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August 2018 TD


Minister Stanton Announces €500,000 Community Integration Fund 2018


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Gael TD and Minis- ter of State with spe- cial responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration, Da- vid Stanton, has an- nounced that a total of €500,000 will be al- located under the 2018 Communities Integra- tion Fund.


gration Fund was launched by Minister Stanton


The Communities Inte- in


February 2017 to coincide with the launch of the Government’s 4 year Mi- grant Integration Strategy – A Blueprint for the Fu- ture. A total of 115 grass roots projects nationwide have now been approved to receive grants of up to €5,000 each for activities


Variety Concert in Killeagh Hall in Aid of the Upkeep and Maintenance of the Hall


Come to an


evening of song and dance and musings, Friday 17 August, at 8 PM, in Killeagh Hall. Guests from Midleton Writers Group, Tenor Char- lie McAllister, So- prano Geraldine Landers are among the guests. See next week’s edition for more details.


for the


All proceeds will be upkeep and


maintenance of the hall and to ensure its availability and future for the community. A great night of enter- tainment


is assured


and admission is only €10.


No advance book-


ing – just come on the night.


to support the integration of migrants within our communities.


A wide variety of pro-


jects have been selected for funding, including and not limited to: •Arts and Craft based


projects •Intercultural festivals


and events including food festivals •Initiatives to promote participation in


migrant


sports and address barriers to


participation in local


sports clubs •Projects aimed at build- ing the capacity of female migrants to engage with their local communities •Local anti-racism ac-


tions •Projects supporting el-


derly migrants •Projects supporting


LGBT migrants •Schools based integra-


tion projects •Local supports for new- ly arrived migrants


Projects selected under the 2018 fund will take place between now and June 2019 and amongst those approved for fund- ing are three local Cork East projects, The Car- rigtwohill Family Resource Centre, Love and Care for People CLG and SECAD Partnership CLG.


Announcing the pro-


jects, Minister Stanton revealed “I am delighted to once again announce funding for a wide variety of projects to aid migrant integration and social in-


clusion in communities small and large throughout the State.


“These funds are crucial


to enabling local commu- nities to come together and develop the understanding that will serve as the foun- dation for stronger, more integrated communities in the future.


“Through the Commu- nities Integration Fund, the government recognises that integration must hap- pen at a grassroots level and that local community groups and organisations play a crucial role in this process.


“Last year was the first


year of the Communities Integration Fund and hav-


ing personally visited some of the projects funded I was struck by how great an impact such a relatively modest financial support can have in bringing mi- grants and their host com- munities together.


I look


forward to visiting more projects in the future and hearing about the many innovative approaches to migrant


will be supported


integration that once


again through this year’s scheme.”


Further information on


the Communities Integra- tion Fund 2018 is available at:


http://www.integra-


tion.ie/en/ISEC/Pages/ CIF2018


Upcoming Open Day at Youghal Coast Guard by CLAIRE O’DONOGHUE August


On Sunday, 19 from 12noon


to 6pm, Michael Lee (Officer in Charge, Youghal Coast Guard) is inviting the public along to the Open Day at their Station in South Abbey, Youghal.


chael Lee told the East Cork Journal “we would like to invite and welcome the public to come and look around the Station, meet


always looking for new recruits, “all positions are


entirely voluntary Mi-


and crew members are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Full training will be provid- ed. All interested volun- teers must live within 10 minutes of the Station House.” If you feel you


the


Crew and see all the equipment used to save lives on land and on sea which include radio communications sys- tems, cliff rescue gear, patrol, transport


search boats, response vehicles, line


throw-


ing apparatus, first aid equipment, personal protective


equipment,


portable generators and lights”.


ed that


Michael also add- the station is


would like to join the team, or if you sim- ply want to see all that Coast Guards do on be- half of the public, call down to the Open Day on Sunday, 19 August 19 to support the crew. The


Irish Coast


Guard currently has 45 stations positioned at


and around the country.


strategic locations It


is an absolutely vital service, and every effort should be made to sup- port them. Each year, on average, the Coast Guard can expect to be involved in over 3,000 marine emergencies, as- sisting 4,500 people and


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saving roughly 200 lives – and that’s just the call out to sea. They are also called out to rescue peo- ple in danger on moun-


tains, cliffs, caves and other areas on land. The Coast Guard Hel- icopter can expect to be tasked on about 2,000


missions, from moun- tain to sea rescues and aeromedical missions, on behalf of the HSE.


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