Stories of Impact
Stories of Impact
Stories of Impact
No Mind Left Behind
All across the island of Ireland there are promising young people from areas of disadvantage who need an opportunity to enter third-level education. No Mind Left Behind is an initiative developed by The Ireland Funds to give promising young people an opportunity to complete their third-level education by providing an annual scholarship to cover the costs of books, accommodation and other key expenses.
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Irish Dogs for the Disabled
With help from The Ireland Funds, Dogs for the Disabled is filling a previously unmet need in Ireland, one specifically-trained wet nose at a time.
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Making Connections
Grants from The Ireland Funds have helped Making Connections alleviate loneliness and isolation. The support empowers older people to stay healthy and socially connected. Vera was isolated and with health challenges could no longer leave the house alone. Thanks to The Ireland Funds’ support, Making Connections is helping Vera get out and about and she says her life is now “total joy.”
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Crann Centre
The Ireland Funds is proud to support the Crann Centre as it provides comprehensive healthcare, mental welfare and social inclusion solutions for hundreds of families impacted by a neuro-physical disability in Munster. The Ireland Funds is helping them offer holistic and comprehensive wraparound care for each client and family member.
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Learning Hub Limerick
The Ireland Funds is helping deliver practical educational solutions, broadening the horizons of thousands of young people in Limerick.
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Cancer Fund for Children
Cancer Fund for Children ensures that no child has to face cancer alone. Over 1,500 children and young people are supported each year in hospitals, homes, and at Daisy Lodge, The Cancer Fund for Children’s therapeutic short break center. Support from The Ireland Funds is helping to build, equip, and open a second
therapeutic short break center in Mayo.
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Liquid Therapy
The Ireland Funds is helping Liquid Therapy, the only adaptive surf program in Ireland, provide the therapeutic benefits of the surf and ocean to young people facing physical and intellectual challenges.
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Music Generation
Thanks to funding from U2 and The Ireland Funds, Ireland’s next generation is a music generation. Ireland’s national music education program is providing access to music tuition for 67,000 young people and has created 370 jobs.
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Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities
Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) aims to promote the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in education and society.
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PeacePlayers Northern Ireland
PeacePlayers Northern Ireland is built on the simple but powerful premise that children who play together, learn to live together.
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National College of Ireland’s Early Learning Initiative
The Early Learning Initiative mentors and coaches parents to support the early education and development of their young children.
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The George Moore Scholars Program
The George Moore Scholars, a program of The Ireland Funds, is an all-Ireland scholarship initiative that supports academically talented students who wish to undertake a master’s degree in the US or elsewhere to realize their full career potential.
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Barnardos
With help from The Ireland Funds, Barnardos is improving the lives of Ireland’s most vulnerable families and children.
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Midlands Science
Midlands Science works to progress economic development and education attainment in the Midlands of Ireland.
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Co-operation Ireland
Co-operation Ireland has been leading the way in improving relations between Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for nearly 40 years.
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