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04/06/2025

📢 Applications for the 2025 Vhi Health & Wellbeing Fund are closing next Wednesday, 11th June, before midnight.

This year’s fund is supporting projects from non-profit and youth organisations, located in Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny, Galway, Limerick and Donegal, that seek to strengthen resilience in young people and help them manage anxiety. With €85,000 in grants available!

We invite you to submit your applications before the deadline, to do so please visit iyf.ie/grants/. Terms and conditions apply.

We wish all applicants the very best of luck!

15/05/2025

📢 Exciting News! Applications for the 2025 Vhi Health & Wellbeing Fund are now OPEN!

This year, Vhi had Irish Olympian and Vhi Health & Wellbeing Fund Ambassador, Jack Woolley launch the 2025 Vhi Health & Wellbeing Fund!

With €85,000 in grants available, in Awards of up to €10,000 for non-profit and youth organisations located in Dublin, Cork, Kilkenny, Galway, Limerick and Donegal.

The fund will support projects that seek to strengthen resilience in young people and help them manage anxiety, with the emphasis on early intervention and prevention.

We invite you to submit your applications for this year’s Vhi Health and Wellbeing Fund before midnight on Wednesday, 11th June at iyf.ie/grants/. Terms and conditions apply.

19/03/2025

📢 The application deadline for the 2025 Coca-Cola has been extended to next Friday, 28th March, before midnight.

This year’s fund is dedicated to empowering non-profit groups who are supporting young people in their communities through programmes of 🤝 and 💡. With €200,000 in grants available!

For all the details on how to submit your application before the deadline, please visit; coca-cola.ie/thankyou. Terms and conditions apply.

The Irish Youth Foundation is once again delighted to be operating this year’s fund with the support of YouthAction Northern Ireland, thanks to The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola HBC IOI.

We wish all applicants the very best of luck!

10/03/2025

To celebrate International Women's Day 2025, The Irish Youth Foundation was once again delighted that the Udemy Dublin team hosted their International Women's Day event in association with us.

Congratulations to everyone involved in the event's success. We were particularly impressed by the talented performances of the young musicians from the Irish Institute of Music, and by the mother and daughter workshop instructors Deborah and Sophie Riegel.

We are so grateful for Udemy's continued support.

Happy International Women’s Day.

27/02/2025

Thank you to the Children's Rights Alliance for this important and insightful report.

Their fifth and final analysis of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party’s joint Programme for Government: Our Shared Future and how it performed for children in 2024. .

Full report available here: https://childrensrights.ie/reportcards/report-card-2025/

26/02/2025

📢 Exciting News! Applications for the 2025 Coca-Cola are now OPEN!

This year, The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola HBC IOI had Two-time Olympic gold medallist Kellie Harrington launch the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund! 🏆🥊. Kellie met with previous Fund recipients Way2Work and Monkstown Boxing Club to learn more about how the Fund has impacted young people in their local community.

With €200,000 in grants available, this year’s fund is dedicated to empowering non-profit groups supporting young people in their community through programmes of 🤝 and 💡.

Ready to make a difference? We invite you to submit your applications for this year’s Coca-Cola Thank You Fund before midnight on Wednesday, 26th March at coca-cola.ie/thankyou. Terms and conditions apply.

28/01/2025

Exciting News!
The Irish Youth Foundation has established a strategic alliance with Save the Children UK. Save the Children UK work to ensure children are safe, healthy, and can achieve their full potential. The Irish Youth Foundation is excited to learn from the Save the Children UK team’s expertise and experience. The Irish Youth Foundation are also delighted to receive grant funding from Save the Children UK to grow the Irish Youth Foundation team. This strategic alliance will help the Irish Youth Foundation to meet the needs of young people in Ireland who are experiencing disadvantage. It marks the start of an exciting new chapter of growth for the Irish Youth Foundation. .

09/01/2025

If you missed it, listen back to our CEO, Sarah Edmonds interview with Sarah McInerney on RTÉ Radio 1 Drivetime.

In which, Sarah outlines the impact that poverty has on children and young people. Sarah also shares how the Irish Youth Foundation works to interrupt the cycle of poverty, by empowering youth workers, the ‘unsung heroes’ to do more, so there are fewer negative outcomes for children and young people who experience disadvantage.

Thanks Glandore for your continued commitment and support.

Listen to the full interview here: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22470641/

27/11/2024

A Message from the Chair of Our Board

On behalf of the Irish Youth Foundation board and team, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Lucy Masterson for her dedication to the organisation over the past five years. Lucy's leadership and vision have significantly increased the impact of the Irish Youth Foundation on the lives of tens of thousands of young people.

As Lucy steps down from her role as CEO of the Irish Youth Foundation, we wish her all the best and are delighted that we will continue to benefit from her insight and experience as she joins our board.

We are thrilled to also announce that Sarah Edmonds, the Irish Youth Foundation Head of Grants & Programmes, will be leading the Irish Youth Foundation into its next chapter. Sarah has been a core part of the Irish Youth Foundation team for over seven years and has a deep understanding of our work. Both Sarah and the Irish Youth Foundation team are excited to embark on this next chapter and we wish her all the best. The commitment and continuity of the Irish Youth Foundation to improving the lives of young people is shared across the organisation, our donors and our partners.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael McLoughlin
Chair of the Irish Youth Foundation board.

21/11/2024

The Irish Youth Foundation 2024 Flagship Fund is closing today at 5pm!

The fund supports projects that lift children and young people up and out of poverty, in three key areas: Educational Attainment, Health & Wellbeing and Skills & Employability.

For all the details on how to submit your application, please visit; https://iyf.ie/flagship-fund/

Good luck to everyone applying!

20/11/2024

Today is World Children’s Day.

Today in Ireland, one in five children is living in poverty.

The Irish Youth Foundation works to support these children and young people who are experiencing disadvantage, helping them reach their full potential by funding a wide range of youth projects across the country.

This World Children’s Day, please donate just one hour of your monthly pay to support Ireland’s most at-risk young people. https://iyf.ie/childrens-hour

19/11/2024

Following a long Irish Youth Foundation tradition of incredible cycling challenges, the amazing Lucy Murray and Paul O'Shea recently completed a 700km Paris to Nice cycle in just 6 days.

Lucy and Paul were truly inspiring as they took on this challenging feat. They raised an amazing €17,925.

The incredible amount of money they raised will help The Irish Youth Foundation continue its work in levelling the playing field for children and young people across Ireland.

A huge THANK YOU to Lucy and Paul! We hope your legs have recovered from this amazing challenge.

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