Young people have been established as a priority in the Ealaín na Gaeltachta Strategy 2023–2027. To develop and implement opportunities in arts for young people, Ealaín na Gaeltachta is collaborating with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media.
Increasing youth involvement in the arts in the Gaeltacht is central to Ealaín na Gaeltachta’s vision for Cuisle, the organization’s youth program, which aims to preserve and develop culture for future generations.
Cuisle is working strategically to develop a programme in traditional arts and youth drama in the Gaeltacht, through a range of funding schemes, supports and development actions.
Ealaín na Gaeltachta has announced the 2024 funding schemes for youth drama and traditional arts projects across the Gaeltacht areas in order to achieve this goal. This is an opportunity for local groups, organisations, and artists in every Gaeltachta area to create a programme for young people.
Laoise Nic Éinrí, dalta ar chlár CUISLE, grianghraf le Andrew Downes
Scéim Neartú (Maximum funding €15,000)
Applications will be accepted from organisations, groups or committees in the Gaeltacht, which have the potential to run a high quality training programme and/or events in traditional arts and/or drama for young people through the medium of Irish.
Scéim Treisiú: (Maximum funding €15,000)
This scheme will provide one-time support to high-quality projects and activities in traditional arts and/or drama for young people that are not part of formal training programmes.
Scéim Síol (Maximum funding €1,000)
This fund is available to individuals and groups in Gaeltacht areas to promote and develop the arts outside of the traditional educational setting.
In order to provide groups and artists with the best possible opportunity to work with Ealaín na Gaeltachta and Cuisle team in preparing plans at a time that works for them, a continuous deadline has been set for each of these funding schemes.
In addition to these funding schemes, Ealaín na Gaeltachta will continue to support artists and groups to ensure they have the appropriate skills to develop drama.
For further information on the funding schemes for young people, please email cuisle@udaras.ie and for more information on other Ealaín na Gaeltachta funding schemes, contact ealain@udaras.ie.
Details of Ealaín na Gaeltachta and all schemes are available on www.ealain.ie.
