# Coca-Cola grant fund opens in Ireland

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/05/14/coca-cola-grant-fund-opens-ireland/
- Published: 2014-05-14T23:17:42+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Coca-Cola has opened its ‘Thank You’ Fund for 2014 which will provide €125,000 to
voluntary and non-profit groups in Ireland.

Five grants totalling €125,000 are available for new sport and physical activity
initiatives.

The Fund was launched by Irish Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar
TD and Irish athlete Derval O’Rourke. Derval is this year’s ambassador for the Coca‑
Cola Thank You Fund.

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> “This is a great initiative which aims to get people moving and help non-profit
> groups to stage physical activities,”

said Leo Varadkar.

Fund ambassador Derval O’Rourke urged her followers on Twitter to start thinking
of projects and groups that needed the funding.

 

> Do you have an innovative project/club that gets people moving and needs funding?
> [http://t.co/uApsNq8kXa](http://t.co/uApsNq8kXa) [#movementishappiness](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23movementishappiness&src=hash)
> — Derval O’Rourke (@DervalORourke) [May 7, 2014](https://twitter.com/DervalORourke/statuses/464002915582365696)

 

The Fund’s judging panel will include Lorraine Ho, Managing Director of Bootcamp
Ireland; Tina Murphy, founder of Run with Tina; Denis Toomey, President, Cycling
Ireland; and ‎Deirdre Garvey, CEO at The Wheel. Representatives from both of the
Fund’s partner organisations Federation of Irish Sport, and the Northern Ireland
Sports Forum, will also join the panel along with Erica Roseingrave of Coca‑Cola
Hellenic Ireland.

“Now is the time to start thinking about what your organisation could do with our
support to mobilise the people of Ireland and Northern Ireland towards greater levels
of movement,” said Ailish Forde, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, Coca‑
Cola HBC Ireland.

[The Coca‑Cola Thank You Fund](http://www.coca-cola.ie/thankyou) was launched in
2011 and has so far distributed €375,000 in grants. Applications will be accepted
online **until 16 June 2014.**

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