b"A Campaign is BornDay.Then there are the Irish professionals working in the Followingthisdiscovery,TheIrelandFundofGreatUK,secondgenerationbusinesspeople,familytrusts,Britain commissioned a study into this group to ensureindividuals whose charitable giving we handle on their that funding was secured that met demonstrated needsbehalf and adherents to The Worldwide Ireland Funds and allowed us later to measure the resulting impact. Thisdiaspora of support. is how the Forgotten Irish campaign was born. Since it was launched just five years ago, we have raised and dis-Once Forgotten tributed over 1M from this campaign. Funds have beenItwasduringatimeofplenty,whenthedifference dispersed to provide the widest possible scope to meet thebetweenthehavesandthehave-notswasveryneeds of the Forgotten Irishtrained welfare workerspronounced, that we stumbled upon a cohort of emigrants who help the elderly access the pension and benefits towhowereliterallyforgotten.Theywereforgottenby which they are entitled; lunch clubs to ensure that thefriends, hidden from view, unknown to social services, most isolated have an opportunity to socialize with theirand definitely forgotten by Ireland. These were the men peer group in a safe environment where they can raiseand women who left Ireland in the 1950s in one of the concerns;returnvisitstoIrelandforthosewhohavedeepest recessions ever. They took the boat to England, become estranged from their families; and a wide varietyending up working in hard manual labour, on building of health and social welfare projects, including the victimssites, on the roads and the railways. The women who made of institutional abuse. As part of the campaign each yearthe same journey usually ended up in domestic service or we present the Forgotten Irish Award to an individual orworkingasnursesinthemanytraininghospitalsinan organisation that has made a significant contributionLondon, Liverpool, and Birmingham. Not only did these tohelpingthisgroupofpeople.Thisyear,wewerepeople escape the harsh poverty of Ireland in the 1950s, delighted to honour Sally Mulready and Phyllis Morganbut they also sent money home to ease the burden on the fortheirworkwithsurvivorsofabuse.BothSallyandfamily left behind. Indeed, such was the impact of the Phyllis were raised in orphanages, and although neitherfunds they sent back to Ireland that they became known as sufferedabuse,theyhavefirst-handknowledgeofwhatthe Remittance Generation. happenedduringthoseterribletimes.Theyarebothexperts on the needs of survivors and The Ireland Fund ofGreat Britain has just signed an agreement to provide threeyears core funding to their organisation. President of Ire-land Michael D Higgins appointed Sally to the Irish Councilof State earlier this yeara fitting tribute to a woman whohas spent her life working for the Irish in Great Britain.IRISH ELDERLY ADVICE NETWORK IRISH WOMEN'S SURVIVORS SUPPORT NETWORK ST MICHAELS IRISH CENTRE This grant was used to reach out to elderly and This group was created to help female survivors of institutional This grant was used to extend the information and advicevulnerable Irish in East London where there is abuse, who now live in the UK. It empowers these women through service in Liverpool by offering a drop-in centre, wherecurrently a lack of Irish services. This was done information and the support of other women who have hadpensioners can drop in for a cup of tea and get advice onthrough newsletters and home visits and liaison similar experiences.housing and pensions, etc. at the same time.with GPs. .connect2011 | 44"