National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2025
2025 County Finalists Announced
About the Good Causes Awards
Applications for this year's Awards are now closed.
We want to celebrate your inspiring work that you do within your community.
The National Lottery are seeking entries to this year’s Good Causes Awards. The competition will culminate with a National Final awards ceremony which will take place in October 2025.
Who can enter this year’s awards?
You can enter the National Lottery Good Causes Awards if you, your organisation, project or club has received funding through the following National Lottery part-funded schemes between 2020-2024.
Sport: Any funding received through the Sports Capital Programme or through Sport Ireland
Arts & Culture: Any funding received through the Arts Council of Ireland
Heritage: Any funding received through the Heritage Council of Ireland
Youth: Any funding received from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, specifically the UBU Your Place, Your Space grants, Targeted Youth Funding Schemes or funding for Youth Information Centres.
Health & Wellbeing: Any funding received through the HSE National Lottery Grant Scheme
Community: Any funding received from the National Lottery part-funded schemes administered by Department of Rural & Community Development, namely the Senior Alert Schemes or the Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO)
Irish Language: Any funding received to support the Irish Language, provided by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Every year, the Good Causes Awards celebrate the inspirational work carried out by many volunteers, coaches, care givers and extraordinary people across Ireland, along with the organisations they represent. Beneficiaries will be judged on how the funds were used to make an ever-lasting impact on their local community, project, club, or service users. A total prize fund of €135,000 is available and a full breakdown of the prizes and categories is available in our Terms & Conditions below.
All entrants to the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2025 must agree and adhere to the Terms & Conditions.
By entering this competition, the entrant agrees to these Terms & Conditions.
Good Cause of the Year 2024– Hand in Hand CLG
Hand in Hand CLG is a Galway-based charity that provides support to families of young people with cancer. The organisation enables parents to focus on their child’s health and wellbeing by taking care of practical day-to-day tasks for them, with the simple yet powerful mission of ‘We look after the ordinary while the parents look after the extraordinary’. The profound impact Hand in Hand’s work has on families nationwide, offering essential relief and improving their quality of life during incredibly challenging times, is deeply moving.
For more information or queries related to Good Causes Awards 2025 please contact: goodcausesawards@lottery.ie
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