Dormant Accounts Fund 2006 - Disadvantaged Young People

9 Jun 2006

Call for Applications: ICT Initiatives for Disadvantaged Young People.

Up to Eur 1 million is being made available from the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2006 for projects supporting disadvantaged young people to exploit Information and Communications Technology (ICT) opportunities. This funding measure is intended to provide greater access to ICT and to promote ICT skills development among disadvantaged young people, particularly early school leavers.

Applications are invited from locally based community and voluntary groups that have experience of ICT provision. Applications must focus on supporting disadvantaged young people and funding will be targeted at local voluntary and/or community groups that have experience of ICT provision.

Application Forms and Guidelines with additional application criteria are available from Pobal, Telephone; 01 2400700, or are available to download on wwwpobal.ie

Completed applications should be sent to:

Pobal, Dormant Accounts Fund, Holbrook House, Holles Street, Dublin 2.

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Monday 31st July 2006.