# New fund to help Irish disadvantaged children opens

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/04/25/new-fund-help-irish-disadvantaged-children-opens/
- Published: 2018-04-25T08:22:38+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Service station company Applegreen in partnership with the Irish Youth Foundation
is offering grants worth €124,000 for work with children in disadvantaged areas.**

The goal of the [Applegreen Blossom Fund](http://www.iyf.ie/applegreenblossomfund)
is to support projects and programmes  which focus on the health and wellbeing of
children. The Fund wants to celebrate and assist projects that promote either positive
physical or mental health, healthy eating or other innovative ways of supporting
children under this theme.

The fund is open to organisations working with children aged 4-12 living in disadvantaged
circumstances in the Republic of Ireland. Schools are not eligible to apply. Successful
applicants will receive a grant of  €2,000.

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While grants are open to all organisations who work with disadvantaged children 
there will be a regional spread of grants supporting projects with a focus on areas
where Applegreen has a presence.

The selection criteria for applications will be suitability of organisation, purpose
of the grant request, impact and effectiveness of the grant, innovativeness, geographical
fit, and quality of the application. Special consideration will be given to innovative
or new programmes but the Fund is also open to existing programmes with proven impact.

The closing date for applications is the 9th May 2018 at 6pm. Online applications
can be made on the Fund’s website.

The Irish Youth Foundation raised over €1 million in 2016 to support youth projects
in Ireland.

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   27 April 2018)
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   22 May 2018)
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   28 June 2018)

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