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The Kerry PPN is the main link through which the Local Authority connects with the Environmental, Social Inclusion, Community and Voluntary Organisations and allows community participation in policy-making structures and committees of Council.

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Registration is easy. Simply click here and complete the Registration Form. There is no charge. Registered groups receive regular updates, information on funding opportunities and also benefit from the group insurance scheme.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUND

20th February 2019

Allocations under Community Support Fund 2019

Kerry County Council has announced details of the allocation of €750,000 in funding support for community groups and projects across the county under the Community Support Fund for 2019. A total of 246 groups and projects received grant aid worth €388,000 this year while a proportion of the fund, totalling €362,000, is being retained to secure and leverage funding from other funding streams for strategic projects across the Municipal Districts.

The fund, which is in its fifth year, has supported 1,500 projects since 2015 to the value of €3.75 m since its establishment. As occurred in previous years, some of the Community Support Fund will be used this year to target strategic projects in the four municipal districts and to co-fund projects which are in receipt of grants from other sources.

Councillors in the four Municipal Districts met on Tuesday to decide on the allocations and unanimously welcomed the provision of support to the recipients. Councillors congratulated all the community groups and acknowledged the tremendous voluntary work that these groups do. Full details of the allocations in each of the four Municipal Districts are attached.

Allocations on a countywide basis were made as follows:

Cork Kerry Link Bus – transport bus for patients availing of cancer treatment service: €6,000
Fleadh Cheoil Chiarrai 2019 – To fund a programme of events during the festival which will be hosted in Milltown from 19^th – 23^rd June 2019 – €5,000
Kerry’s Older People’s Council – To support the activities of Kerry’s Older People’s Council which was established under Kerry’s Age Friendly Strategy – €3,000
Kerry Climate Action Network– To support the cost of hosting a Community Environmental and Climate Action Expo in Kerry in Autumn 2019 – €2,000

Over the past two years, over €3 million was leveraged from other grant sources as a result of the strategic allocation of resources under the Community Support Fund.

For 2019, the fund will target funding under five categories of support:

Growing and Sustaining Communities
Community Tidy Towns Initiatives and Amenity Projects
Community Sport and Physical Activity Programmes
Community Economic Innovation
Community Based Tourism, Festivals and Events

Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Norma Foley, said: ‘Since the Community Support Fund was established in 2015, a very significant sum of €3.75m has been invested by Kerry County Council in community projects and initiatives around the county. This is indicative of the council’s strong and ongoing support for the work being done by community and voluntary organisations all over the county to build vibrant, sustainable communities and the value of that work in Kerry.’

‘The Community Support Fund has targeted funding towards a very wide range of community-based projects and has provided support to community councils, chamber alliances, tidy towns groups and other organisations in a very progressive and structured way. The retention of part of the fund to help to leverage funding from other sources and to co-fund projects with other funding streams has proven to be an enormous success in recent years and will be successful again, I hope, in 2019.’

COMMUNITY AWARDS 2019

25th January 2019

Invitation to Voluntary Community Groups to submit Entries for the 2019 Awards

The objective of the Kerry Community Awards is to recognise the work of the community and voluntary sector that seeks to improve the Social, Economic, Cultural and Environmental quality of life in our local communities, both urban and rural.

Kerry Community Awards are open to all community and voluntary groups based in the county, regardless of size or location.

Groups must assist, support or enrich their community in some way, either socially or economically. Judges will consider a wide range of factors when assessing entries and significant focus will be placed on impact on the community and innovative approaches.

PRIZES

10 GOLD AWARDS OF €1000

10 SILVER AWARDS OF €500

OVERALL WINNER GETS AN ADDITIONAL €2000

Application forms are available from:

The Community Department, Kerry County Council, County Buildings, Tralee, Co. Kerry and online

www.kerrycoco.ie

Forms also available from:-