Creative Fingal Awarded Funding for Two Creative Health and Wellbeing Initiatives
Creative Fingal is delighted to have secured €303,750 in funding for two initiatives through the Creative Health and Wellbeing in the Community 2026–2028 scheme.
This funding will support 28 projects nationally, including 16 North–South collaborations under the Shared Island Initiative. The two projects led by Fingal County Council are
Creative Fingal Awarded Funding for Two Creative Health and Wellbeing Initiatives
Creative Fingal is delighted to have secured €303,750 in funding for two initiatives through the Creative Health and Wellbeing in the Community 2026–2028 scheme.
This funding will support 28 projects nationally, including 16 North–South collaborations under the Shared Island Initiative. The two projects led by Fingal County Council are:
Health and Wellbeing in the Community
Imagine, Create, Grow: Helium Inspiring Life Through Art
Funding: €140,000
This project will support children with lifelong physical health conditions living in Fingal, alongside their families. Designed for those aged 8–12, and in some programme strands up to age 16, the initiative aims to provide creative health supports through community workshops, seasonal camps, outpatient paediatric clinics and online access.
Key actions include artist-led creative engagement, medical-supported workshops, parent support sessions, youth voice activity, and local artist professional development.
The project will strive to reduce isolation, support positive mental health, build resilience, and improve wellbeing for children and families experiencing the daily impacts of chronic health conditions, particularly within disadvantaged or harder-to-reach groups.
Creative Communities on a Shared Island
Weaving Worlds: Creative Fashion Upcycling Across Borders and Ages
Funding: €163,750
Creative Fashion Upcycling Across Borders and Ages is a Shared Island intergenerational fashion upcycling project led by Age Friendly Fingal, bringing together Fingal’s Older People’s Council, local youth groups, and partner organisations in Northern Ireland (Linking Generations Northern Ireland and Ards and North Down Council). Participants will collaborate on fashion design and upcycling, transforming old garments into creative, sustainable pieces.
It is intended for the project to culminate in a cross-border fashion show celebrating shared creativity and cultural exchange. Secondary activities will strengthen intergenerational and cross-border connections through visits to creative workshops, skill-sharing sessions, confidence building, cultural experiences and activities to build relationships.
The initiative will foster collaboration, sustainability awareness, and mutual understanding across generations and borders through hands-on co-design and creative engagement.
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The Creative Ireland Programme is an all-of-government culture and wellbeing programme that inspires and transforms people, places and communities through creativity. In Fingal, the programme has been collaboratively developed by the Cultural & Creativity team, which is made up of cross-departmental representatives with skills in many different areas of expertise.
