Clare community groups to benefit from Community Integration Fund
FOUR LOCAL community organisations will receive support grants of up to €5,000 for another year, it has been announced.
Minister of State for Community Development, Integration and Charities, Joe O’Brien has allocated four Clare projects out of a national 111 to be funded under the Community Integration Fund 2023.
Through this Fund, a total of €509,415 will support local community-based organisations across Ireland to play a greater role in welcoming and integrating migrants and refugees.
Describing the Fund as “critical” to develop “vibrant and diverse communities”, Minister O’Brien directly referenced how financial supports like this can make an impact on peoples lives.
“I am delighted to be in a position to award this funding to the successful applicants for this important scheme,” Minister O’Brien said.
“I regularly visit community groups up and down the country and see first-hand how grants, such as this, can kick-start small but vital local projects which in turn make a massive difference in people’s lives.”
The four Clare organisations that have been allocated grants as part of this year’s Fund are: Association of Nigerians Community Clare, Killaloe Ballina Tennis Club, Clare North West Family Resource Centre CLG and Scoil Mhainchin, Ennistymon National School.
Since its inception in 2017, the Communities Integration Fund has supported over 820 projects, with grant funding totalling €3.82 million.