# Bank calls for people to vote for charity money

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/05/12/bank-calls-people-vote-charity-money/
- Published: 2008-05-12T09:50:36+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The AIB Better Ireland programme is calling on people to vote by text for their 
favourite charity and give them a chance to get €10,000. AIB is giving €1.85 million
to childrens’ projects all over Ireland.

Local communities will have the final say in choosing 185 most deserving children’s
projects to receive funding. By voting they can choose which group in their area
gets EUR10,000 from their local AIB branch.

Voting runs to 6th June. Each text vote costs 60c (including VAT) plus standard 
network charges, and all proceeds (after operator charges & VAT) will go to the 
relevant short-listed group, regardless of the final voting outcome.

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AIB’s Better Ireland Programme received 1,300 applications for funding nationwide.
These applications were then short-listed to 547 children’s projects. Applications
ranged from a wide variety of groups including homework clubs, teen clubs, autistic
services, community crèches, schools and colleges as well as drug and alcohol services
for youth.

Local participation, local voting and local benefit are key criteria for the AIB
Better Ireland Programme.

www.aibgroup.com

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