# International Fund for Ireland confirms new grants

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/09/21/international-fund-ireland-confirms-new-grants/
- Published: 2018-09-21T12:49:44+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The International Fund for Ireland (IFI) has made grants of £3.3m to 19 community
projects in Northern Ireland and the southern border counties of Ireland.**

 

The funding includes more than £2.5m that is allocated across 15 projects within
the Personal Youth Development Programme (PYDP). These initiatives assist young 
people to take better control of their lives, re-engage in training and avoid being
drawn into criminal or sectarian activity.

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The remaining funding, £810,000, has also been allocated to four projects in the
Peace Impact Programme (PIP), which assists marginalised communities to resolve 
complex issues relating to identity and the conflict. 

 

The latest funding package includes awards to seven new projects including:

 

·       €131,083 to Foroige Drogheda Turning Point for the ‘Turning Point’ project,
a two-year initiative that will engage 15 young people in a structured programme
of good relations, personal development and skills development activities.

 

·       €207,473 to North West Alcohol Forum for a two-year project called Positive
Attitudes, Beliefs & Aspirations that will provide personal youth development activities
across Letterkenny, Milford, Buncrana and Ballybofey.

 

·       £202,402 to Causeway Rural & Urban Network (CRUN) for the BRAKE Project,
a two-year cross-community initiative which will support young people in Coleraine
to positively engage in their community, improve self-esteem, confidence and employability.

 

·       £180,670 to Orchardville Society Ltd. for ‘Project Fusion’, a two-year cross-
community initiative based in East Belfast. It will engage 20 participants in a 
variety of personalised training, work experience, skills and employability development
activities. 

 

The [International Fund for Ireland](http://www.internationalfundforireland.com)
is an independent, international organisation established by the Irish and British
Governments in 1986 and supported by the European Union and the governments of the
USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. The Fund’s main objectives are to promote economic
and social advance and encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between Unionists
and Nationalists throughout Ireland.

 

Since its inception, the Fund has committed more than £728m/€914m to a wide variety
of projects in Northern Ireland and the southern border counties of Ireland.

 

 

 

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> — The International Fund for Ireland (@FundforIreland) [September 18, 2018](https://twitter.com/FundforIreland/status/1042005312948060160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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