Two Irish charities have been recognised by Ecclesiastical Insurance in its Movement for Good awards.
The British parent of specialist Irish insurer the Benefact Group chose 31 charities to receive a share of £500,000 (€576,586). Among those was the Irish Museum of Modern Art (Imma) which is getting a grant of £15,000 (€17,276), and Ireland’s leading national youth environmental education organisation, Eco-Unesco, which will receive £50,000 (€57,586).
The Imma grant will fund Unseen Traces, a community outreach project developed in collaboration with New Communities Partnership, Ireland’s largest independent migrant-led national network.
The Eco-Unesco funding will help the group expand its reach and also allow it to continue its all-Ireland Young Environmentalist Awards.
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The Irish awards are among the larger grants awarded by a judging panel and are intended to support longer-term projects in key sectors. A number of Irish charities separately benefited from another £500,000 that Benefact distributed in £1,000 grants.
