Galway City Local Community Development Committee has approved grants totalling €55,368 to a wide range of local groups and organisations in Galway City.
The funding under the Community Enhancement Programme for 2020 will support a number of small scale capital projects and larger capital projects.
Twenty-five projects have been approved funding for a variety projects that will improve facilities in disadvantaged areas, targeted appropriately towards the areas that need it most.
Some of the grants approved are small capital grants of €1,000 or less, providing support to smaller community projects to get off the ground.
In addition, some larger grants were approved – with some groups being affected by the pandemic.
Full list of projects approved under the Community Enhancement Programme 2020
| Name of Group / Organisation | Purpose of Grant | Grant Approved | ||
| Blue Teapot Theatre Company | Purchase of lockable interior door to upgrade day facility room for people with intellectual disabilities. Purchase of COVID-19 health and safety upgrades |
€778 | ||
| Merlin Woods Tennis Club | Purchase of Sports Equipment – Tennis scoreboard/Tennis balls | €450 | ||
| Kara Short Mat Bowls Club | Purchase of Sports Equipment – Sets of Bowls and Lifters | €830 | ||
| The Eglinton Community Organic Garden | Purchase of Garden Shed, shelves and garden bench to develop community facility | €798 | ||
| Merlin Woods Sports Club | Purchase of Sports Equipment to develop and improve skills | €1,000 | ||
| St. James Ladies Football Club | Purchase of Sports Equipment – Nets, flags and goal posts | €845 | ||
| Walk The Talk Galway | Purchase of Sports Equipment to encourage participants to engage in activities | €930 | ||
| Galway Community Circus | Purchase of signage to enhance facility used by the local community | €1,000 | ||
| Ballybane Study Club Project – Galway City Partnership | Purchase of IT Equipment to support children’s education | €2,957 | ||
| Ballybane Afterschool Project – Galway City Partnership | Purchase of IT Equipment, educational games and COVID-19 equipment to support the service | €1,880 | ||
| Ballybane & Doughiska Sports Hub | Purchase of storage equipment needed as a result of COVID-19 | €2,977 | ||
| Sexual Health West (Formerly AIDS West) | Purchase of IT, safety and COVID-19 equipment to allow Sexual Health West to reopen their office efficiently and safely | €4,169 | ||
| Ballinfoile Castlegar Neighbourhood Centre | Purchase of laptops/webcams and training equipment to facilitate courses and workshops in the community in line with COVID-19 | €4,540 | ||
| Westside Age Inclusion Ltd | Purchase of energy efficient machines for services provided to the community | €3,300 | ||
| Galway City Partnership | Purchase of IT Equipment to support social inclusion services | €2,200 | ||
| BRIDGE (Building a Receptive and Integrated Galway of Equals) | Purchase of IT Equipment and COVID-19 equipment to deliver training to the refugee and migrant community | €2,397 | ||
| Westside Community Organic Garden | To purchase equipment – lawnmower and materials to build wheelchair accessible raised beds | €1,162 | ||
| Teach Áthais Childcare Centre Ltd | Upgrade of play area needed as a result of COVID-19 | €2,991 | ||
| Access for All | Purchase of IT Equipment and COVID-19 adaptations for blind and visually impaired | €1,608 | ||
| Galway African Diaspora Ireland | Purchase of sound equipment to promote afro music in the City | €1,500 | ||
| Cumann na bhFear Sandy Road Galway | Purchase of blacksmith forge and wood lathe to facilitate the upskilling of the group | €3,000 | ||
| Olympic Boxing Club | Purchase of locker system, separate training ring for juvenile boxers, COVID-19 safety and sanitation equipment, IT Equipment for COVID-19 signage | €2,500 | ||
| Foróige Galway STEAM Project | Purchase of Laptops to support families to access IT Equipment | €5,000 | ||
| Galway Centre for Independent Living Ltd. | Purchase of IT Equipment, Safety Equipment and Signage needed as a result of COVID-19 to support the service for Galway City | €5,000 | ||
| Amdalah Africa Foundation – AMDAF | Purchase of IT Equipment and speaker system for use by the community group | €1,556 | ||
| Total Amount Allocated | €55,368 | |||
