Whereas home hockey might have drawn to a detailed, summer season is the right alternative for you and your membership to stage up forward of a brand new season of alternative.
That can assist you accomplish that, Hockey Eire have a wide range of programmes and grants obtainable to assist new and current golf equipment develop their providing and upskill their members. Test them out:
We predict the Division of Tradition, Communications and Sport to launch the Group Sports activities Services Fund (beforehand Sports activities Capital Tools Grant) in June 2026. The fund is open to purposes from all affiliated golf equipment and provinces in the Republic of Eire.
Within the final spherical, the next funding obtainable per software was as follows, nevertheless, it’d enhance within the subsequent spherical:
This can be a enormous alternative for hockey to enhance our accessibility and sustainability, creating lasting partnership agreements with different sports activities and colleges. To assist us greatest assist your organisation with their software and to channel our help within the appropriate areas, please fill within the following kind: Group Sports activities Facility Fund 2026 – Fill out kind
Hyperlink to webinar delivered on 13th Could – https://youtu.be/5FEwrSR99fs?si=0E-N9h_oDDxaMilB
Presentation: CSFF Workshop Could 2026
Hockey4All is Hockey Eire’s membership initiative for gamers of all ages with each mental and bodily disabilities. It supplies the chance for folks to share their love for hockey.
The Hockey4All Grant is open to each new and current H4A golf equipment, providing helpful assist to assist make hockey extra accessible and inclusive. Golf equipment can apply for as much as €2,500 in the direction of gear and as much as €8,000 for facility upgrades. Facility funding can assist initiatives similar to ramps, accessible seating, accessible rest room enhancements, storage containers, and different accessibility enhancements. We encourage all eligible golf equipment to use and benefit from this chance to additional develop inclusive hockey of their neighborhood: Apply Now
Strolling Hockey is a variation of the sport the place you stroll as a substitute of run. It’s designed to assist folks preserve an lively way of life no matter age, well being or means. Whether or not you’re new to the game, haven’t performed for some time or needed to cease on account of accidents or different causes, Strolling Hockey lets you decide up a stick in a enjoyable and relaxed surroundings with like-minded folks.
The Strolling Hockey Grant affords €300 to new and current golf equipment. Funding can be utilized to assist pitch rent, gear, coaching tops, and post-session refreshments, serving to golf equipment create a welcoming and satisfying surroundings for contributors. This can be a incredible alternative to develop participation and have interaction extra folks in hockey in a enjoyable and accessible method: Apply Now
Choose Up A Stick is a welcoming initiative designed to introduce folks to hockey for the very first time—or to assist former gamers rediscover the sport—in a enjoyable, pleasant, and non-competitive surroundings. Golf equipment run brief programmes, usually over 5 – 6 weeks, inviting neighborhood members to get entangled, study the fundamentals, and benefit from the sport at their very own tempo. Organisations may ship social hockey in a small-sided format. It’s an effective way to open up the membership to new audiences, develop membership, and even construct a pathway for future volunteers, coaches, and committee members by giving contributors a deeper understanding of the sport. A 300 euro grant is obtainable by way of filling within the following kind: Apply Now
The Sport Changers is an progressive youth initiative designed to present younger folks a strong voice in shaping the way forward for hockey in Eire. This thrilling program supplies a platform for the subsequent technology of hockey fans to have interaction, collaborate, and cleared the path for a thriving hockey neighborhood nationwide.
Functions for the 2026 Sport Changers closes on Could 31st. Apply Now
Hockey Eire is delighted to announce the signing of a proper Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Particular Olympics Eire, marking a big milestone within the continued improvement of inclusive hockey alternatives for athletes with an mental incapacity throughout the island of Eire.
The settlement formalises a collaborative partnership developed over the previous 4 years and can see Hockey Eire lead the supply of subject hockey as an official sporting alternative for athletes with an mental incapacity by its nationwide membership community.
The partnership aligns intently with Particular Olympics Eire’s Inclusive Membership Framework, launched in 2019, which helps athletes turning into members of mainstream sports activities golf equipment whereas persevering with to entry Particular Olympics competitors alternatives. Underneath the settlement, hockey can be delivered absolutely by Hockey Eire and its affiliated golf equipment, whereas Particular Olympics Eire will promote these alternatives to its members and assist athlete participation pathways.
To assist golf equipment, coaches, volunteers and households in understanding the brand new partnership and the alternatives obtainable, Hockey Eire and Particular Olympics Eire will host an internet data webinar on Wednesday, 27 Could from 19:00–20:00. The webinar is open to folks, coaches, volunteers and membership members and can discover how Hockey4All golf equipment can change into affiliated as Particular Olympics Eire golf equipment, the advantages of affiliation for each golf equipment and athletes, and the way the partnership will assist larger participation and inclusion inside the sport.
Attendees can even hear extra concerning the upcoming Hockey Eire Nationwide Competitors, which can happen on 6 September 2026. The webinar will conclude with an open Q&A session, giving golf equipment, coaches, volunteers and households the chance to ask questions and study extra about the right way to get entangled.
Alongside these, Hockey Eire can even be working Teaching, Umpiring, and Younger Hockey Leaders programs all through the summer season to offer alternatives for brand new and aspiring gamers, coaches and umpires to develop and thrive.
Keep watch over hockey.ie/occasions/ to see what’s arising!
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