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Partnership gives €20K in grants
31.08.09
INISHOWEN
Development Partnership has awarded grants totalling
€20,350 to 43 community and voluntary groups from
around the peninsula. The grants were recently
distributed at a well-attended presentation in
Tullyarvan Mill, Buncrana.
The beneficiaries included youth groups, voluntary
childcare groups, women’s groups, residents'
committees and local development groups. Projects
assisted ranged from providing equipment for
childcare facilities and youth clubs to supporting
activities for people with disabilities. |
Inishowen Development
Partnership board chairman, John McCarter presented
the successful groups with their cheques. He
expressed his satisfaction that the Partnership had
been "in a position to give assistance to a wide
range of groups throughout the peninsula".
Meanwhile, Inishowen Development Partnership
community development officer John Jackson reminded |
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people that the
organisation also provided training and mentoring
for community groups. He invited representatives of
those groups present, to indicate areas of need they
had in terms of training and mentoring. He has also
written to other groups outlining the training
options currently on offer. If you would like more
information, you can contact John Jackson on 074
9364108. |
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