Tánaiste announces €935,000 in funding for NI peace and reconciliation projects
3/2/14
The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., has announced €935,000 in grants to support community organisations working on both sides of the border.
A total of 70 reconciliation and anti-sectarianism projects will receive funding in this round. This brings total funding awarded in the past year to €2.7 million.
The Reconciliation and Anti-Sectarianism Funds support cross-community outreach in Northern Ireland and the border counties.
The Funds also support cross-border co-operation and sensitive commemorative and cultural events.
Announcing the funding, the Tánaiste said:
“Fostering reconciliation and creating a sustainable peace requires a vibrant and successful civil society. The projects supported in this round of funding cover a range of sectors including sport, heritage, and commemorations as well as vital community work in Northern Ireland and throughout the Border region.
The Reconciliation and Anti-Sectarianism Funds will continue to support the important work of these community and voluntary groups to reduce sectarian tensions and build positive cross-community and cross-border relations.”
Examples of projects include:
- Tailored anti-sectarianism training in Belfast, Ballymena and Coleraine provided by Trademark (www.trademarkbelfast.com);
- A study by Queen’s University Belfast aimed at a deeper understanding of the flags dispute http://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/isctsj/)
- A project led by Galliagh Women’s Group in Derry which will bring together young people from both traditions to work with older people in their communities on issues of identity and culture
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Press Office
3 February 2014
Notes for Editors:
A list of projects to be funded in the current round is included in the Annex below.
As part of the Good Friday Agreement, all parties to the Agreement undertook to “positively examine the case for enhanced financial assistance for the work of reconciliation.”
As a result, since the signing of the Agreement the Irish Government has provided significant support through the Reconciliation Fund and the Anti-Sectarianism Fund. The 2013 budget for both funds was €2.7 million. That same amount is available in 2014. Since 1999, the two Funds have between them disbursed €38 million to some 1,500 projects working to further reconciliation.
Applications for the next round of funding must be received by Friday 7th March 2014; information and application forms can be found at www.dfa.ie/reconciliation
ANNEX
Projects approved for funding under the current round of grants are set out below:
|
Organisation |
Fund |
Grants |
|
174 Trust |
RF |
€35,000 |
|
1st West Belfast Ladies Somme Society |
RF |
€2,000 |
|
An Eochair-Clondara Historical & Cultural Group - Connaught Rangers Research Project |
ASF |
€18,000 |
|
APAC (Associated Photojournalism for Art & Culture) |
RF |
€4,000 |
|
Ardoyne Association |
RF |
€25,000 |
|
Ardoyne Kickhams GAC |
ASF |
€1,000 |
|
Arts for All |
RF |
€18,000 |
|
Ballybeen Women's Centre |
RF |
€15,000 |
|
Ballykeel 2 Community House |
RF |
€4,000 |
|
Belong To Youth Service |
RF |
€6,000 |
|
Border Arts 2000 |
RF |
€11,000 |
|
Cavan County Museum |
ASF |
€9,000 |
|
Childrens Enterprise NI Ltd |
RF |
€16,000 |
|
Church of Ireland Diocese of Derry & Raphoe |
RF |
€20,000 |
|
City Centre Initiative Ltd |
RF |
€10,000 |
|
City of Belfast YMCA |
RF |
€7,000 |
|
Clonard Reconciliation Mission |
RF |
€9,000 |
|
Clooney Estate Residents Association |
ASF |
€3,400 |
|
Community Change |
RF |
€20,000 |
|
Community Relations In Schools |
ASF |
€20,000 |
|
Co-operation Ireland |
RF |
€20,000 |
|
Corpus Christi Youth Centre |
RF |
€15,000 |
|
County Monaghan Community Network |
RF |
€18,000 |
|
Dove House |
ASF |
€8,000 |
|
Drum Village Development Association Ltd |
RF |
€3,000 |
|
Eastside Amateur Boxing |
ASF |
€4,000 |
|
Football in the Community Teenage Kicks |
ASF |
€11,000 |
|
Fountain Dance Association |
RF |
€8,000 |
|
Galliagh Women's Group |
RF |
€7,500 |
|
Holy Family Youth Centre |
RF |
€9,000 |
|
Holy Trinity Youth Centre |
RF |
€9,000 |
|
Inishowen Development Partnership/ Football4peace |
RF |
€6,000 |
|
Inniskillings Museum |
RF |
€4,000 |
|
Institute for British Irish Studies UCD |
RF |
€30,000 |
|
Institute for Conflict Research |
RF |
€22,000 |
|
Irish Football Association |
ASF |
€10,000 |
|
Le Cheile Beyond Beliefs Project. |
RF |
€4,000 |
|
Ligoniel Family Centre |
RF |
€2,000 |
|
Ligoniel Improvement Association |
ASF |
€6,000 |
|
Newry Maritime Association |
RF |
€4,000 |
|
Newtowncunningham Community Development |
RF |
€11,000 |
|
Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education |
RF |
€38,000 |
|
Northern Ireland Women's European Platform |
RF |
€14,000 |
|
Northern Ireland Youth Forum |
RF |
€15,000 |
|
Northside Partnership |
RF |
€11,600 |
|
Old Library Trust |
RF |
€8,000 |
|
Patrician Youth Centre |
ASF |
€9,000 |
|
Peace Players International N.I. |
RF |
€16,000 |
|
POBAL |
RF |
€5,000 |
|
Queens University - Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice |
RF |
€40,000 |
|
REACH Across |
RF |
€8,000 |
|
Rights Watch UK |
RF |
€16,000 |
|
Rossinver Community Development Company |
RF |
€1,000 |
|
Rural Community Network |
RF |
€20,000 |
|
School of History, University College Cork |
RF |
€5,000 |
|
Shankill Parish Caring Association (Lurgan) |
RF |
€15,000 |
|
Shankill Women's Centre |
ASF |
€9,000 |
|
Skegoneill Glandore Common Purpose |
ASF |
€9,000 |
|
South Wind Blows |
RF |
€30,000 |
|
Speedwell Trust |
RF |
€20,000 |
|
St John's Youth Centre |
RF |
€9,000 |
|
St Malachy's Youth Centre |
ASF |
€4,500 |
|
St Patrick's Centre |
RF |
€12,000 |
|
Trademark |
ASF |
€9,000 |
|
Training for Women Network |
RF |
€30,000 |
|
Ullans Academy |
RF |
€9,000 |
|
Ulster Canada Initiative |
RF |
€3,000 |
|
University of Ulster |
RF |
€50,000 |
|
Youthaction |
ASF |
€30,000 |
|
Youthlink |
RF |
€24,000 |
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