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€114,680 for Action Inishowen 28.01.09
ACTION Inishowen is
celebrating a €114,680 Government lifeline to allow
them continue providing important services in the
peninsula.
The €114,680 has been allocated by the Department of
Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to assist
resource centres in disadvantaged areas.
The other beneficiaries in the latest round of
funding are Donegal Travellers Project who receive
€112,200; Donegal Women’s Network who receive
€118,400 and the Lifford Resource Centre who get
€120,320.
Donegal Senator Cecilia Keaveney today welcomed the
allocations: The funding...covers the costs of staff
and overheads for local resource centres in
disadvantaged areas countrywide. Today’s
announcement demonstrates the Government's ongoing
commitment to the targeting of resources to areas of
greatest need," she said.
The funding for Action Inishowen will allow for the
retention of two full-time workers and will allow
the organisation to fund its projects for 2009.
Action Inishowen's target groups include one parent
families, the long term unemployed, the elderly and
preschools. Among the services carried out by the
Carn-based group is the roof insulation of homes
belonging to the elderly and other vulnerable
persons. |
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