The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today launched the 2024/25 Parent Peer Support Fund.
The fund is open to organisations working with parents and/or children and young people to facilitate the development of parent peer support projects.
A total of €75,000 was distributed among 37 organisations under the 2023/24 Parent Peer Support Fund.
This funding facilitated delivery of parent peer support projects by organisations that provide a diverse range of services such as domestic violence, kinship care, breast-feeding, disability, and migrant supports.
This year, the total funding available has increased to €100,000 and a new tier of funding has been introduced for applicants.
• Tier 1 will provide grants of €2,000 to 37 successful applicants who either currently operate, or wish to establish a new parent peer support project.
• Tier 2 will provide grants of €5,000 to 5 successful applicants who wish to scale up an existing parent peer support project, which is already having a positive impact on parents.
Minister O’Gorman commented:
I am delighted to launch the 2024/25 Parent Peer Support Fund. I am keenly aware of the value that this particular funding brings to organisations who work with parents, children, and young people.
Parent led peer-to-peer support initiatives promote the sharing of information, increase parents’ empowerment and improve parental wellbeing”. It is for these reasons, that I was eager to ensure that the level of support available to services through the Parent Peer Support Fund were expanded again this year.
Increasing the total fund value from €75,000 to €100,000, along with the introduction of a second tier of enhanced financial assistance, specifically for established peer support projects, helps to ensure that my department will continue to enable organisations to deliver high quality peer support initiatives for parents & carers across the country.
How to apply
Please find link to application forms for the €2,000 and €5,000 funding tiers, along with the funding Guidance and Terms and Conditions here.
For enquiries please contact: parentingsupport@equality.gov.ie
