Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., today announced the 111 community projects set to receive funding under the Communities Integration Fund 2021. Through this Fund, a total of €497,772 will be made available to support local community-based organisations across Ireland to play a greater role in welcoming and integrating migrants and refugees.

The Communities Integration Fund has been in place since 2017 and arises from Action 51 of the Migrant Integration Strategy, which calls for funding to be made available to local communities throughout Ireland to promote the integration of migrants and refugees. Since its inception, the Communities Integration Fund has supported over 480 projects with grant funding totalling €2.26m.

The table summarising the awards under the Communities Integration Fund 2021 can be found here.