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Dublin Community Challenge 2022

€56,300 | Dublin
Bring proven ideas to your community

Proven ideas and funding for your community

This €55,000 fund is dedicated to helping you build thriving and sustainable communities across Dublin.

How it works
  • Select an idea listed below and register to get your project page
  • Use your project page to complete the 30 Day Challenge
  • Submit a photo and your action plan
  • Once you're active let us know what impact you are having in your community
Who can apply
  • You want to start a ChangeX idea to improve your local community
  • You're passionate about building a thriving community where you live in Dublin
  • You are an individual, an existing local group, or a community organisation
What you get
  • Seed funding to start your selected idea
  • Free starter resource pack, mentorship and technology tools to get started
  • Additional impact funding, once you report back on the social impact of your active project

Explore ideas

Choose an idea to start in your community. See terms & conditions.
This fund has closed for applications. You can still start ideas without funding, or check for other live funds in your area.
  • Small Pocket Forest

    Plant a Pocket Forest of 25sqm (5mx5m) in your garden, community or school (Leinster region only)

  • Pollinator Plan Juniors

    Support biodiversity in your school community with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.

  • Plastic Free 4 Kids

    Empower the kids in your primary school to become plastic free ambassadors in your local community.

  • CycleBus

    Promote active travel by bike for school children by starting a Cycle Bus in your local community.

  • GIY

    Get together with people in your community and share the joy of growing your own food.

  • WeCount Project

    Monitor traffic and air pollution in your local community and use the data to create healthier and more sustainable communities.

  • Building Healthy Communities, A Physicians Committee Action Network

    PlantPure Communities (PPC)'s mission is to empower individuals to build healthy, kind, sustainable communities by sharing the health and environmental benefits of plant-based nutrition.

  • Community Fridge

    Start a community fridge in your community to share good food that would otherwise go to waste.

  • Pollinator Plan

    Support biodiversity in your local community with the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan.

  • Repair Café

    Organise a free meeting place in your community to repair things instead of throwing them away.

  • The GreenPlan

    Empowering society to tackle climate change

  • Better Block Parklet

    Expand public or private space with these digitally fabricated parklets.

  • Open Orchard

    Organise an Open Orchard to bring people together, provide free fruit to local residents and green our urban environments.

245 people have already joined the
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Start something today

The Dublin Community Challenge is an opportunity for communities to come together to create thriving communities across Dublin. We’re excited to support local action across Dublin and to see the collective impact we can have in building healthier, more sustainable communities.

  • Holly Beale (Microsoft Datacenter Community Development Team)
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