b'IN DECEMBER WE DELIVERED ESSENTIAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN$500,000+in GRANTS20OrganizationsAWARDEDGrants totaling over $500,000 were awarded to 20 organizations that provide essential services to children experiencing poverty, marginalization, and difficult circumstances. Each organization received 25,000 to support their work. They span a range of services, including homelessness and family supports, education, youth outreach, mental health care, and food provision.FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDE:BARNARDOS, providing trauma-informed family and child services.CAPUCHIN CENTRE, providing homeless supports in Dublin for over 50 years.CITYWISE EDUCATION, bridging the educational gap in underserved communities.COPE GALWAY, alleviating hardship and social isolation for families.DILLON QUIRKE FOUNDATION, providing cardiac screening for young people involved in sport.FOODCLOUD, tackling food poverty through surplus redistribution.HOME-START NORTH DOWN, supporting families with children facing challengessuch as ill-health, domestic violence, substance misuse or disability.KINSHIP CARE NORTHERN IRELAND, providing advocacy, support, and practicalassistance to carers of young children.LAURALYNN, Irelands only childrens hospice, offering vital palliative care. 7'