Deadline: 28 April 2025
Do you have a strong insight into a social or environmental problem? Do you have an idea or a solution for that problem? Are you ambitious, entrepreneurial, and passionate about social change? If yes, apply for the Ideas Academy Programme.
The three-month programme provides you with the knowledge and tools you need to help you to deepen your understanding of the problem and kick-start your idea to get testing and piloting.
Participants on the Ideas Academy are supported to clearly articulate, refine and progress their solution, to build skills and accelerate learning in core areas of importance to social entrepreneurship, and to move from idea to piloting.
The programme is mostly delivered online with 5 in-person events and workshops.
Funding Information
- At the end of the programme all participants have the opportunity to apply to pitch for a portion of €20,000 seed funding to further pilot their idea.
Programme Benefits
- Workshops in areas such as Understanding the Problem and refining the Solution, Piloting, Storytelling, and more.
- Peer Support with other social entrepreneurs on programme
- Networking opportunities with a like-minded community
Who is it for?
- Individuals with insight and drive to solve social or environmental challenges
Eligibility Criteria
- You must have a strong insight into or a strong understanding of a social or environmental problem
- You must have identified a social or environmental problem and have a solution with high potential to tackle it.
- You, and your solution partner (if applying as partnership), must be aged 18 years or over at the time of applying for the programme.
- You must be the person/people leading on this idea/solution – the main driver(s) and decision maker(s).
- The primary focus of the impact of your solution must be in Ireland.
- You must be willing to commit to full attendance for all of the core workshops sessions on the Ideas Academy. You are willing and able to commit to the following:
- attending mandatory Selection Process and key Programme events (such as the launch) outlined in the programme guide.
- engaging with the programme for the equivalent of 3- 6 hours per week during the months of September – November
For more information, visit Social Entrepreneurs Ireland.
