Dublin Airport Community Fund
Your ideas, Our Support
Dublin Airport's Community Fund is closed for applications for funding for 2025.
The Fund supports local projects that make a positive contribution to our neighbouring communities.
We will support applications from organisations located in the following areas:
Ballymun • Cloghran • Forrest Little • Greater Baskin • Hollystown • Malahide • Portmarnock • Rolestown • Santry • St. Margarets • Swords • The Ward • Tyrrelstown
We are interested in working with communities on developing initiatives around, for example, environmental and sustainability, health and wellbeing and social inclusion.
Dublin Airport Local Community Access Scholarship
We have partnered with Dublin City University (DCU) to provide scholarships through DCU’s Access Service, to those students that may be marginalised in our community, giving them a unique opportunity to access third level education.
The Community Fund will also support up to 20 students per year to enable them to attend DCU via its Access Programme. To find out more about the DCU Access Service, you can visit its website on www.dcu.ie/access
Community Fund Logo/Branding
Successful applicants will need Dublin Airport Community Fund’s logo to promote support of their initiative, which will be included in the subsequent Outcome Report mentioned above. This promotion could take the form of pitch-side signage, club jerseys or kits, garden benches or allotment signs, group websites, newsletters, social media, etc. Print and digital versions of the Community Fund logo are available below. Please read the Dublin Airport Community Fund Toolkit before using our logos. The Brand Toolkit will tell you all you need to know about which logo(s) to use and how to use them.
If you require any advice or assistance regarding use of the Community Fund’s logo, please contact us at communityfund@daa.ie.
Allocation of Funding
Dublin Airport’s Community Fund has allocated over €2.8 million to local community initiatives since its launch. In 2024 alone, 112 local community projects shared €500,000 for sports, recreation, environmental, education and community development initiatives.
Contact Us
If you require assistance or have any questions related to the fund, you can contact us directly: communityfund@daa.ie
In June, the Community Engagement team were delighted to attend the official grand opening of the 'Harte Suite' at Holy Spirit Girls National School in Ballymun.
The Harte Suite is a specially designed classroom and garden area created to support children with autism that attend the school. This innovative space is part of the wider outdoor space renovations the school have been undertaking and will provide a calming, inclusive zone for the students to use.
This special space has been named in loving memory of beloved teacher Shaunagh Harte, and will continue her legacy of care and support for these students and the school community.
Dublin Airport's Community Fund is delighted to have supported parts of this worthwhile project and the wider outdoor improvements, and we have no doubt the benefits for the students will be clear every day.
Pictured: Emma Conroy, the Principal at Holy Spirit GNS with Janine Davidson, from daa's Community Engagement team at the opening event
To find out more about our ESG initiatives, please visit our daa ESG website here.
