Offaly Traveller Movement benefits from Bank of Ireland Community Fund

OFFALY Traveller Movement (OTM), a Traveller led community development organisation working to achieve full equality for the Traveller community in County Offaly, is to be allocated a grant of €10,000 in the sixth year of the Community Fund, Bank of Ireland’s flagship community investment initiative delivered in partnership with Community Foundation Ireland.

OTM, based in Tullamore, will receive the €10,000 grant to support a range of programmes and services including; Accommodation, Education, Healthy eating, Mental health, Tackling social exclusion and poverty.

The current round of grants will bring the total value of Community Fund grants issued to €3 million for 307 community projects across the island of Ireland since 2020. Initiatives will receive grants starting from €10,000 all the way up to €80,000.

Commenting on the announcement, Marie Meehan, Director for Area West, Midlands and North East, Bank of Ireland said: “Since 2020, the Community Fund has been working with Community Foundation Ireland to help to make our society stronger by allocating funds to those in greatest need. I am very proud of the support we provide to the Offaly Traveller Movement, who do incredible work. We are focused on supporting projects that will broaden inclusion levels in our society, equipping people with the requisite skills, and providing opportunities for them to be connected through education, enterprise, or work. I would like to wish this Offaly-based initiative well as they continue in their endeavours.”

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Denise Charlton, Chief Executive of the Community Foundation for Ireland, said: “Our partnership with the Bank of Ireland Community Fund continues to deliver support to groups like the Offaly-based one receiving this year’s grant. We use our experience as a philanthropic hub across Ireland to assist in the identification of projects which are responding to existing as well as new and emerging challenges. As a long-standing partner, Bank of Ireland continues to show its strong commitment to be an active member and a supporter of groups transforming lives every day. We congratulate the latest awardees and look forward to hearing the progress of their valuable work”

A full list of 2025 Community Fund grantees is available to view on the Bank of Ireland website: Begin Together Fund - Bank of Ireland

The Community Fund recently won the Chambers Ireland “Best in the Community” award at the 2025 InBusiness Chambers Ireland Recognition Awards and has been shortlisted for Chambers Ireland Sustainable Business Impact Awards.

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