1.5 million, two-year fund supported by Zurich and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht. The fund supports social innovations across Ireland to step up their impact and address the climate crisis and its interconnected challenges 🌍️

Are you planning to apply? Our final online application clinic for the Sustainability Step-Up Fund takes place tomorrow, Tuesday, 19 May at 10 am 💻️

Sign up on our website to find out more and have your questions answered! 👉
https://buff.ly/mNOGxpn

Closing date for all applications is next week — Thursday, 28 May at 1pm ⏰️

15/05/2026

Fighting Words Ireland is an amazing organisation in inner-city Dublin, that support children to get creative, forge friendships and find their own voice 📣

Founded by Roddy Doyle and Seán Love in 2009, Fighting Words delivers free creative writing opportunities for primary and post-primary school children through workshops, book projects, writing clubs and more ✍️

An awardee on our Scaling Education Fund, supported by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht , this incredible nonprofit now delivers hundreds of workshops from over 2,000 locations nationwide 🎒

14/05/2026

The Sustainability Step Up Fund is open for applications!

Are you planning to apply? Don’t miss our Application Clinic Webinar on Tuesday, 19 May at 10 am - your chance to have all your questions answered!

Learn more about the fund from Franziska O'Donnell, our Acting Head of Green Transition in the video.

You can register for the clinic here 👉 https://rethinkireland.ie/current_fund/sustainability-step-up-fund/

The Sustainability Step-Up Fund is a €1.5 million, two-year fund supporting social innovations across Ireland to step up their impact and address the climate crisis and its interconnected challenges 🌱

This fund is made possible through the generous support of Zurich Ireland and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 🤝

12/05/2026

"My son has made a friend"

Helium Arts use creativity and art to build community, spark friendships, and unlock skills and new interests that can help children with long-term health conditions to overcome adversity 🎨 They do this through free art workshops in communities, hospitals and online.

12 per cent of children and teenagers in Ireland live with the challenges of illness or disability. Helium is doing amazing work supporting them to imagine more beyond their health challenges 💛

We're thrilled to support Helium through the Health and Wellbeing Growth Fund, made possible through support from the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 🌟

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