Grants & Funding
Accelerating the roll-out of clean and sustainable energy Film & Events industry
There are many funding streams available to the events and film industry which aim to promote and accelerate the roll out of clean and sustainable energy.
Below are a few examples, if you would like more information please give contact us and we would be happy to help.
Film & TV Industry
Screen Ireland's Sustainability Grant
Screen Ireland's Sustainability Grant, part of their Sustainability Plan, aims to promote sustainability within the Irish screen industry. This grant primarily focuses on providing funding and support to help production companies reduce their carbon footprint and implement sustainable practices.
Screen Ireland can fund up to 100% of eligible costs up to €25,000 (ex VAT) per production. Productions must be able to demonstrate that costs are directly attributable to the sustainability initiative.
The grant helps production companies cover the costs associated with implementing new sustainability practices and technologies, addressing the "green premium".
Screen Ireland’s Sustainability Advisor Program
In early 2023, Screen Ireland launched the pilot phase of its Sustainability Advisor Programme. Through the programme, a trained Sustainability Advisor is allocated to all Screen Ireland-funded feature films and scripted TV projects. The Advisor helps to calculate the carbon impact of the production and creates a Carbon Action Plan designed to reduce environmental impacts on-set. Screen Ireland hopes that the Sustainability Advisors program will help to make sustainability standard practice on Irish film/ TV production sets.
Sustainable Media Ireland
Sustainable Media Ireland is a voluntary sector-wide sustainability network for Irish media organisations and representatives of their supply chains. It brings the Irish media sector together to learn, share knowledge and experience, and partner on sustainability initiatives and campaigns.
Festival & Events
Cultural Capital Scheme
The Cultural Capital Scheme will provide funding for projects that reduce an organisation’s carbon footprint and will, for the first time, include funding for organisational energy audits. Projects that provide additional capacity for artists and artistic production, as well as those that address access issues, will also be supported. Examples of what will be funded, include:
Refurbishment and upgrading of facilities
Energy audits
Projects that reduce the organisation’s carbon footprint including energy upgrade projects e.g. insulation, solar panels, LED lighting.
Projects that address access, including accessibility audits
Health and Safety upgrades
Grants of up to €50,000 will be available to not-for-profit organisations with a defined arts & culture remit. Grants will be offered for eligible projects, as follows:
Grants up to €20,000 at a grant funding rate of 85% (60% for Local Authority owned facilities);
Grants up to €50,000 at a grant funding rate of 70% (60% for Local Authority owned facilities);
The Green Transition Fund
The Green Transition Fund supports companies at every step of their decarbonisation journey – from initial planning and capability building to investment, research and innovation. It aims to support companies as they prepare for a low-carbon, more resource-efficient future.
Under Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) (2021-2026), projects supporting the digital and climate transition of enterprise are being funded through the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility. This covers projects that will facilitate emissions reductions as part of a decarbonisation plan.
All projects supported under the Green Transition Fund must comply with relevant EU and national environmental legislation and in particular with the ‘Do no significant harm’ Technical Guidance.