Press Releases

Six Awardees of the €550,000 Ignite Fund were officially announced at the National Ploughing Championships. 17th September 2019: Social Innovation Fund Ireland, in partnership with the Department of Rural and Community Development and a number of private philanthropic donors, are today delighted to announce the six Awardees of the €550,000 Ignite Fund. At a special event

Today, Barnardos revealed its support for a record number of children and families in 2018, while also announcing their commitment to become a trauma informed organisation that helps children and their families to build resilience and overcome the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Barnardos Annual Report 2018 key highlights included. Barnardos Supports Record Number

Dublin, 2nd September 2019: The latest release from the Department of Housing shows the number of children living in homeless accommodation in July was 3,778, an increase of 103 children compared to figures released in June. This is a really disappointing reversal of the slightly improving trend for the past three months. The number of

22 August 2019 – Barnardos, with the kind support of Dell Technologies along with Olympic legend and Barnardos Ambassador, Marian Heffernan today launched their local call for volunteers in Cork. The children’s charity, who work with more than 17,600 children each year and has three centres in Cork, needs valuable volunteers for their National Collection Day,