# 'Better Ireland' marks 5th anniversary

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2007/01/10/039better-ireland039-marks-5th-anniversary/
- Published: 2007-01-10T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

This year the Allied Irish Bank Better Ireland Programme is celebrating its 5th 
year in operation. Since August 2001 over ‚€13 million has been given out to over
1300 groups throughout the country.

Over ‚€6 million of this has been donated to run the Schoolmate project with Better
Ireland partners Barnardos, ISPCC and Focus Ireland. The Better Ireland Programme
is committed to tackling the issue of social exclusion at an early stage and focuses
its resources into key concerns affecting children in Ireland.

All charitable donations under the AIB Better Ireland Programme address three specific
causes:

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Drugs and alcohol abuse – effect on children

Lack of Childrens Education through Poverty

Homelessness – Children

Applications are accepted on a continuous basis and there is an online application
form on the AIB site.

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