Africa Day 2025 - Expressions of Interest Sought

Africa Day 2025 will be celebrated on 25th May 2025. Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have supported the celebration of Africa Day in Ireland since 2007 by providing financial assistance to the organising of events. Community organisations are invited to express an interest if they are interested in organising a celebration of Africa Day in their local community under the following headings:-

• African Culture
• African Heritage
• African Food
• African Entertainment
• African History
• African Community in Ireland

Funding is available to successful applicants pending funding approval by the Department of Foreign Affairs. The total funding per Local Authority is up to a maximum of €7,500.00. If there is more than one successful applicant this sum will be divided. 50% of the payment is made to qualifying applicants upon award of a ‘letter of offer’ and the outstanding 50% is paid upon satisfactory execution of the event. This includes the submission of a full report of the events, including a detailed budget and report on coverage and attendance.

Application Form 

Please download application form here and submit to siunit@roscommoncoco.ie by the closing date of Wednesday 19th February 2025.

 Applicants must be tax compliant and only one application per organisation is permitted. For more information please ring Sheila Coyle on 090 66 37132 or email siunit@roscommoncoco.ie