Lifeline services receive vital ‘Ireland for Ukraine’ Support | €7 million raised through Ireland for Ukraine and The Community Foundation of Ireland
Today 19/10/2022, the Ireland for Ukraine Fund is announcing details of €5.2 Million in grants with money raised being used to help meet the needs of those seeking safety in Ireland as well as men, women and children living on the ground in Ukraine in the shadow of the war.
Local communities rallying together to welcome people fleeing from Ukraine, specialised trauma services, care for children torn apart from their parents as well as general wellbeing and access to work services are receiving support from the ‘Ireland for Ukraine’ Fund.
Started by Irish media organisations in response to the humanitarian crisis the fund has rallied support from local clubs, schools and communities, along with significant support from Government. The awareness generated by the campaign has provided a total of €7 Million in support both in direct donations and from donors to The Community Foundation for Ireland. The Fund is supported by a €5 million donation from Government provided through the Department of Rural and Community Development.
The Community Foundation for Ireland, which is managing the fund on behalf of the media partners and Government, is announcing the support which is being split between the need for a humanitarian response here at home as well as international agencies UNICEF, The Irish Red Cross, Concern and Trocaire.
Across Ireland 117 projects are receiving grants with a focus on those requiring specialised supports such as trauma care as well as day to day services. Self-advocacy and story-telling projects will give Ukrainians in Ireland a voice to keep the focus on the families which are at the very centre of the crisis.
The grants awarded here at home range from €5,000 to local groups set up to welcome people fleeing for their lives into Irish communities through to €100,000 to networks of charities and organisations who are uniting to deliver a more effective response.
Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Joe O’Brien TD said: “We have seen the outpouring of support in communities across the country, assisted by the vital roles played by community and voluntary organisations. The contribution of €5m by Government to this Fund will enable those most in need to be assisted by the NGOs involved, and provide meaningful and essential supports to our communities to welcome and help the people coming from Ukraine.
“The grants provided to the 117 projects will support continued engagement with the Ukrainian community through a range of initiatives, supports and interventions including outreach and focusing on building the capacity of Local Community Groups.
These groups are meeting immediate humanitarian needs, providing transport, translation services, provision of English language supports and drop-in services – all vital elements of community integration”.
Announcing the funding Denise Charlton, Chief Executive of The Community Foundation for Ireland said:
“Generosity, humanity and compassion are at the very centre of the response of the Irish people to this crisis. Ireland for Ukraine struck a chord which has seen donations from children selling cakes, bridge evenings, athletics clubs, swims, musical evenings and so much more.
From harp-playing on Inish Oirr to an ‘Ireland for Ukraine Concert’ at the National Concert Hall, from local junior GAA matches to the All-Ireland Finals, from pocket money sent in the post to the support of Government – ‘Ireland for Ukraine’ has motivated and reflected an incredible national response.
The awareness-raising through our media partners helped people see that the need is great not just on the ground but also much closer to home. This fund gives reassurance that every donation is being used to address both.”
List of Grants
Grant Application Name | County | Project Description | Amount Awarded |
Irish Red Cross | International | Emergency Response Activities in Ukraine | €672,786.00 |
UNICEF | International | Emergency Response Activities in Ukraine | €672,786.00 |
Trócaire | International | Emergency Response Activities in Ukraine | €672,786.00 |
Concern | International | Emergency Response Activities in Ukraine | €672,786.00 |
Access I.T. CLG | Co Waterford | Training refugees (Ukrainians) to become I.T. instructors | €15,000 |
ACET Ireland | Dublin 1 | To support the Ukrainian refugees resident in Dublin’s North East Inner City by connecting and equipping the many local faith communities and faith-based agencies who have volunteer, space, resource and expertise capacity. | €5,000 |
Ait Na nDaoine Teoranta | Co Louth | Supporting Ukrainian refugees’ wellbeing and integration at community level. | €10,000 |
ARD Family Resource Centre | Co Galway | Building on high levels of resilience through one-to-one work to support Refugees integration into society whilst also protecting and improving workers levels of self-care and effective work practices. | €15,000 |
Association of Ukrainians in Republic of Ireland | Co Dublin | Natural facilitation and integration of temporarily displaced Ukrainians into multicultural Irish society as productive economically valuable members of society. | €25,000 |
Athlone Family Resource Centre (AFRC) | Co Westmeath | Supporting the Ukraine refugee communities to run safe spaces for restorative group activities, to help displaced children and adults regain their resilience and rediscover feelings of joy and belonging. | €30,000 |
Athy Community Family Resource Centre | Co Kildare | To continue to support families and individuals that have recently come to Ireland fleeing war in Ukraine, by providing essential supports and a safe space to gather, and feel part of the community. | €10,000 |
Aware | Dublin 4 | Our Ukraine Support Services aim to offer an opportunity to Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland to connect with fellow citizens, navigate living in Ireland and get support with health concerns. | €10,000 |
Ballaghaderreen Family Resource Centre | Co Roscommon | To support Ukrainians in our community. | €10,000 |
Ballyvaughan Community Development Group | Co Clare | Continue and expand the vital integration, wellbeing and community activities Ballyvaughan Volunteers have been providing, including through establishing a hub where people can connect and access information. | €10,000 |
Barnardos | Dublin 1 | To provide direct therapeutic support to Ukrainian children and families experiencing traumatic grief, and to provide traumatic bereavement training and consultancy to organisations supporting Ukrainian families. | €30,000 |
Bee Park Resource Centre | Co Leitrim | To help Ukrainians integrate into the local schools, community and activities of the North Leitrim area. | €10,000 |
Breffni community Development CLG | Co Leitrim | To provided much needed English classes to Ukrainian refugees. | €5,000 |
Bridgeways Family Resource Centre | Co Longford | To hire additional staff to work with the Ukrainian Population in South Longford to help integrate them into the community. | €15,000 |
Business in the Community Ireland | Dublin 7 | Hire a Ukrainian Liaison Worker to (a) do Needs Analysis with Ukrainian refugees who contact EPIC for help finding work (b) co-ordinate with businesses who can address needs through supports such as mentoring, English practice, training, job referrals. | €25,000 |
Candle of Grace | Co Mayo | Facilitate a “Mayo Ukrainian Village” to enable refugee families settle into the community in Mayo. | €10,000 |
CARE ALLIANCE IRELAND | Co Dublin | Support members of the Ukrainian community with family caring responsibilities. | €10,000 |
Carrigrohane Union of Parishes T/A The Carraig Centre | Co Cork | Capacity Building for service provision through part time Ukrainian Helper. | €10,000 |
Carrigtwohill Family Resource Centre, CLG | Co Cork | To establish a study and support hub for displaced Ukrainians and to provide accessible free counselling service for adult and adolescent displaced Ukrainians currently experiencing trauma and to promote their wellbeing and mental health. | €10,000 |
Castlebar le cheile Community and Family Resource Centre | Co Mayo | To assist the community response team of Castlebar to support people arriving from Ukraine into their new community. | €10,000 |
Cavan County Local Development | Co Cavan | To increase the supports for the Ukrainian Community including a wellbeing programme, after school programme, a Ukrainian school, intensive one to one supports including counselling, employment supports, community awareness and local integration events. | €100,000 |
Children’s Group Link | Co Waterford | To expand our current service provision in order to provide programmes, activities & supports to Ukrainian Refugees, with a specific emphasis on work with 12-18 year old’s. | €10,000 |
Citywise Education | Dublin 24 | Citywise Education proposes to use its experience and skills to help integrate young Ukrainian children into the local community through fun and educational programmes. | €15,000 |
Clare immigrant Support Centre | Co Clare | Provide direct supports to the 3000+ Ukrainian community in Clare through targeted information sessions, Outreach casework sessions and engagement in Clare Ukrainian Forum working in collaboration with Clare CC, agencies, residents, groups and volunteers. | €25,000 |
Claremorris Social and Family Centre | Co Mayo | To support wellbeing and integration for Ukrainian families. | €5,000 |
Compass Child and Family Services | Co Limerick | To increase the current number of foster carers approved to care for Ukrainian unaccompanied minors arriving to Ireland and to employ a social worker to support Ukrainian young people placed with foster carers.
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€75,000 |
Cultúr Migrant Centre | Co Meath | The provision of Life Skills and English Language supports incl. translation/drop-in services to Ukrainian refugees. | €20,000 |
Cumann na Daoine | Co Cork | The provision of part-time coordination to the Ukrainian Resource Centre Youghal. | €15,000 |
Daughters of Charity Community Services | Dublin 1 | To support the DoCCS Buddy Programme, Ukrainian Clinic, and social inclusion programmes. | €10,000 |
Donegal Intercultural Platform | Co Donegal | To establish a community support hub for Ukrainian residents, providing computer access, private counselling, and interview space. | €10,000 |
Donegal Women’s Centre | Co Donegal | The provision of trauma informed art therapy for women refugees from Ukraine. | €30,000 |
Doras | Co Limerick | To maintain a network of local liaisons organisations supporting Ukrainian refugees around Ireland. | €50,000 |
Drimarone Development CLG | Co Donegal | To enhance Ukrainian refugee’s social and networking skills and give them a sense of belonging in the community, through tutoring and various classes. | €10,000 |
Dublin 15 Ukrainian Social Hub | Dublin 15 | To enable Ukrainians in Dublin 15 to establish a youth space & regular Cook and Chat social events. | €5,000 |
Dublin AIDS Alliance T/A HIV Ireland | Co Dublin | Providing access to HIV testing, information, treatment, and support services for refugees from Ukraine, assisted by dedicated interpretation and translation supports and provision of information to healthcare providers on HIV indicators. | €30,000 |
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre | Co Dublin | To develop a cultural competence to effectively support Ukrainian refugees who are victim/survivors of sexual violence including conflict related sexual violence, access relevant and culturally sensitive information. | €30,000 |
Empower Local Development CLG | Co Dublin | To provide monthly daytrips to support the wellbeing of Ukrainian refugee community members. | €15,000 |
Enhance | Co Waterford | To assist with the integration and mental wellbeing of Ukrainians fleeing conflict, especially those who have limited or no means. | €5,000 |
Enniscorthy Fáilte | Co Wexford | To help Ukrainians overcome the language barrier through a range of language supports in a welcoming space which also facilitates integration with local community. | €5,000 |
FAB CDP CLG | Co Wexford | A community-based integration project based in Wexford urban area aimed at developing awareness, relationships and shared experiences and cultural understanding between Ukrainian mothers and local mothers through group work, arts and trauma support. | €10,000 |
Feed Cork – Humanitarian Department of Cork Church Charity | Co Cork | To support the existing 120 Ukrainian Families registered with us and to help us to add an additional 120 families. | €15,000 |
FIT (Fast Track Into Information Technology) | Dublin 11 | To continue services & to build capacity of services offered by the FIT Ukrainian Training & Employment Services Hub. | €100,000 |
FLAC | Dublin 1 | To provide legal advice for Ukrainian refugees. | €25,000 |
Flossie and The Beach Cleaners | Co Dublin | To support wellbeing and integration needs of refugees from Ukraine through our Clean and Chat community initiative. | €10,000 |
Focus Family Resource Centre CLG | Co Cavan | Support the new Ukraine families with their needs and provide activities to integrate them into the community. | €5,000 |
FORUM Connemara CLG | Co Galway | To help integrate Ukrainian children into the communities of Letterfrack, Clifden and Oughterard. | €10,000 |
Forward Steps Family Resource Ce | Co Carlow | To provide a range of community and family interventions for the Ukrainian Community. | €15,000 |
GOSHH Ireland CLG | Co Limerick | This project is to highlight the range of services available to people from Ukraine and to provide specific Counselling support to Ukrainian LGBTI+ individuals or those coming from Ukraine and are living with HIV. | €13,000 |
Greystones Family Resource Centre | Co Wicklow | Creation of a role to support the Ukrainian community with emerging needs and coordination of information. and support. | €15,000 |
Haggardstown & Blackrock Community Centre CLG | Co Louth | To expand family services to Ukrainians residing in our community. | €15,000 |
Helping Irish Hosts | Co Dublin | Empowering and supporting individuals and communities in Ireland to host Ukrainians in their homes, safely and sustainably. | €50,000 |
Immigrant Council of Ireland | Co Dublin | Mapping the landscape of online platforms for prostitution, in particular Escort Ireland to assess the scope and scale of risk online and indicators of organisation, coercion and trafficking with specific attention to Ukrainian women and girls. | €30,000 |
Immigrant Council of Ireland | Co Dublin | To increase the capacity of the organisation to support the work of the Local Authorities and Civil Society Response Forum in their support for Ukrainian arrivals. | €50,000 |
Indira Initiative Ltd / Gateway To Education Limerick (GTEL) | Co Limerick | We hope to provide a service where we purchase schoolbooks and uniforms from the public and donate them to Ukrainian Refugees through our shop and warehouse in Limerick City. | €10,000 |
Inishowen Development Partnership CLG | Co Donegal | Building capacity through appointment of Ukrainian Support Project Officer to enhance existing response; deliver information sessions; develop IDP offer accordingly through engagement with Ukrainian Community; & subsequent coordination of IDP services. | €15,000 |
IRD Duhallow Clg | Co Cork | A community based mental health & wellbeing programme rooted in psychosocial supports for Ukrainians to overcome trauma & tackle the psychological suffering of experiencing war and displacement, build their resilience and promote integration. | €30,000 |
Jewish Representative Council of Ireland | Dublin 6 | To provide across the board support to Ukrainian refugees with a Jewish connection and assist in their integration into local communities in Ireland. | €10,000 |
Kells Family Resource Centre CLG | Co Meath | Respond to the wellbeing and integration needs of Ukrainian refugees on a community level by adapting and expanding our services and programmes. | €10,000 |
Kilternan Parish, Church of Ireland – The Gathering Grounds | Dublin 18 | To offer regular ‘Kilternan Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees’ Coffee mornings to provide connection and resources for Ukrainians refugees moving into the local area, and to utilise the resources we have to best support Ukrainian families and their hosts. | €5,000 |
Kinaffe National School | Co Mayo | To support our recently arrived Ukrainian students and help the overcome the trauma that they have experienced in fleeing a war situation and moving to an unknown country. | €10,000 |
Laois Partnership Company | Co Laois | Holistic support of Ukrainian families in County Laois with emphasis on wellbeing, self-advocacy, and progression into employment or education. | €100,000 |
Leap/Water Street Association | Co Westmeath | To provide community support and outreach to the Ukrainian community. | €10,000 |
Leitrim Volunteer Centre | Co Leitrim | To promote a fusion of Irish and Ukrainian crafts and culture. | €10,000 |
Leopardstown Ukrainian Support | Co Dublin | To support the Ukrainian community in Leopardstown. | €5,000 |
Let’s Grow Together! Infant & Childhood Partnerships CLG | Co Cork | A community-based capacity building initiative through the provision of ‘Peep Learning Together Programme’ training for 40 additional facilitators to provide this evidence-based programme to vulnerable parents and their young children. | €5,000 |
Limerick Mental Health Association | Co Limerick | To set up a community mental health programme for displaced Ukrainian adults. | €5,000 |
Limerick Youth Service | Co Limerick | To provide social and emotional and wellbeing supports to young people from Ukraine escaping war. | €15,000 |
Liquid Therapy | Co Donegal | To help integrate Ukrainians into the community through a ‘pool to ocean’ program that builds key skills and understanding. | €10,000 |
Listowel Family Resource Centre | Co Kerry | To adapt and expand our support work for Ukrainians fleeing war and settling in North Kerry. | €25,000 |
Local Link Limerick Clare | Co Limerick | Five Ukrainian Response groups in the region will provide emergency and community transport for Ukrainian refugees.
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€100,000 |
Loughgraney Community Development Association CLG | Co Clare | To provide accommodation and integration supports for Ukrainian refugees. | €5,000 |
Lus Na greine | Co Longford | To provide trauma response and Integration in the community of Ukrainian Families. | €10,000 |
Meath Accessible Transport Project CLG trading as Flexibus | Co Meath | To train 10+ drivers from B licence to D (coach licence) within one year. | €10,000 |
Millennium Family Resource Centre | Co Tipperary | To upgrade washing machines & clothes dryers in the community laundry, providing support to local Ukrainian refugees. | €15,000 |
Mna Ag Gaire | Co Clare | To support for the continuation of the Ukrainian hub. | €10,000 |
Mullingar EYE & YoYo Youth & community cafe Youth work Ireland Midlands | Co Westmeath | To support ‘U & EYE Grow’, a joint venture with Ukrainians to grow & use vegetables, fruit & salads. | €10,000 |
Mums2Mums | Co Dublin | To source items needed by Ukrainian mums and their children. | €5,000 |
MyMind | Dublin 6 | Providing trauma training and group therapy for refugees arriving from Ukraine. | €30,000 |
Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre | Co Cork | To provide trauma informed English language classes to Ukrainian refugee women. | €20,000 |
NCBI | Co Dublin | To recruit an additional Occupational Therapist/Employment Advisor to support the assessment & placement of the potential cohort of 40 Ukrainian refugees living with sight loss. | €30,000 |
New Horizon – Athlone Refugee & Asylum Seeker Support Group | Co Westmeath | To extend programmes currently offered to international protection applicants to Ukrainians living in the midlands, namely, the Children’s forest experience, the children’s Summer and Easter camps and our Teen Adventures programme. | €10,000 |
Newbridge Family Resource Centre | Co Kildare | The NFRC is seeking financial support for building capacity and creating social integration programmes to address the needs of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis. | €15,000 |
North West Clare Family Resource Centre CLG | Co Clare | This project will build the resilience and well-being of children and adults from the Ukrainian community by providing therapeutic play groups to children and adults and play therapy to children with specific trauma issues. | €30,000 |
Northside Family Resource Centre CLG | Co Limerick | Supporting the needs of Ukrainian people in the Northside of Limerick City | €20,000 |
Offaly Volunteer Centre | Co Offaly | To provide ongoing support to Ukrainian refugees arriving in Offaly, which gives them practical assistance in a dignified way. | €15,000 |
Open Doors Initiative/Pathways to Progress | Dublin 7 | Providing direct support, resources, mentoring to people from Ukraine seeking work, further education or starting a business in Ireland. | €25,000 |
Places of Sanctuary Ireland | Co Wexford | To develop tools and resources to expand ‘Schools of Sanctuary’ to schools right across Ireland. | €30,000 |
South Dublin County Volunteer Centre | Co Dublin | To develop a ‘Translator and Peer Mentor Program’ in Citywest. | €20,000 |
Southside Partnership Dun Laoghaire Rathdown | Co Dublin | Supporting the integration and wellbeing of Ukrainians in DLR through a collaborative and coordinated interagency response. | €20,000 |
Spirasi | Dublin 7 | Providing access to rehabilitative supports for severely traumatised victims of war. | €30,000 |
Spraoi agus Spórt | Co Donegal | Providing support, services, and space for families welcomed from Ukraine. | €15,000 |
St. Canice’s Community Action Ltd. | Co Kilkenny | Improve outcomes for vulnerable Ukrainian refugees by employing, training, and mentoring a Ukrainian national to provide comprehensive support and conduct advocacy for vulnerable people, and by improving coordination of the local response to the refugees. | €30,000 |
St. Michael’s Theatre | Co Wexford | To build Ukrainian-Irish friendship through the arts, by holding four Ukrainian concerts in the theatre. | €5,000 |
Teach Oscail Family Resource Centre | Co Cavan | To provide childcare assistance for Ukraine Families with 2 x part-time Childcare Workers. | €15,000 |
The Greater Chernobyl Cause | Co Cork | The continued provision of aid to Ukrainian supported services in addition to recruiting a Ukrainian national to meet the demands and needs of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland. | €15,000 |
The Heart of Variety Ireland | Co Dublin | Helping Ukrainian Children arriving in primary schools in Ireland with their learning needs. | €10,000 |
The Hygiene Bank Ireland CLG | Co Dublin | Supporting refugees through the provision of hygiene goods and education awareness | €15,000 |
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children | Co Dublin | Addressing the traumas endured by Ukrainian children and families through Theraplay, a directed structured play group that incorporates playful, cooperative and nurturing activities that enhance the emotional well-being of children and parents. | €30,000 |
The Sanctuary Runners | Co Cork | The Sanctuary Runners’ Side-By-Side programme uses running, jogging and walking to bring people already living in communities together with those arriving from Ukraine in solidarity, friendship and respect. | €50,000 |
Third Age Foundation | Co Meath | Supporting Ukrainian Refugees nationwide through the existing and expanded Fáilte Isteach network by responding to integration and language needs in a practical, welcoming and community-based manner.
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€100,000 |
Threshold | Dublin 7 | To provide a dedicated housing advisor to Ukrainian community. | €20,000 |
Tiglin Challenge | Co Wicklow | To build and equip a facility for commercial baking and coffee roasting as an expansion of a social enterprise café, which will provide training and employment for Ukrainian refugees. | €75,000 |
Together-Razem Centre | Co Cork | To establish a phone/chat support service ‘Call Tanya’ – Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) helpline’, run by qualified Ukrainian volunteers to provide emotional, mental health and psycho-social support to Ukrainian refugees living in Ireland. | €30,000 |
Tralee International Resource Centre | Co Kerry | To make TIRC a first stop shop for Ukrainian refugees in Tralee and to be the initial point of contact, supporting and informing and linking to all other services. | €25,000 |
Trinity College Dublin | Dublin 2 | To provide free therapy by highly qualified psychologists to refugees suffering from PTSD. | €30,000 |
Turn2Me | Co Dublin | To provide free mental health support for Ukrainian refugees in Ireland. | €15,000 |
Ukrainian Action in Ireland | Dublin 2 | To support development of a community space in Dublin for Ukrainians fleeing the war. | €20,000 |
Ukraine Civil Society Forum | Dublin 7 | Keeping the human story of the Ukrainian Refugee in Ireland central by providing a strong voice for refugees. To gather personal and community stories for regional and national media. | €100,000 |
Ukrainian Crisis Centre Ireland | Co Dublin | UCCI plans to open an Educational, Cultural and Artistic Centre for children and adults. | €25,000 |
Ukrainian Hub Dun Laoghaire | Co Dublin | Partially fund salary costs of the Dun Laoghaire Ukrainian Hub creating new roles for Ukrainian staff. | €10,000 |
University College Dublin | Dublin 4 | To empower the Ukrainian community to have a voice through language acquisition support and development. | €20,000 |
Vision Community Support Services | Co Cork | To empower Ukrainians and break the cycle of isolation through mental health workshops and free English classes. | €5,000 |
Waterford Integration Services | Co Waterford | Promoting the human rights, equality, and inclusion of displaced communities from the Ukraine to respond and contribute to the long-term effort with particular attention to unaccompanied minors and marginalised ethnic/racialised groups. | €20,000 |
Way 2 Work Ireland | Co Dublin | To offer training, education, and employment opportunities to young Ukrainian refugees. | €15,000 |
Westport Family & Community Resource Centre | Co Mayo | To support and facilitate inclusion and integration of the Ukrainian community by building connection, relationships and social networks through a community development approach. | €10,000 |
Women’s Community Projects | Co Westmeath | Continue to be the “one stop” support centre for Ukrainian refugees in the Mullingar area. | €15,000 |
Youth New Ross | Co Wexford | To offer a Home from Home Programme (a preschool programme to support play, development and parent child relationships) to Ukrainian families and to continue their current drop-in support service for Ukrainian refugees residing locally. | €5,000 |