The Department of Children, Equality, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) circulated a press release on Thursday, 1 September 2022 announcing the Building Blocks – Improvement Grant.
The application for this Grant will open on 28 October 2022 and will be open for approximately 4 weeks.
The table below summarises the key documents required as part of the application process.
Checklist of Documents
| Strand A Green Energy | Strand B Retrofit | ||
| 1. | Professional Report (Mandatory) | 1. | Professional Report (optional) |
| 2. | Planning Permission Number for Solar Panels, if required. | 2. | Rental/lease/licence agreement if required |
| 3. | Rental/lease/licence agreement, if required | 3. | Owner’s Permission template if required |
| 4. | Owner’s Permission template if required | 4. | Indicative quote documentation |
| 5. | Indicative quote documentation | 5. | Evidence of own funding, if required |
| 6. | Evidence of own funding, if required | 6. | Additional supporting documentation, where possible. |
Detailed information regarding Building Blocks – Improvement Grant is available in the Applicant Guidelines here. We encourage you to familiarise yourselves with the updated table in Section 5 a. relating to selection criteria.
Applicants can contact the Early Years Provider Centre (EYPC) with any queries by raising a service request on Hive under the programme: Building Blocks – Improvement Grant and selecting the relevant sub-category.
