The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) is to award 24 organisations a total of €350,000 in funding for projects under its 2024-25 grants scheme.

This year, the scheme supported projects under the following strands:

• Strand A: Advancing economic equality,
• Strand B: Promoting awareness of rights and access to justice, and
• Strand C: Promoting climate justice, environmental justice, and a just transition.

Projects were awarded general grants up to €20,000 and for smaller grants up to €6,000.

‘Insights and evidence’

The scheme was open to civil-society organisations working to promote human rights and equality, trade unions, rights-holder groups, groups representing communities of interest protected under the nine equality grounds, and those addressing poverty and social exclusion.

IHREC director Deirdre Malone described the scheme as “hugely important” to the commission’s work.

“It allows civil society and local groups, who are at the coalface of their communities, to tackle the human rights and equality issues that affect them most. The insights and evidence they gather also frequently informs our own work,” she added.