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A number of Inishowen community groups are celebrating a grants
windfall of more than 60,000 for training,
equipment and refurbishment.
Artlink in Buncrana has been awarded 6,534; Muff
Community Development Society Ltd 4,833; Inishowen
Parents/Friends of Mentally Handicapped Association
8,034; Inishowen Womens Outreach, Carndonagh
1,961; Greencastle Community Development Co Ltd
10,000; Serenity House Back to Learning Group
10,000 and Greencastle Womens Group 2,052. These
allocations were made for the purchase of equipment.
Artlink was also awarded 2,317; Inishowen
Parents/Friends of Mentally Handicapped Association
1,987; Serenity House Back to Learning Group,
Moville 4,050 and the Foyle Punt Association,
Moville, 8,100 for education and training purposes.
Donegal North East Deputy Cecilia Keaveney TD said
Inishowen continued to perform well in securing the
Government funds allocated under the scheme of
grants for locally based community and voluntary
organisations.
Deputy Keaveney, who is chair of the Oireachtas
committee for rural affairs said: The value of the
work of these groups and their initiative in
pursuing the various funding pots available from
central government departments remains an important
part of the development of rural society, as does
the work of the ministers who make these funds
available.
I will continue to work with the groups in my
constituency to ensure that maximum resources are
allocated to Inishowen, she said.
The Moville-based deputy said she acknowledged that
some groups would be disappointed but she would
continue to work with them to ascertain how their
applications fell through and to help them be
successful in future.
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