Digital literacy underpins the ability to make informed choices about many of our daily tasks such as money management, health and social interaction.
This is recognised by the national Adult Literacy for Life Programme, which has established the 2025 Collaboration and Innovation Fund for projects and activities that support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy, digital and financial literacy needs.
To support Ireland’s first National Financial Literacy Strategy (which will be published in 2025), the Consumer and Competition Protection Commission (CCPC) has contributed €250,000 to the 2025 Collaboration and Innovation Fund for local and national projects that support innovative and collaborative ways to:
- improve financial literacy skills for adults with unmet literacy, numeracy and digital literacy needs
- create a more literacy-friendly approach to accessing financial services.
Applications are now open to fund local financial literacy projects from €1,000 to €25,000, and national financial literacy projects up to €50,000.
The deadline for submitting your application is Friday, 7 February 2025 at 5 p.m.
Who can apply?
Organisations that work in the public, not-for-profit, community and voluntary sector can apply for the Collaboration and Innovation Fund. You need a minimum of two organisations working in partnership to apply for the fund.
Main criteria for getting funding
- Collaborative: There must be at least two organisations involved
- Innovative: Your project is new or innovative.
- Beneficial: Your project benefits adults with unmet literacy, numeracy and digital literacy needs.
- Sustainable: Your project could be mainstreamed by the lead/partner organisations and/or another region or service.
- Cost effective: Your project is good value for money, and is
- less than €25,000 for a local project
- less than €50,000 for a national project.
How to apply
Read the 2025 Collaboration and Innovation Fund guidelines, which can be found here.
Fill in the online application form
