List of Approved Grants
Group/Organisation
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Grant (€)
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Proposal Description
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Wexford Borough Council
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160,000.00
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Provision of three play areas within local disadvantaged estates
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St. Paul’s Scout Unit, Lisduggan, Waterford
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95,000.00
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Scout hall renovation
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Mountmellick Development Association
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60,332.60
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Building renovations to ensure accessibility for persons with a disability
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Mallow Daycare Centre, Cork
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6,029.75
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Provision of furniture for daycare extension
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Tralee Community Development Project Ltd., Kerry
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199,912.05
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Refurbishment of first floor of centre
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Monsignor McCarthy Steering Committee, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
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110,300.00
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Renovations to existing community recreational facility
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Merchants Quay Project, Dublin 8
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157,709.00
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Managing drug-related neighbourhood programme
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Crosscare Aftercare Support Unit, Dublin 7
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103,000.00
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Development of community programmes to benefit young people
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Youghal Youth Committee (Foroige), Co. Cork
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130,000.00
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Programme enabling at risk young people achieve optimum benefit from school
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Mayfield Employment Action Project Ltd., Old Youghal Road, Co. Cork
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5,231.00
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Conduct study of community education needs
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Tallaght West Education Support Forum,Dublin 24
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52,300.00
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Training programme for isolated women
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Co. Wexford Community Workshop, Enniscorthy
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250,000.00
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Provision of sports facility for persons with a disability
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Irish Rural Link, Moate, Co. Westmeath
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45,109.61
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Building renovations to ensure accessibility for persons with a disability
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Our Lady of Lourdes Community Services Group, Limerick
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122,772.00
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Refurbishment to provide a youth/sport facility
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Clonmel Celtic Football Club, Tipperary
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49,000.00
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Construction of a sports pavilion
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KDYS Youth Centre, Kerry
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154,357.00
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Responding to the personal, social, cultural and educational needs of young travellers
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Co. Roscommon Higher Education Centre
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104,000.00
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Establishment of a centre to provide a range of third level certified courses for mature students
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Futurama Out of School Transition Initiative, Dublin
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190,000.00
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Extension of support programme for 12 to 15 year olds who have left, or are at risk of leaving, formal education
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Ballyowens Meadow School, Stillorgan Dublin
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50,000.00
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Building an outdoor playground for autistic children
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The Swan Group, Sligo
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3,053.00
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Supporting the local community in being independent and providing a ‘sound beam’ for use with adults with complex needs
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AWARE, Dublin 2
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141,000.00
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Expansion of an awareness programme about depression and suicide to both non-mainstream and mainstream schools
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Eirí Corca Baiscinn
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47,000.00
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To provide supports to increase the employability of rural adults
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St. Olivers Community Management Committee
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6,068.00
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To repair the roof at St. Olivers Community Centre
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North & West Connemara Rural Project Ltd
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120,200.00
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To develop and expand the Social Care programme with older people and persons with a disability throughout North West Connemara.
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Donegal Youth Information Centre
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37,450.00
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For the provision of a computer clubhouse to provide an outreach service to young people in South and West Donegal.
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St. Laurence O’Toole GAA Club
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170,000.00
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Floodlit all weather training facility
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Cloyne Diocesan Youth Service
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131,000.00
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Employ outreach worker for drugs education/prevention
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Mayfield Community Adult Learning Project
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7,874.00
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Equip community resource centre computer room
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Avondhu Dev. Group Ltd.
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147,299.00
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To implement ‘integrate Mallow’ project
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Longford Women’s Link, Ardnacassa Ave, Longford.
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84,272.00
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For the employment of a Domestic Violence Outreach Worker
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Mountwood Fitzgerald Park Community Development Project
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127,500.00
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To employ a family service Coordinator
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Clonliffe and Croke Park Community Hall
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15,000.00
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Towards the initial cost of equipment to furnish the community centre
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Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre
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95,800.00
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To employ two part-time counsellors
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Beacon of Light Counselling Centre
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80,000.00
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To provide a salary for one counsellor for two years to counsel young people under 18 and their parents
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Collinstown Park School Completion Programme
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71,500.00
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To employ a full-time youth worker to work directly with Collinstown Park Community College to implement school-based youth work activities
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The Autistic Outreach Unit
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20,000.00
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To provide a special educational unit with equipment for autistic children and children with special needs within the Co. Tipperary area
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The Linkup Project
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24,000.00
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To provide an adult literacy tutor training program for 20 deaf adults
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The Alzheimers Society of Ireland
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25,000.00
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To facilitate the centre to open 5 days per week
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Bantry Integrated Development Group
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327,000.00
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To develop a structure of home visits for people in isolated areas of West Cork.
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Frenchpark & Districts Childcare, Roscommon
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190,000.00
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Equipping and fitting out Frenchpark Childcare facility
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Scoil na Croise Naofa, Mahon, Co Cork
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10,000.00
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Purchasing new computers
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Inishowen Women’s Information Network, Lifford, Co Donegal
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100,000.00
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Employing two staff
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Nagle Centre, Slievekeale Rd, Waterford
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89,578.00
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Providing IT training
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Blanchardstown Travellers Support Group, Dublin 15
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106,300.00
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Hiring a worker
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Little Bray Family Resource Centre, Co Wicklow
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75,288.00
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Providing accessible educational courses for parents and young adults
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Knockanrawley Resource Centre Ltd., Tipperary Town
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110,000.00
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Providing integrated personal and educational development programmes
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St. Saviours National School, Ballybeg, Waterford
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35,636.00
|
Furnishing a ’targeted’ room in the school for various uses
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Tallaght Intercultural Action, Dublin 24
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130,000.00
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Employing an Intercultural Education Co-ordinator
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Ferns Diocesan Youth Service, Francis St, Wexford
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53,601.00
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Extending Coolcotts Community Youth Project
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Dillon’s Cross/Post Release Project, Cork
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34,133.00
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Providing education/training to ex-prisoners and their families
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Ballymun Job Centre, Dublin 11
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79,127.00
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Providing support, guidance and structured interventions for young early school leavers
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Youth New Ross, Co Wexford
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121,565.00
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Addressing educational disadvantage
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Irish Traveller Movement, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
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129,510.00
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Implementing an education programme
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Community Women’s Education Initiative Ltd, Lr John St Cork
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24,726.00
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Delivering a community education programme
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Barnardos Children’s Services Dublin North, Mulhuddart, Dublin 15
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80,000.00
|
Employing project worker and assistant
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Waterford Pathways, Manor St, Waterford
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30,500.00
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Delivering a programme dealing with early school leavers
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Ballyfermot Youth Services, Dublin 10
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34,000.00
|
Providing computer training
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Board of Management of Ballyspillane Community and Family Resource Centre, Killarney, Co Kerry
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20,000.00
|
Providing a Homework Support Club
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Blakestown and Mountview Youth Initiative, Clonsilla, Dublin 15
|
78,742.00
|
Employing of a Resource Teacher
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Éirí Corca Baiscinn, Kilkee, Co Clare
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58,000.00
|
Providing a full-time youth worker for Kilrush town
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Dolphin House Community Development Association, Rialto, Dublin 8
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118,000.00
|
Providing training in all aspects of IT, from basic computer skills to web design
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Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS, Tralee)
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32,500.00
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Developing a project focused on, the educational needs of young mothers
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Darndale Belcamp Integrated Childcare Service, Dublin 17
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84,000.00
|
Recruiting a project worker
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Dublin Aids Alliance (DAA) LTD, Parnell Sq, Dublin 1
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41,000.00
|
Training young people in peer education
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Larkin/ Shelbourne Project, Dublin 1
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100,000.00
|
Enabling young boys/girls, who have a talent for football, to avail of the coaching expertise of Shelbourne Football Club through the ‘Learning through Soccer’ programme and continue their education to Junior Cert level at least
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Fettercairn Youth Horse Programme, Tallaght, Dublin 24
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184,314.00
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Developing outreach action aimed at seeking the participation of the most marginalised group (including potential and early school-leavers, travellers, young people with disabilities, and young people at risk) within the West Tallaght area using horse care as the medium
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Clare Youth Service, Ennis, Co Clare
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78,828.00
|
Employing a youth worker to work in Ennis
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Tramore YDP — Foroige, Co Waterford
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161,625.00
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Increasing targeted young people’s participation in school through individual, group and family support
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St. Andrew’s Resource Centre, Pearse St., Dublin 2
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125,200.00
|
Providing computer training
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Drogheda Youth Development, Co Louth
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167,920.00
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Targeting young people to participate in training with the intention of breaking the cycle of educational disadvantage
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Mellow Springs Childcare Dev, Finglas, Dublin 11
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85,790.00
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Setting up a language and creativity room
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O’Devaney Gardens Forum, Dublin 7
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66,943.00
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Running after schools activities for children in O’Devaney Gardens aged between 5-10 years
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Kildare Youth Services (Curragh Youth Project)
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81,226.00
|
Recruiting a community youth worker to work with young people at risk of early school leaving in the Curragh
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Youth Horizons, Dublin 24
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45,000.00
|
Developing a project which focuses on two areas of assessed need for young people, IT training and sessional counselling
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Barnardo’s Carlow Family Support Project
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19,000.00
|
Building a structure which will provide additional space and enhance existing use of premises and services
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Loreto Centre, Dublin 12
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48,148.00
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Employing a part-time support worker to assist the coordinator in the delivery of Diploma in Women’s Studies
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Dime Project Advisory Committee, Dublin 1
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135,318.00
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Developing and implementing needs based programmes, in the North Inner City of Dublin
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Fingal ICTU Centre for the Unemployed, Finglas, Dublin 11
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100,878.00
|
Enhancing and expanding the opt-in programme
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Adventure Sport Project, Dublin 1
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113,680.00
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Providing an issue-based sports youth programme for young females aged between 11-17 years in an after school environment in the North Inner City area of Dublin
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Athy Youth Project, Co Kildare
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58,775.00
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Recruiting a full-time community youth worker
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Athy Travellers’ Club, Co Kildare
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50,420.00
|
Setting up a ‘Breakfast and after schools project’ for Traveller children aged from 5-16 who live in the Athy region
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Labre Park After Schools Programme Ballyfermot, Dublin 8
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158,920.00
|
Supporting a group of young boys in transferring successfully from Primary School to second level education
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Rosemount Community Dev Group, Dublin 14
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50,974.00
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Providing homework support for primary and post primary student who live in the Dundrum area of Dublin
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Wexford Education Network
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149,616.00
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Employing project workers to monitor attendance and track potential early school leavers at primary and post primary level
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St. Vincent de Paul, Cork
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20,000.00
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Providing a part-time outreach worker in Cork
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Gateway Project, Dublin 7
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6,900.00
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Providing new equipment and furniture
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Taghmon Action Group, Co Wexford
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70,000.00
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Implementing an integrated, community-based programme to tackle three specific aspects of educational disadvantage in Taghmon
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FACT Ballincollig Family Resource Centre Ltd, Co Cork
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60,000.00
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Providing an Education Disadvantage Intervention Service
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Tallaght Volunteer Bureau, Dublin 24
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46,762.00
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Employing a supported volunteering officer
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Bedford Row Family Centre, Limerick City
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70,941.00
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Maintaining and developing a hospitality information support and referral service
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Sligo County Council
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117,800.00
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Development of urban regeneration plan for Cranmore area
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Leitrim County Council
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40,000.00
|
Renovations to Drumshanbo outdoor swimming pool
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Families and Schools Together, Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin 24
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77,245.00
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Employing a project worker
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National College of Ireland, Mayor St, Dublin 1
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33,950.00
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Providing educational mentoring
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St. Peter Apostle JNS, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
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41,000.00
|
Provision of breakfast for school children and cooking facilities for after school clubs
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Family-School-Community Educational Disadvantage Partnership, Limerick
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331,396.00
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Setting up intervention projects for disadvantaged pupils
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Castlecomer Community School, Co Kilkenny
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147,640.00
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Establishing the current educational disadvantage project in two other key locations in the catchment area
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TOFE Program (School Completion Prog), Dublin 15
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37,600.00
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Purchasing a bus to collect targeted students who have very high rates of absenteeism
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Learning Through Arts Scholarship Programme, Dublin 1
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91,000.00
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Providing ‘The Learning through Arts Scholarship Programme’ for pupils from disadvantaged schools throughout Dublin
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Our Lady Immaculate Junior National School, Darndale, Dublin 17
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10,000.00
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Refurbishment and equipping the school library
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TASS (Target After School Service), Drogheda
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122,750.00
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Providing targeted children with after school support
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Waterford City Council
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200,000.00
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Creation of two playground areas and upgrading of surrounding area
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Cavan County Council
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278,210.00
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Development of a coordinated and integrated youth service for all, particularly those classified as difficult to reach
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Clonmel Borough Council
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3,375.90
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Provision of notice boards to enable communities access to information about service provision, community activity and training and other opportunities
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Clonmel Borough Council/SEHB
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7,449.38
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For a marked play space for children and young people.
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Clonmel Borough Council
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74,431.03
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For the development of a playground for children and young people.
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Sligo Borough Council
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203,280.00
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To develop the foreshore area, for recreational and amenity purposes around a large local authority estate on the northern suburb of Sligo town
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Tralee Town Council
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175,000.00
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Developing the green area in St. Martins Park
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Ennis Town Council, Clare
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278,764.79
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Development of a recreational sports facility
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Clondalkin Community Health Initiative, Dublin 22
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133,230.00
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Pilot project to increase awareness of health issues, deliver health programmes, train local people as trainers and develop a local health alliance
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County Leitrim Partnership Ltd.
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73,991.00
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Providing education and training opportunities to increase employment
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Emotional Behavioural Difficulties Project, Dublin 22
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141,358.00
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Introducing the Incredible Years Child, Parent & Teacher Training programmes into schools and community organisations
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Northside Partnership
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331,000.00
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2 year pilot programme to reintegrate former drug misusers
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Galway Rural Development
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430,000.00
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To establish a service that will enable greater co-ordination and integration of educational service provision in Tuam and Ballinasloe.
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The Glen CDP, Cork
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67,637.00
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The provision of an outreach/development support worker
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The Glen CDP, Cork
|
6,000.00
|
Purchasing computers
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The Larkin Centre, 57-58 North Strand Road, Dublin 3
|
147,700.00
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Implementing a community arts programme
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Co-Operation Fingal, Co Dublin
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66,000.00
|
Developing a tracking system for young people at risk of dropping out of the education system
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Ronanstown CDP/Women’s Ed Forum, Clondalkin, Dublin 22
|
79,670.00
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Employing a development worker
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Tralee Learning Together Network
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137,500.00
|
Extending after school study support programmes in the 3 RAPID areas of Tralee and Ardfert rural community
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Drogheda Northside Partnership (DNCP), Co. Louth
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41,000.00
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Employing a family counsellor to work with the children and the families attending the eight primary schools on the North side of Drogheda town
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Borrisokane Area Network Development Co., Co. Tipperary
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3,000.00
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Providing an ‘Art for Youth’ project which will target disadvantaged children between the ages of 7-12 years of age
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Borrisokane AND Company Ltd, Co Tipperary
|
17,687.00
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Employing a youth worker to develop a new after-school club in Kilbarron and extend existing club in Borrisokane
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North Clondalkin CDP/Campus
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47,712.00
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Developing a project addressing educational disadvantage which includes the employment of a Parent Resource worker
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Wicklow Working Together Ltd
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22,500.00
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The creation of a therapeutic room to provide more therapeutic support for children and as a place in which to carry out assessments
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National Adult Literacy Agency, Dublin 1
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69,555.00
|
Develop literacy CD
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South Westmeath Literacy Scheme, Athlone
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17,500.00
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Assistance for After Schools Programme
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North Cork Adult Basic Education Service, Mallow
|
49,331.00
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Education programme for adults who missed out on second-level education
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City of Limerick VEC Adult Education Service
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249,540.00
|
Development of new services and consolidation of existing services
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Vocational School Abbeyfeale, Limerick
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9,600.00
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Providing a homework club for disadvantaged students
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City of Galway VEC
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20,214.00
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Helping young people complete FETAC accredited modules
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Literacy Service, Co Westmeath VEC
|
116,000.00
|
Co-ordinating a Family Learning project in areas of geographical disadvantage
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Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project, Dublin 12
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113,500.00
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Providing a further 5 schools in disadvantaged areas with a high quality school library, staffed by a full-time professional librarian
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Total Grants (€)
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12,511,570.11
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No. of Approvals: 133
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