Bord na Móna's Mountlucas Wind Farm Community Gains Scheme is now open for applications!
Mountlucas Wind Farm has opened the 2025 Community Gains Scheme (“The Scheme”) for applications. The Scheme is open to local community-based project groups and voluntary organisations located within, or working with, communities in the vicinity of the development. Please ensure to read the terms and conditions before beginning your application. The 2025 fund value for the Mountlucas Wind Farm Community Gains Scheme is €101,824.59.
Note: Submission of an application does not guarantee funding. Each funding application will be evaluated on a case by case basis in accordance with the Scheme Criteria outlined in the Scheme Terms and Conditions. As per the Scheme Terms and Conditions, only one application per group, per year may be submitted. To view the full Terms and Conditions, please click
here.
Should your application be successful, in order to drawdown the grant award, each applicant group will be required to upload invoices, receipts, testimonials, project images and additional evidence to demonstrate project expenditure was undertaken in accordance with the Grant Agreement. It is essential to note that payment cannot be made until the project is complete, the goods are in hand, and any other conditions set out in the Grant Agreement were met. If, for some reason, the project has been delayed and will not be completed by the closing date, the Fund Administrator should be notified immediately.
The Scheme may facilitate advance payments should the Fund Committee and/or Bord na Móna/Mountlucas Wind Farm Ltd wish to do so. These projects will be decided on a case-by-case basis. However, on completion of the project the applicant group will be required to upload invoices, receipts, testimonials, project images and additional evidence to demonstrate project expenditure was undertaken in accordance with the Grant Agreement.
If your group would like to apply for funding, please click the apply button to start your application.
How to Apply
- Before you begin your application, please ensure you have read the Scheme Terms & Conditions thoroughly.
- You will be asked to set up an account on this platform and verify your email address.
- Please check your spam/junk folder for emails from this platform and add this platform's email address to your safe contacts so that you may receive messages/notifications from this platform.
- You may save your application and return to it at a later time, however the application portal will close on Monday, April 7th at 5.00pm and you will no longer be able to access the application.
- Once your application is submitted it cannot be amended.
- All applications must be submitted through this application platform.
Please note the Scheme does not normally support statutory or other accountable bodies (including schools) unless they can provide evidence that the project is community-led, open, accessible and for the benefit of the community and not a statutory responsibility. If a school wishes to apply to the Scheme, they must demonstrate that their project would not normally be funded by the Department of Education and Skills.
Applicants requiring help or support with their application can contact the project team via
Mountlucaswindfarm@bnm.ie with their enquiries, or alternatively call our
Community Liaison Specialists, Niall Donlon on 087 9951174 or Padraig Carty on 0870643734
, for assistance.