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The Community Foundation for Ireland is calling on everyone around the country to make their nominations for the 2010 Irish Philanthropist of the Year Awards. These awards publicly recognise people whose personal money has made an outstanding and lasting contribution in their communities and to society. The awards serve to highlight achievements and inspire others to give and to make a difference. - Read more
Philanthropy Ireland welcomes the publication of the report “An assessment of the current state and future potential of philanthropic giving in the Republic of Ireland” by McKinsely and Company. The report concludes that “despite the current economic conditions in Ireland, there remains untapped potential for philanthropic growth” and “significant potential” for philanthropic growth from private individuals, corporations and foundations. - Read more
Vodafone Ireland have announced the four winners of their World of Difference Programme 2010. The four winners have won the chance to work with a chairty of their choice in Ireland, by providing them with a year's salary plus expenses. - Read more
The Irish Youth Foundation and Starbucks have established a fund for young people in Dublin with BIG ideas, big ideas that will make a difference in their local communities. - Read more
Four Irish universities have agreed to waive tuition fees for the winner of the first Ray Murphy Memorial Bursary: UCC, DCU, Trinity College and now NUI Galway. - Read more
Ten Irish social entrepreneurs received a financial boost today when they were awarded €100,000 each from the Arthur Guinness Fund to develop their enterprises. - Read more
Have you always wanted to work for your dream charity and be paid to do it? For the past three years, Vodafone Ireland Foundation has helped a handful of lucky people do just that. The programme offers four residents of the Republic of Ireland the chance to work with a charity of their choice in Ireland, by providing them with a year’s salary (up to a maximum of €40,000) plus expenses. - Read more
