Proof of Craic Fund for Harm Reduction

Giving a voice to those excluded from building policies that directly affect them

❤️‍🩹 In Ireland, harm reduction is often talked about but rarely funded. The Proof of Craic Fund is rooted in harm reduction and symbolic resistance. It begins with Molly Malone’s statue — a sex worker immortalised in the heart of Dublin, her bronze boobies worn shiny by tourists for ‘luck’. But her bronze boobies are no joke. They’re a mirror. While statues get polished and protected, real women — especially SWers — are suffering under performative policies. 🤕 WTF is harm reduction? Harm reduction is a public good (yes, jargon). Everyone should be able to enjoy reduced harm in a non-excludable and non-rivalrous way. We can do that through designing and funding: 📖 Counter-narratives that shift public perception 😮‍💨 Mental health and burnout support ⚖️ Gender-inclusive, care-first public systems

Eligibility

🫂 Who Should Apply
We’re looking for creators, coders, and care workers exploring harm reduction through the following lenses:
🧠 Mental health
🤕 Gender-based violence
🛰️ Surveillance and digital wellbeing
🤲 Mutual aid and systems of care
You might be an artist, technologist, writer, or organiser building to promote public good.
🖼️ Accepted Formats
**(JPG/PNG/GIF, MOV/MP4)
🎨 Visual – Paintings, digital art, data visualisations
📚 Written – Zines, essays, guides, speculative fiction
🎥 Media – Short films, animations, documentaries
🎧 Audio – Soundscapes, testimonials, experimental work
🧬 Interactive – Consent tools, governance interfaces, funding systems
💌 Inspirations & Resources
Here's my workshop on redefining cultural and creative funding with blockchain, and an opinion piece from Ornella Vallana explaining why public goods are good.
No connection to this Instagram page, but I follow it for its vital advocacy of SWers.
Check out this review of my mother's poetry collection, Dinner in the Fields.
Cormac Looby's song, Ordinary Woman, where I played bass. Give it a listen here.
✊ Final Word
Express yourself. Be anything but silent.

Projects (47)

38 submitted · 8 funded · 1 curated

Project	Status	Raised
Locus	funded	$8
Sexilio	funded	$16,476
Paramoverso	funded	$937
Dorothy Will Get There	funded	$0
Echo Blast	funded	$3,291
My Great Great Uncle's Music	funded	$0
Strawberry Blonde	funded	$2,840
FEMMEBIT: Supporting Media Artists in Los Angeles and beyond.	funded	$0
Children's book - When Tilda met St Brigid	curated	$0
Remembering to Forget	submitted	$9,097
BÚAN_fund	submitted	$0
R🟡UTE 47	submitted	$20
W8W Creative Hub	submitted	$86
coord-name: Bring Volume V to the World	submitted	$43,611
Follow the Black Hare	submitted	$0
Web3 Edutainment	submitted	$418
Mango Magic Movement	submitted	$28,679
RooTed	submitted	$8,986
Empowering Youth Through Digital Skills & Innovation	submitted	$6,911
Give Me Your Hand | Tabhair dom do Lámh	submitted	$0
NEXUS	submitted	$1,053
After All These Years	submitted	$0
Ag Éalú Uaigneas	submitted	$0
adopt a tree	submitted	$14,777
CoralConnect	submitted	$0
Freedom for Women	submitted	$0
Caught in the Crossfire	submitted	$0
Collective Forest of Possibility	submitted	$0
Roots of Change	submitted	$0
Boring!!!	submitted	$0
Remotely Good	submitted	$0
Neurodevelop: Neuromodulation for everyone	submitted	$1,790
Solar clean water	submitted	$765
#makeCLOUDproud	submitted	$0
unlocking children’s potential through AI	submitted	$43
International Artists Project	submitted	$462
AI graphic Design Training	submitted	$1,334
Regenerative Ecosystem	submitted	$2,683
Promise Me Something ... Leave The Light On!	submitted	$0
Fighters Unbound - Art That Moves You	submitted	$23,499
FREERIDERS	submitted	$12,909
A New Musical Traumedy: BEHIND THE MASK	submitted	$19,558
NAIA GO	submitted	$5,557
Reset and Rise	submitted	$0
The River Project	submitted	$10
American Season	submitted	$0
Papertoys reimagined	submitted	$450