UK Fundraising - Ireland

Ireland’s largest company CRH, the building materials company, has announced that it is to donate €906,658 to the Simon Communities of Ireland this year through its workplace safety partnership progra

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InstaGiv, the mobile donation solutions provider, has launched a mobile fundraising blog with news, comment, case studies and ideas on how charities can use mobile fundraising products.

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The proposed new National Paediatric Hospital (NPH) in Dublin will need to raise €200 million from voluntary sources, according to reports in the

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Lloyds TSB Foundation Northern Ireland has reopened its grants programme for Northern Ireland charities which carry out work within disadvantaged communities overseas.

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The Community Foundation for Ireland is encouraging the public to make their nominations for the 2010 Irish Philanthropist of the Year Awards.

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The Ireland Funds have raised $7 million so far this year for causes in Ireland, according to its chief executive Kieran McLoughlin.

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A new social enterprise providing Internet security for children online hopes to raise €5 million for children's charities over the first five years of its operation, according to a report in the

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Irish people are not as generous as people in the UK or USA, according to a new report by consultants McKinsey Company.

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Voting for the 2009/2010 Allied Irish Bank Better Ireland Programme which closed earlier this year attracted 602,172 votes online and by text, double the votes received for the 2008 programme.

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The Irish Youth Foundation and Starbucks have established a fund for young people in Dublin who have ideas that will make a difference in their local communities.

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The Simon Community Northern Ireland has received another big pay out from construction company Northstone as part of its Safety Challenge fundraising initiative.

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Irish gas company Bord Gais is marking the arrival of its one millionth customer by creating a fund of €100,000 to give to community initiatives.

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An anonymous private donor is offering €500,000 for graduates in Ireland to undertake a Masters at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School.

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Atlantic Philanthropies has recently announced a number of significant grants in Northern Ireland.

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One of Ireland’s largest banks, Bank of Ireland, is planning to sell its extensive art collection to raise money for charity, according to a report in the Irish Times.

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