Grant Funding
NGOs and Education Networks
WorldWise Global Schools (WWGS) provides grant funding to support Global Citizenship Education in post-primary settings on the island of Ireland. WWGS does so by providing funding directly to individual post-primary settings, as well as by providing funding to eligible NGOs and Education Networks.
Who can apply for funding?
Eligible NGOs who have a registered charity number and are not in receipt of Irish Aid programme funding who work with post-primary schools may apply. WWGS provides multi-annual grant funding to support activities and initiatives that promote Global Citizenship Education in post-primary settings in Ireland that will take place in the relevant funding period.
Education networks may also apply for grant funding from WWGS. An Education Network is a group of schools who engage collectively to address global justice issues. The Education Network may be based on geographical proximity, have the same patron body or are working with a particular NGO. Education Networks may focus on GCE issues or topics that are of common interest to participating post-primary settings.
How to apply?
WWGS currently provides grant funding on a multi-annual basis for NGOs and Education Networks on the island of Ireland.
WWGS awarded multi-annual funding under Grant Call 2024 to NGOs and Education Networks for the 2024/25 and the 2025/26 academic years. Details of grant funding awarded under Grant Call 2024 for the 2024-2026 period can be found on the Funding page.
The next funding cycle for NGOs and Education Networks will take place under Grant Call 2026 and will cover the period 2026-2028, which will be the 2026/27 and 2027/28 academic years.
Grants of up to €40,000 per annum were awarded for the 2024-2026 period to NGOs/Networks in line with our NGO/Education Network Grant Guidelines 2024-2026. All NGOs/Education Networks are required to complete an annual NGO/Education Network Finance & Workplan Template. In addition, NGOs/Education Networks must complete a Participating Schools Template and provide a report on activities completed during the funding period.
Key Grant Call Dates for current NGO/Network grantees for the funding period 2024-2026.
- Reporting Webinar (for annual grantee reporting): Late Spring 2025 & 2026
- Deadline for End of Year Report: Late Spring 2025 & 2026
- Grant Disbursal: Autumn 2025 & Autumn 2026
- Knowledge Sharing Event: Early Spring (Annually)
Key Grant Call Dates for NGO/Networks for the funding period 2026-2028
- Grant Call Opens: Spring 2026
- Application Webinar: Spring 2026
- Deadline for Grant Application Submission: Late Spring 2026
- Deadline for End of Year Report: (for existing grantees) Late Spring 2026
- Appraisal and Notification of Funding Decisions: Mid-Summer 2026
- Grant Disbursal: Autumn 2026
- Knowledge Sharing Event: Early Spring (Annually)
Support for NGOs / Education Networks
NGOs/Education Networks have a dedicated Grants and Operations Officer, Lisa Gallagher, who can be contacted by email. The Grants and Operations Officer is available for online or in-person support visits whether you are new to WWGS or already have a grant with WWGS. The Grants and Operations Officer supports NGOs on how to incorporate the WWGS GCE Guiding Principles and the WWGS Global Passport Framework into their work. The Grant and Operations Officer can also advise on budget expenditure, the use of the WWGS Reflection Tool (SAT), resource production and reporting requirements.
Current NGO & Education Network Grantees (2024-2026)
AfrI (Action from Ireland)
Afri uses workshops with post-primary teachers and students to tackle ‘the four legged stool’: Climate Change, War, Forced Migration and Hunger. Afri supports schools to take informed action for change using the ‘Sowing the Seeds of Peace’ resource in workshops.
Brigit’s Garden
Brigit’s Garden has developed a Global Goals Challenge for a one day GCE training workshop for Students and their Teachers. This challenge takes place outdoors and is rooted in the Sustainable Development Goals. The challenge raises awareness of human rights and sustainable development.
Centre for Global Education
The Centre for Global Education delivers a Whole School Approach to Global Citizenship Education to teachers and senior leaders in the North of Ireland. They cover key themes such as the causes of poverty, inequality and injustice.
Children in Crossfire
Children in Crossfire aim to embed their ‘Educating the Heart’ in schools in the North of Ireland. They are committed to a whole school approach in embedding Global Citizenship Education through their framework ‘Compassion Compass’ and head heart and hands model.
Development Perspectives
Development Perspectives run the SDG Challenge Schools to support schools to be Active Global Citizenship hubs that embrace GCE through a solidarity approach. This is done through highlighting root causes of global issues and the interconnection between all human beings and the natural world through workshops and training with students, teachers and Senior Management.
ECO-UNESCO
ECO-UNESCO offers in-school and virtual student workshops as well as Student Leadership training to support youth leadership. They focus on themes of Climate Change, Climate Justice, Sustainable Development, access to Education and Ethical Consumption and Production.
Educate Together Network
The Educate Together Network integrates GCE into teaching and learning and strengthens sustainable practices within the network by nurturing leadership at all levels through a personal-local-global solidarity approach involving the whole school community.
Financial Justice Ireland
ECO-UNESCO offers in-school and virtual student workshops as well as Student Leadership training to support youth leadership. They focus on themes of Climate Change, Climate Justice, Sustainable Development, access to Education and Ethical Consumption and Production.
Global Action Plan (GAP)
GAP explores migration and conflict through environmental and climate justice with teachers, students and school leaders. GAP uses webinars and workshops to support teachers on topics such as migration, waste and critical media literacy.
Irish Second Level Students Union (ISSU)
ISSU has a Climate Action Short Course for Junior Cycle students, aiming to empower young people to take meaningful action for climate justice and sustainability.
Latin America Solidarity Centre (LASC)
Through Spanish lessons in post-primary schools LASC supports teachers and students by diving deep into the rich cultures of Latin America. LASC holds student workshops and a student video competition. It is not just about learning the language; it's about understanding our role in the world, how to make a difference and learning to step up to tackle the big issues, locally and globally.
Sustainable Living Initiative (SLI)
This peer teaching and learning programme trains TY Students on a GCE topic. Students take part in a week-long seminar to learn how to deliver using GCE methodologies to groups in school assemblies. Students gain an increased understanding of migration and how it intersects with climate justice.
The Hope Foundation
Through interactive Development Education Workshops, the project aims to equip students with the skills and confidence to be active global citizens. It aims to encourage students to champion GCE within their own schools and to bring these schools from a charity to a solidarity approach to GCE.