General Grants April 2009
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| General Grants April 2009 | |||
| Applicant Name | County | Grant Awarded | Reason for Grant |
| Kilkelly Youth Group | Mayo | €500 | towards the group's outgoings, such as rent, insurance and electricity |
| Care for Asylum Children Group | Kildare | €500 | towards meeting the social needs of asylum children and taking them out of the isolation of the hostels through trips to parks, the zoo, amusement parks, picnics and other activities |
| Diversity Sligo | Sligo | €500 | towards supporting asylum seekers to buy essential school supplies for their children. The group wants to purchase copies, pens, markers, bags and also some books, as well as paying for school milk for the 25 students currently in local schools |
| Edmund Rice International Heritage Centres Ltd. Information and Support Unit | Waterford | €500 | towards the provision of a 2 week English Language Summer School aimed at minority children who do not have English as a first language and therefore experience disadvantage in participating fully in the formal school setting |
| Lifestart Cherry Orchard | Dublin | €500 | towards the yearly running costs of this parenting programme, including a summer project, hall rental for events, travel expenses, art materials and refreshments for events |
| Why Violence?, The Campaign for Violence Reduction | Dublin | €750 | towards reducing the social acceptance of violence in Irish society as a step towards their vision of an Ireland in which no person has to live in fear of violence. In the short-term, they want to develop a Festival of Non-Violence with many events |
| Respond Housing Association: Tír na nÓg Community Nursery | Monaghan | €500 | towards the Tír na nÓg summer camp project, to give children of families on low incomes from the estate an opportunity to have a holiday for 1 week over the month of July |
| Kilmallock Traveller Women's Group | Limerick | €500 | towards a Seven Days of Healthy Eating Project - the group will work with a tutor in exploring healthy family cooking and eating and compiling a short publication with healthy eating recipes, which will be distributed among the wider Travelling community |
| Rialto Twirlers | Dublin | €500 | towards the provision of equipment for each member of the troupe, including pompoms and costumes and tracksuits |
| Select Vestry Christ Church Gorey | Wexford | €750 | towards the restoration of the organ at Christ Church which was damaged in a fire in 2007 (Katharine Howard was a regular visitor to this church in her lifetime) |
| The Saturday Club | Cork | €500 | towards supporting this youth club for autistic children, to help improve their social skills and quality of life |
| Raphoe Family Resource Centre Ltd. | Donegal | €500 | towards employing a facilitator on a sessional basis to work with young people in developing a drop-in youth café as a safe space for young people |
| Garvagh and District Development Association (GADDA) | Derry | €441 | towards the provision of pottery workshops for disadvantaged children in rural areas giving the children the opportunity to learn new skills in a safe, welcoming and neutral venue |
| The Three F Club (Fitness, Friendship and Fun) | Dublin | €500 | towards the start-up of a project to engage 4-6 year olds and parents in fitness/sporting activities on a non-competitive basis, to encourage activity and fitness in children and to provide an opportunity to make friendships in their community |
| Ceol Ireland | Dublin | €750 | towards further development of the Ceol Programme, involving training for primary school teachers and materials for the implementation of the music curriculum, to provide more access to musical education and help divert children away from bad behaviour |
| Manor St. John Youth Services | Waterford | €500 | towards the Children's Adventure Challenge, a 2 year project which will be ongoing through the summer months 2009 and 2010 and as an after-school project for the rest of the 2 years |
| Glenquinn Montessori | Limerick | €500 | towards improvements to the group's playground to make it safe, including the purchase of a gate and rounded top fence |
| Castleisland Family Resource Centre (St. Vincent de Paul) | Kerry | €500 | towards the Connecting Parent and Child project - to develop a programme for children and parents to support the quality of the parent-child relationship |
| Dunnaman Children's Centre | Down | €500 | towards funding two workers for a 4 week summer scheme programme of activities for children aged 3-14 years in an isolated area of high social deprivation and unemployment |
| Rialto Variety Group | Dublin | €500 | towards the costing of the group's next pantomime which takes place in January 2010, including costumes to bring colour, variety and style to the production |
| Carrakennedy Community Childcare | Mayo | €750 | towards start up costs of a community playschool and afterschool service including the purchase of play equipment and the provision of training for staff members |
| Rainbow Support Services | Limerick | €500 | towards the set up of a LGBT Youth Café - an afterschool provision for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender young people from 4-7pm every Tuesday with support of trained youth leaders, co-ordinated by the LGBT Youth Officer |
| Páistí an Ghrain | Kerry | €500 | towards continued facilitation of an afterschool club twice per week for 5-9 year olds and once per week for the 10 plus age group, along with summer schemes, family fun days and local community events such as clean-ups and visits to local amenities |
| Kilkelly Community Centre Committee | Mayo | €500 | towards the running of a summer camp for 4 weeks in July 09, a Hallowe'en camp for 2 weeks and an Easter camp for 2 weeks |
| Athlone Community Taskforce | Westmeath | €750 | towards the Connected Peer Programme, where 16 young people will choose a topic relating to young people's possible future career choices and then become involved in the design, delivery and evaluation of a programme based on the information they gather |
| Attention Deficit Disorder Mid West Support Committee Ltd | Limerick | €500 | towards a hands-on parenting programme specific to ADHD to be delivered in the home by a clinical educational psychologist |
| Irish Traveller Movement | Dublin | €750 | towards the Yellow Flag Programme, to fund a school in South Wicklow or Wexford to take part in the second year of this pilot intercultural education project, launched by the Irish Traveller Movement in Sept 2008 |
| Youth Horizons Créche | Dublin | €500 | towards staff training in food hygiene, first aid and manual handling for all creche staff, and also towards updating and replacing of creche equipment |
| Kilkenny Traveller Community Movement | Kilkenny | €500 | towards an afterschools Summer Camp Programme for 42 Traveller children aged between 5 and 12 for a week |
| Respond Fairgreen Community Childcare Centre | Offaly | €500 | towards the purchase of books, arts and crafts materials and toys for the pre-school and afterschool services of this centre |
| Cáirdeas, Kilmovee Family Resource Centre Ltd | Mayo | €500 | towards two summer camps for children aged 5-8 years and 9-12 years, each one day per week during July and August |
| Dominican Campus School Completion Programme | Dublin | €500 | towards the establishment of the Ballyfermot Intercultural Community Orchestra in the Dominican Campus, an educational community which includes 3 primary schools, 2 pre-schools and 1 secondary school |
| Action for Life Foundation | Galway | €750 | towards the purchase of educational equipment for this school for children with autism, such as picture communication kits, large pecs notebooks and an assessment kit for ABLLS |
| The Alfa Project - Active Learning for Adolescents | Clare | €1,500 | €750 over two years towards the provision of full-time education for a group of young people aged 14-15 years who are outside of the school system for varying reasons, or are disaffected and disengaged in secondary school |
| Artlink | Donegal | €500 | towards the Early Learning, Early Years 8 week training programme in the creative arts to early years parents/carers |
| Ballougry Integrated Community Playgroup | Derry | €500 | towards the purchase of raised beds, compost, plants and seeds for an outdoor area for this playgroup |
| Ballymahon Primary Afterschool Homework Club | Longford | €500 | towards the purchase of new tables to replace old broken ones, and also toward hot meals and art and craft materials |
| Banogue Community Creche Ltd | Limerick | €500 | towards making their summer camps accessible to all children in Banogue and surrounding areas and also towards the purchase of equipment for the afterschools service |
| Boinn Youth Group | Meath | €500 | towards improving the cookery programme run by Boinn Youth Group by the purchase of more equipment to meet with safety standards |
| Barnardos Family Support Project Carlow | Carlow | €750 | towards the Family Health and Literacy Programme for families in the Tullow Road area of Carlow with a particular focus on parents of children attending a community facility in John Sweeney Park |
| Cahoots NI | Antrim | €750 | towards the Math-a-Magic educational show for children in the upper primary classes, combining educational learning with a live and fun, interactive magic show to help them enjoy and understand maths |
| Cairde Ui Neill | Tyrone | €500 | towards the Iarscoil Ui Neill afterschools club to purchase play equipment |
| Caledon Playgroup | Tyrone | €500 | towards the Fun In The Sun cross community summer scheme during the month of July for children aged 3-10 years |
| Carrigaline Youth Initiative | Cork | €500 | towards part of a summer programme, working with a group of 12-18 year olds who have been identified as people who are high risk of getting involved in substance misuse and anti-social behaviour |
| Castlebridge Youth Project | Wexford | €500 | towards a 12 week programme of education in Horse Care and Stable Management that will enable local early school leavers and educationally disadvantaged young poeple to access opportunities that will have a positive impact on their development |
| The Cavan Centre | Dublin | €750 | towards the provision of respite breaks to families identified as being in need of respite |
| Co. Cavan VEC Adult and Youth Education Services | Cavan | €500 | towards the establishment of an educational playbus to provide mobile education services for adults and young people in disadvantaged and isolated areas of the country |
| Childcare Network Loch Garman | Wexford | €750 | towards the provision of Parent Plus training for 4 suitable people to become Parent Plus Trainers and also towards the purchase of 4 training packs |
| Christ the King Youth Club | Dublin | €500 | towards accomodation, transport and food costs for a weekend in Glendalough for 35 members of this club (18 girls, 17 boys and 10 leaders) |
| Clonakilty Friends of Asylum Seekers | Cork | €500 | towards two GAA summer sports camps for 23 children during a week in July |
| Cobh YMCA (PAKT Programme) | Cork | €500 | towards a one day celebration for the PAKT (Parents and Kids Together) Programme's 10th birthday in Cobh, encompassing the three strands of PAKT - children's, parent's and family events in one event |
| COPE Galway | Galway | €500 | towards conducting a review of the play therapy service offered by the Waterside Domestic Violence Refuge for Women and Children |
| Cork Counselling Centre | Cork | €2,250 | (€750 each year over 3 years) towards the School Suicide Prevention and Positive Mental Health Programme |
| CPLN Partnership - Clondalkin Intercultural Centre | Dublin | €500 | towards the Clondalkin Intercultural Centre's 2 week summer programme aimed at young people from minority ethnic backgrounds and Irish backgrounds residing in the Clondalkin area |
| Curragh/Newbridge Garda Diversion Project | Kildare | €750 | towards the Build A Bike Project for a group of boys who have been highlighted as those who are most at risk of early school leaving, prolonged drug use and are socially disadvantaged |
| Ballincollig YMCA - PAKT Programme | Cork | €500 | towards the provision of a Parents Support Programme to parents of the PAKT families, commencing in Sept 2009 and finishing in June 2010 |
| Deansrath Family Centre | Dublin | €500 | towards the Small Group Dino Programme, an 18-22 week therapeutic based programme which uses puppets to promote social and emotional competence in 3-8 year old children whilst also promoting positive behaviour |
| Dolphin House Homework Club | Dublin | €500 | towards the Dolphin House Summer Project during the month of July for children between the ages of 5-13 years |
| Domestic Violence Response | Galway | €500 | towards the printing of bookmarks detailing the indicators of unhealthy relationships and the support services available to young people |
| Donegal Family Resource Centre Ltd | Donegal | €750 | towards a TTRS (Touch, Type, Read and Spell) Programme for students with learning difficulties in the local area |
| Drumnakilly School Group | Tyrone | €391 | towards the Engaging our Youth Project - assisting the local youths, some with special needs, to interact together without the barrier of ability |
| Dyslexia Awareness (Mid-West) | Limerick | €500 | towards a two day Parent Support Workshop, which gives an insight into the difficulties their child is experiencng on a day to day basis with dyslexia |
| The Family Support and Inclusion Network | Cork | €750 | towards an IT resource library specific to the education and development of children with additional needs as recommended by relevant developmental specialists |
| The Forge Family Resource Centre | Donegal | €500 | towards a Music and Swimming Project, supporting low-income families in the area |
| Four Mile House Community Playgroup Ltd. | Roscommon | €500 | towards the purchase of equipment, books and educational computer games to enhance the group's afterschool programme |
| Galway Traveller Movement | Galway | €750 | towards the running of the Pavee Studies Homework Club for traveller teenage children in second level education |
| Goal Line Youth Trust | Armagh | €500 | towards the 2gether Summer Scheme, an annual 3 week scheme open to young people aged 6-11 years and including youths with disabilities and their buddies |
| Parent-Teacher Association, Gorey Educate Together N.S. | Wexford | €750 | towards equipping a new gross-motor multi-sensory room for children with Autism and other special educational and behavioural needs |
| Hill House Girls Club | Kildare | €500 | towards the Welcome to Sport initiative of this start-up girl's youth club |
| Home-Start National Office Ireland | Dublin | €750 | towards the training and support of volunteers in the Swords area to support the newly established Home-Start scheme in the area |
| Hospital Community Preschool | Limerick | €500 | towards the purchase of special needs equipment to help the 5 special needs children attending the preschool |
| Inchicore Community Drug Team | Dublin | €500 | towards the Inchicore Community Drug Team Children's Project - the provision of educational trips during the months of July and August for children and families affected by drug misuse and social disadvantage |
| Irish Deaf.com | Dublin | €750 | towards the research, production, printing and distribution of information packs on the development of deaf and hard of hearing children |
| Irish Deaf Kids | Dublin | €500 | towards the Inclusion Training Initiative, a pilot programme for childcare workers and early educators who may be taking a deaf child into their care for the first time |
| Jesuit Refugee Service Ireland (JRS) | Dublin | €500 | towards a summer programme for children of asylum seekers living in direct provision, children of refugees and disadvantaged children in the inner city |
| Jobstown 6-12 Project | Dublin | €500 | towards transport costs for a group of young people to attend golf lessons for 2 years |
| Kerryhead/Ballyheigue Family Resource Centre | Kerry | €500 | towards the 4 week Cois Farraige Fun and Sports Summer Camps for children aged between 5 and 12 years |
| Kilmallock Community Childcare Service Ltd. | Limerick | €500 | towards the Afterschools Club 4 week summer camps during July |
| Leixlip Youth Project | Kildare | €500 | towards drama and dance workshops, arts and crafts, multimedia workshops, photography, fun activities and outings for youths from a disadvantaged area of Leixlip |
| Londubh Project | Dublin | €750 | towards supporting local teenagers to move successfully from primary to secondary level education through weekly contact with support/youth workers |
| Longford County Childcare Committee | Longford | €500 | towards the provision of the IPPA Play and Development Child parenting course for disadvantaged parents in Co. Longford |
| Mullaly Residents Association | Limerick | €500 | towards the Mullaly Summer Art Project targeting young people between the ages of 0-16 years and their parents during the summer months |
| Naomh Bhríde Community Playgroup | Kildare | €500 | towards an Auditor's fee to complete annual audited accounts so that the playgroup committee can become a limited company and expand the service from a 2.5 hour service to 4 days per week facility |
| New Horizon Athlone Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support | Westmeath | €500 | towards enabling minority children to access mainstream activities through an introductory seminar for local sports and social groups and taster days |
| Newpark Close Youth Club | Kilkenny | €500 | towards the Newpark Close Older Youth Club summer programme |
| Old Coolattin Country Ltd. t/a Carnew Enterprise Centre | Wicklow | €500 | in collaboration with Carnew Community Playschool Ltd. t/a Little Acorns and Mischief Makers Parent and Toddler group, this collaboration seeks funding for their Develop Together Training Programme |
| Páistí Cois Mara | Donegal | €500 | towards the provision of a specialised tutor to introduce the club's children aged 8-12 years to drama |
| Phoenix Variety | Dublin | €500 | towards two classes for an annual production working with 4-18 year olds through drama, music and dance |
| Pobal Eascarrach | Donegal | €500 | towards the Jimmilly Jillickers Book Club, involving building a library of reading materials suitable for 5-11 year olds, which will connect them to the local library which is an hours drive away |
| Raphoe Springboard Family Support Programme | Donegal | €500 | towards working with young teens between 13 and 15 years, targeted as potential early school leavers |
| Rathmore Youth Club | Dublin | €500 | towards a youth film club, where participants will learn the techniques and skills in recording and editing video clips |
| Rialto Youth Project | Dublin | €500 | towards the provision of a community teen summer project for young people from Dolphin House and Fatima Mansions |
| RISE AND SHINE Youth Group | Waterford | €500 | towards a 5 week inter-generational programme with the local senior citizen's care facility |
| Rosses Community Development Project | Donegal | €500 | towards supporting young families to integrate in the local area |
| Rowandale Integrated Primary School | Down | €500 | towards a new breakfast club |
| St. Kevin's Family Resource Centre | Dublin | €750 | towards an afterschools project |
| Sillogue Eco - Bicycle Recycle | Dublin | €500 | towards a bicycle recycle bike club, a weekly workshop where young children are taught how to fix their bicyles |
| Solas After-School Project | Dublin | €500 | towards the Solas Afterschool Literacy Programme, working with children aged 8-12 years at risk of early school leaving, and their parents |
| The Source Arts Centre | Tipperary | €500 | towards providing access to an arts centre to a group of targeted young people from the north Tipperary area |
| Southill Area Centre | Limerick | €500 | towards the Cook It Up project, which is a course on healthy eating for parents of the children who use the centre |
| South West Kerry Family Resource Centre | Kerry | €500 | towards a series of 10 workshop sessions for children from a local council housing estate |
| Tallaght Community Arts | Dublin | €500 | towards the Infant Imaginings Project, to facilitate learning and wellbeing between parents/carers and their very young children during child development clinics, through creative play |
| Tallaght Travellers Youth Service | Dublin | €750 | towards a Healthy Start Programme for the breakfast club during the summer project targeting 4 to 10 year olds |
| Teach Tara | Offaly | €500 | towards the purchase of equipment to create a children's organic garden |
| Rutland National School | Dublin | €750 | towards shelving, books and furniture for a new library room in the school, which has moved to a new building four months ago |
| Tipperary Regional Youth Service | Tipperary | €500 | towards the Templemore Family Support Project - More Family Project, to support a number of educational and development activities for participants and focusing on early intervention for children who are identified as being at risk |
| Tolka Area Partnership | Dublin | €750 | towards their Youth Study Support Group, working with local youth services to provide educational support in a safe and known environment for disengaging youth |
| Tralee Women's Resource Centre's Family Support Service for Asylum Seekers | Kerry | €500 | towards summer camps to help integrate asylum seeker children |
| Traveller Kids Learning More Summer Camp Committee | Louth | €500 | towards an educational and fun summer activity camp for 20 Traveller children from the Drogheda area |
| Urlaur Community Group | Mayo | €500 | towards an Urlaur Summer Camp to provide a week long activity scheme for children of families from rural backgrounds, those hit by the recession and many from one-parent families |
| Voluntary Service International | Meath | €500 | towards the Mosney Summer Activity Project - 2 summer schemes for children from families in the asylum seeking process at the Mosney Accomodation Centre |
| WASP Community Education Ltd. | Dublin | €500 | towards the Traveller's Leapfrog Group, an afternoon programme for Traveller children in the Whitechurch area including literacy through drama activities |
| Westlands Childcare Centre (Respond Support Ltd.) | Wexford | €500 | towards the Westlands Afterschool Club |
| Westside Community Organic Garden | Galway | €500 | towards the establishment and upkeep of a community school based organic garden to promote life long learning within the local school and local community which has educational disadvantage status |
| The WOW Group - Winners on Wheels | Cavan | €500 | towards catering for children with special needs, particularly children who are wheelchair users, in County Cavan and the surrounding hinterland |
| Northside Learning Hub | Limerick | €750 | towards the Mission Transition project - to develop a parent guide and online version of Mission Transition, a programme which supports children to make the transition from primary to second level |
| Ballymun Deep Blues Special Olympics Club | Dublin | €500 | towards training 2 volunteers from this newly established club to Level 2 Swimming Teachers, thus avoiding the cost of paying a tutor from the swimming pool |
| Bridgetown School Completion Programme | Wexford | €500 | towards a two week Easter Camp in 2010 for young people aged 6 to 16 years from Kilmore Quay |
| Clonakilty Friends of Asylum Seekers | Cork | €500 | towards a parent and child project - the continued employment of a parent and children facilitator and towards the cost of the creche, Montessori and Steiner kindergarten places for children under 5 years |
| Exchange House Travellers Service | Dublin | €750 | towards the Exchange House National Educational Achievement Award for members of the Traveller community |
| Nóinín Support for Autism | Longford | €500 | towards summer camps to facilitate the needs of 35 children in Longford affected by Autism |
| Salesian College Board of Management | Kildare | €750 | towards data analysis of evaluation work being done on the effectiveness of the Education and Learning Support Unit of the college |
| West Dublin YMCA PAKT (Parents and Kids Together Programme) | Dublin | €1,500 | (€750 per year for 2 years) towards the Soulworks Programme - music for children in West Tallaght to facilitate building the self-esteem and skill base of targeted children aged 14-18 years |