UN Day Grants Scheme

The UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17th) is a day to express friendship and solidarity with people in poverty.

The Social Inclusion Division has provided a budget of €30,000 to locally-based community and voluntary groups promoting the UN Day in 2010.

Twelve groups applied for this funding and nine were successful. The maximum grant per group was €5,000.

Group	County	Category	Activity
Community After Schools Project, Portland Square	Dublin 1	Children	Creative project with 3 after-schools groups
Tallaght Youth Travellers	Dublin	Travellers	Exhibition and workshops challenging poverty and marginalisation among Travellers
One Family	Dublin	Family	Media training Creating a video of lives and experiences of one-parent families
Newbridge Family Resource Centre	Kildare	Family	Six-week programme on poverty and social exclusion Photo exhibition
Tír Boghaine Teo	Donegal	Youth	Cross community project linking 3 groups of young people
Tacú Family Resource Centre	Mayo	Family	Conference with people experiencing disadvantage under themes of European Year
Downstrands Family Resource Centre	Donegal	Family	Video link with rural coastal community in the developing world Family Day and launch of video link
Childrens Group Link	Waterford	Youth	Workshops on impact of poverty
Minceirs Whiden	Dublin 1	Traveller Group	Four provincial workshops on root causes of poverty in the Traveller community

Last Updated: 16/08/2010 16:14