Over €20,000 in COVID Stability funding has been announced for two Donegal groups today.
Lifford/Clonleigh Resource Centre will gain €18,273 for Family Support Services during the pandemic.
A further €2,000 will be allocated to Dunkineely Community Ltd for adult and continuing education, and education supports to disadvantaged communities
This latest tranche of COVID Stability Funding is granted by the Department of Rural and Community Development and administered through Pobal to organisations that provide critical services to those most vulnerable in society.
Announcing the funding today, Minister Humphreys said: “As we continue to navigate the many challenges brought about by this pandemic, community groups and charities across the state have never stopped working. They have adapted where necessary so they could continue to provide critical services to vulnerable people and communities.
“This funding being announced today will help these organisations to face into 2022. We must not forget that community and voluntary organisations, and most importantly their volunteers, work harder than ever during the Christmas and New Year Period. I’d like to sincerely thank the volunteers for all the work they do.
“Supporting our community organisations has, and will continue to be an essential part of ‘Our Rural Future’. I look forward, along with Minister O’Brien, to announcing more funding for our community groups in 2022.”
This third and final tranche, which concludes the appeals process, brings the total number of organisations supported with COVID 19 stability funding in 2021 to 267, with an investment of €7,190,501.
