Last year, a wide range of community groups across Kildare and Wicklow benefitted from literacy, wellbeing and financial-skills funding.
Funding of €1 million has been announced to support adults with unmet literacy, numeracy and digital skills needs, with a strong focus on family and financial literacy projects in 2026.
More than 700,000 adults in Ireland are estimated to have unmet literacy needs, affecting everyday tasks such as filling out forms, reading medical instructions and accessing online information.
The fund, run by SOLAS through the Adult Literacy for Life fund, will back community projects that help adults improve basic skills and support parents in developing literacy in the home.
A dedicated financial literacy strand will again be supported by a €200,000 contribution from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
The scheme aims to reach groups most at risk, including older adults, migrants, Travellers, one-parent families and early school leavers.
Applications close at noon on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
Last year, a wide range of community groups across Kildare and Wicklow benefitted from literacy, wellbeing and financial-skills funding.
Support went to mental-health literacy programmes, Men’s Shed digital and financial classes, health-literacy supports, food-literacy and climate-literacy projects, ADHD-focused financial education, money-coaching for vulnerable adults, and financial-skills workshops run through the Kildare Employment Centre.
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