What Works Enhancing Quality Fund 2025
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley, TD has announced the creation of a new fund under the What Works prevention and early intervention initiative, which is funded through the Dormant Accounts Fund.
The What Works Enhancing Quality Fund has been established under the Quality strand of the What Works initiative. The aim of the Quality strand is to align, enhance and sustain quality in prevention and early intervention as it relates to the development and delivery of policy, provision and practice for children and young people.
The 2025 Enhancing Quality Fund aims to promote continuous improvement and innovation using a process of problem-solving in prevention and early intervention services for children and young people. Successful applicants will support the What Works initiative to build on the development of implementation structures and learning harnessed from over a decade of investment in prevention and early intervention in order to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families.
The fund is open to practitioners and service providers in not-for-profit organisations working with children, young people and their families and who have a strong emphasis on prevention and early intervention. The total value of the fund is €300,000, and organisations may apply for funding up to a maximum of €30,000.
The deadline for applications is 5pm, Friday, August 22nd 2025. Applications should be submitted to whatworks@dcde.gov.ie. Hard copies delivered via post will not be accepted.
Applicants are advised to carefully and thoroughly read the Guidance Note and Terms and Conditions for the Fund before completing and submitting the Application Form. These documents are linked below:
Applicants should submit any questions about the fund or the application process to whatworks@dcde.gov.ie. Anonymised versions of these questions and the DCDE responses will be published on the following dedicated page:
What Works Enhancing Quality Fund – Q&A Page
You can read more about the Minister’s new suite of prevention and early intervention measures at https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-children-disability-and-equality/
