Funding Schemes – Registration & Applications

Kerry Education and Training Board: Call for Service-Greater Kenmare

Kerry Education and Training Board is seeking an organisation with experience of providing youth work services to young people. This project is being established in line with the UBU Your Place Your Space (UBU) scheme funded by the Department of Education and Youth (DEY).

The mission of the UBU scheme is:

“To provide out-of-school supports to young people in their local communities to enable them to overcome adverse circumstances and achieve their full potential by improving their personal and social development outcomes.”

The organisation that Kerry Education and Training Board is seeking should:

1. Exemplify good practice in relation to vision, methodologies, governance, compliance, programme design, delivery and evaluation.
2. Demonstrate a clear understanding of and commitment to youth work as a non-formal education process for young people.
3. Be experienced in working with targeted young people aged 10-24 years with complexity of needs, using non-formal educational methodology.
4. Operate in an out-of-school setting, including evenings, weekends and school holidays.
5. Understand the nature and needs of young people living in disadvantaged communities and offer appropriate responses.
6. Be able to devise and measure effective responses to the needs of the target group.
7. Be committed to on-going sharing of learning and collaboration.

The Call for Service Information pack is available from: youthwork@kerryetb.ie  

Closing date for completed Call for Service submissions is 8^th October 2025.  The Call for Service submission must be submitted electronically to the above email.  It is the responsibility of each respondent to ensure that the Call for Service submission reaches Kerry Education and Training Board before the deadline.  Call for Service submissions sent to any other address (other than the one indicated above) or received after the deadline will be deemed invalid.

Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) – Online Application 2025

The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS) supports volunteer-led youth club/group activities at a local level. Funding for the Scheme is provided by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) and is administered locally by Education and Training Boards (ETBs) on behalf of DCEDIY.

The Scheme supports voluntary youth club/group activities for young people; with priority given to clubs/groups catering for young people aged 10–21. The primary focus of the Scheme is to assist local, volunteer-led youth clubs/groups that provide a programme of youth work activities for young people. In addition, other clubs/groups that work with young people, but are not specifically providing youth work, are also entitled to apply for funding under the Scheme. 

To support the work of volunteers, and to ensure that quality standards are adhered to in their work with young people, DCEDIY has incorporated the National Quality Standards for Volunteer-led Youth Groups (NQSVLYG) into the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS). This Application Form encompasses both elements.

To be eligible for funding from the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme, the club/group must satisfy the following criteria:

• It must be volunteer-led and it must be based on the voluntary participation of young people.
• 75% of the club/group members must be between the ages of 10 and 21.
• It must be able to clearly outline the benefits of club/group membership for young people who participate in its programmes.
• The club/group must adhere to the requirements set out in Section 2 of the Application Form.
• The club/group must be fully compliant with all requirements set out in the Children First Act (2015).
• All adult volunteers working with young people must be Garda vetted before they start volunteering.
• Appropriate insurance cover must be in place.
• Volunteers must have access to a first aid kit and must be able to use it correctly.
• The club/group must have a Health and Safety Statement, Policy or Procedures. (Note: this applies to clubs/groups that own premises. Clubs/groups that do not own premises must confirm that they have seen and operate to the building’s Health and Safety Policy.)
• Information on all aspects of the three Quality Standards for Volunteer-led Youth Groups that have been met by your club/group must be included in your Application Form response.
• Clubs that were in receipt of Local Youth Club Grant Scheme funding in the previous financial year must complete the Club Report Form, and return it along with their application.

Please note that sports clubs/groups are not eligible to receive funding under the terms of this scheme.

LYCGS Guidance Note 2025
LYCGS Statement of Assurance 2025
DPER 13.2014 Appendix 2

For other queries, please contact Seamus Whitty (Youth Development Officer):

Seamus Whitty

Youth Development Officer

Kerry ETB Youth Development Office, Centrepoint, John Joe Sheehy Road, Tralee, Co. Kerry V92  P2FE

Tel: 086 0409025
066 7193900

Email: seamus.whitty@kerryetb.ie

Guidance notes