TASC Annual Report 2025
We are delighted to share TASC’s Annual Report for 2025. This report reflects our continued work to strengthen equality, democracy, and social justice across Ireland. Over the past year, we have deepened our research, expanded our public engagement, and strengthened key partnerships.
In 2025, TASC expanded its climate justice work to include a much more prominent participatory democracy dimension, secured funding for further climate justice work, and developed its technology research to address the rapidly changing work environment. TASC continued to work with a range of partners, making a strategic decision to support research with smaller civil society organisations, in order to strengthen the sector at a moment when it is under increasing political and financial pressure.
Inside, you will find our key achievements from the year 2025 and a look at how we plan to build on this momentum and take our work further.
Highlights of TASC’s work in 2025
In 2025, TASC's technology stream released its first major reports examining the impact of AI on Irish labour conditions. TASC also undertook work reconsidering definitions of AI 'success' as part of the FORSEE consortium, funded by an EU Horizon grant led by UCD, and received EAISF funding to investigate the impact of data centres on local communities in West Dublin.
- Securing SSE Generation Green funding for the Communities in Communities project in 2025, which is commencing in 2026 to bring communities involved in People’s Transition across Ireland together.
- Launching the Annual Inequality Report, uncovering how short-term gains have obscured the poverty and structural inequality present in Ireland.
- Securing MSD for Mothers funding in 2025 to begin our project on the examination of maternal mental health, which will commence in 2026.
- Continued partnership with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
- Delivering the Young Changemaker initiative to further empower young people in Poppintree while also creating a scalable model for inclusive climate justice across Ireland. This project was funded by St Stephens Green Trust, Community Foundation of Ireland, and several individual donors including Dermot Desmond and Mark Little.
- We successfully concluded the delivery of our Financial Resilience Training project, funded by Aviva, positively impacting over 13,000 beneficiaries.
This work remains rooted in evidence and guided by the needs of communities, policymakers, and the wider public. It reflects our mission to combine research, dialogue, and action to support a fairer, more inclusive Ireland.
Looking ahead TASC will continue to conduct policy and applied research, and translating research into practice. Building upon the People’s Transition and Financial Resilience Training, we will also continue to design and deliver in partnership with other charities, business, and government in Ireland, cutting-edge initiatives that build local capacity to lead on community development, civic engagement, and climate action. We want our research and public education to show ways to generate positive, constructive social change and thereby, be optimistic about the future.
We are grateful to our supporters, partners, and team for their continued commitment. Their trust and collaboration allow us to remain an independent, constructive voice for social progress.
We invite you to explore the 2025 Annual Report and join us as we continue working towards a more just, inclusive, and sustainable Ireland.
