This Foundation makes grants from three separate funds – Irish churches, British Churches and a General fund – and has a range of priorities it looks to support.

The Irish Church Fund is for Roman Catholic charities across the Republic of Ireland

The British Church Fund is for Roman Catholic charities across England, Wales and the Isle of Man. 

The General Fund offers grants to registered charities for projects related to one or more of our their current funding priorities in England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland.

The priorities are:

• Victims of modern slavery: to provide facilities for and support to victims on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment

• Victims of domestic abuse: to provide emergency safety and to support victims through associated poverty and mental health issues

Ex-offenders and their families: to support the ex-offenders back to work and contributing positively to society and to support their families whose lives can be severely impacted

• Homelessness: to provide facilities for and support people, especially young people, on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment
  
• Medical research: to support research that could lead to preventing or slowing the onset of a condition or to lessen the symptoms
  
• Support for people with terminal illnesses / life limiting conditions and their carers: to provide hospice care to support individuals and give respite to their carers to assist them with their mental health and other ambitions
  
• Drug and substance misuse: to support rehabilitation and the journey back to independent living and work
  
• Support for people with intellectual disability: to provide support with personal care, job skills and supported living
  
• Care leavers: to give them a chance to succeed on a par with other young people
  
• Worship and associated community outreach: to ensure places of worship are energy efficient and watertight with an emphasis on wider community use of church halls or Church buildings where those buildings are redundant or too large and where the parish has a focus on non-conditional outward facing work
  
• Amateur sport: to improve physical and mental health with a focus on sport provision for people with disabilities.

Grants are awarded for 1-3 years.

Applicants are advised to to consider applying for no more than 50% of the total project cost.

Projects with a start date before 1 October 2026 will not be considered during the current funding round.

An initial eligibility and application form is required, which is reviewed by the Grants team.

For more details and to apply, visit the Albert Gubay Foundation website here.