Rethink Ireland launches 1.37m fund for tackling discrimination and ineqaulity [Video]

Rethink Ireland, in partnership with State Street and the Department of Rural and Community Development, has launched a €1.37m fund to support projects and organisations tackling discrimination and inequality in education and employment.

The Breaking Barriers Fund will be deployed over three years to stimulate diverse workplace initiatives and sustainable employment and education programmes that remove barriers for people from marginalised or minority backgrounds. 

Not-for-profit organisations that provide greater access and opportunity to education and employability for people of different ethnic backgrounds, migrants, refugees, and the Traveller community can apply for this new fund.

Awardees will receive support in the form of a cash grant and a place on Rethink Ireland’s Accelerator Programme, to strengthen their operations, increase their social impact, and ensure organisational sustainability.

“Education and employment are vital pathways to building an equal Ireland, but discrimination continues to block these paths for too many people,” said Deirdre Mortell, CEO of Rethink Ireland.

“Our …