New Grant Calls - Creative Island Programme, Shared Island funding strand

The Irish Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has announced three new Creative Ireland grant calls, with a combined value of €4.6 million, to support creativity, connection, and wellbeing across the island of Ireland. These calls include opportunities for projects under the Shared Island strand of the Creative Ireland Programme, supported by the Shared Island Fund.

An information session will be held in The MAC on 14th January 2026, please register here using the link here: Creative Ireland Grant Information Session, Belfast.

Applications are invited from creative practitioners, groups, organisations, and communities, for funding to support the development of innovative creative and cultural projects.

Funding is available through the following grant calls:

• Creative Health & Wellbeing in the Community - Local Authority Partnerships with Creative and Community Organisations
• Creative Communities on a Shared Island - Local Authority Partnerships with Creative and Community Organisations
• Creative Youth Nurture Fund

For further information:
• Details of the first round of projects that were supported is here: Shared Island Projects
• The Creative Ireland Shared Island evaluation is here: Creative Ireland Shared Island Evaluation Report