Rethink Ireland seeks and supports socially innovative solutions which offer equal opportunities to education for all citizens. We recognise the interconnected or intersectional nature of race, socio-economic status, gender and health and their relationship to discrimination and disadvantage. As such, we understand that standard formal education may not work for all groups of people.

We have invested €36.9 million in education since 2016, supporting 127 projects with a reach of at least 651,000 people. Through these innovative solutions, we aim to address educational gaps in Irish society.

Learn more here about the groundbreaking academic reports on Rethink Ireland’s Education & Youth Mental Health Funds 2017-2022 carried out by the University of Galway over six years, looking at 24 awardee projects. This marks the largest study on alternative education and youth mental health projects ever conducted in Ireland.