05/05/2026
Last week, we celebrated our 2026 Meta Data Centre Community Action Grant recipients at the Clonee Data Centre — and it was a joy to bring together this year’s grant recipients, community partners, Meta team members, and local leaders!
Through our Data Centre Community Action Grants program, Meta provides funding for nonprofits and schools — addressing critical community needs by putting technology to use for community benefit, enabling people to build strong, sustainable communities, improving local STEAM education — to support the long-term vitality of County Meath. Learn more about this year’s projects:
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland: To help clients with dementia at Whistlemount Day Centre and carers to connect, access support, and improve well-being through tailored digital activities and training.
Asiam.ie: To build and connect the young autistic community in Meath while learning and exploring the world of coding through inclusive, neuroaffirmative workshops.
Ballinlough National School: To enhance STEAM learning opportunities for students through creative use of iPads in science, engineering, coding, art and math.
Beaufort College, Navan: To boost digital skills, inclusion, and creativity by creating a new ‘Digital Den’ as central hub for students, teachers, and the community to access digital tools and learning opportunities.
Adult Education: Boyne Community School: To combine art, design and coding in interactive cross-curricular projects, enabling students to create and showcase technology-driven visual installations.
Claremont Stadium, Navan: To install new digital signage at key locations in this community facility that will eliminate the need for paper posters while promoting community activities.
Dunshaughlin Community National School: To develop the school’s STEAM Lab, building pupils’ critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity through curriculum-aligned STEAM learning and teacher training.
St. Declan’s School, Ashbourne: To further develop children’s STEM skills, equipping them for life in the 21st century through age-appropriate LEGO Education programmes.
Gaelscoil Na Cille - Coiste na DTuismitheoirí: To expand access to cutting-edge digital tools that inspire learning and innovation by installing Smart Boards and training staff for interactive teaching.
Gaelscoil Na Ríthe: To blend technology and tradition, students will celebrate Irish culture through 3D printing, hands-on workshops and creative design projects.
Meath County Council: To promote STEAM in an accessible and relatable way, showing how science exists within and affects our everyday lives, through a countywide festival of talks, workshops and family fun days.
Ratoath Junior National School: To boost digital literacy and STEAM skills, enhancing creativity and problem-solving.
Ratoath Senior National School: To develop STEAM communities locally by promoting creativity, coding, and connection through mentoring, robotics, film-making and inclusive workshops.
Scoil Cholmcille, Mount Hanover: To empower children as developers, creators, and change makers of technology by investing in LEGO Spike kits and Bee Bots for hands-on STEM learning.
Scoil Cholmcille, Skryne National School: To deliver a whole-school, cross-curricular approach to STEM through play-based learning, hands-on resources and teacher professional development.
Scoil Mhuire Naofa, Rathfeigh: To create a school hybrid library and learning hub for the community, offering digital and traditional resources, collaborative learning and community activities.
St Anne’s Loreto Primary School, Navan: To transform STEAM learning by engaging students in digital design, coding, animation and creative problem-solving with accessible iPads.
Trim-Family Resource-Centre: To enhance digital confidence for older people and expand tech, STEAM, and robotics learning for younger people through hands-on programmes and support hubs.
Our thanks to Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council, Councillor Wayne Harding, Senator Linda Nelson Murray, Ratoath MD Cathaoirleach Brian Fitzgerald, Leas-Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council, Cllr. Caroline O'Reilly, Ratoath MD Councillors Yvonne Everard, Gerry O’Connor, Nick Killian and Cllr. Maria Murphy for joining us, and to local business Flowers by Moira for the beautiful flowers.
