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[PR] Community Support Programme (CSP) - Dublin Bus

25-09-2009 1:43am

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http://www.dublinbus.ie/en/News-Centre/Press-Releases/Minister-for-Transport-and-Dublin-Bus-Award-Top-Grants-to-Dublin-/

Community Support Programme (CSP)
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Photo of Noel Dempsey.

Minister for Transport and Dublin Bus Award Top Grants to Dublin On Thursday 17th September 2009, the waiting was finally over for hundreds of charities and community groups in the Greater Dublin Area as Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, TD and Dublin Bus honoured all their hard work as they awarded the 2009 Dublin Bus Community Support Programme (CSP) Grants at a special awards ceremony held in the Croke Park.

Emceed by RTE personality Mary Kennedy, the event saw a wide variety of charities in the Greater Dublin Area receiving funding including Karate Kids, Bowling Pensioners and a Community Youth Orchestra, in what is now the sixth year of the programme. The various charities and voluntary groups were issued with grants of €5,000, €2,000 or €1,000 - to date over 1,000 charities and thousands of people have benefited from the funding provided by the Dublin Bus Community Support Programme.

Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, TD presented 10 community groups with grants of €5,000, with this years recipients including Dara Residential Services Ltd, St. Peter’s Special School, Finglas West Horse and Pony Club, Dublin 17 School Completion Programme, Choices Befriending the Elderly Service, Canal Communities Intercultural Centre, Artane Drugs Awareness Project, SAOL Project, Headstrong and Ballyboden Family Resource Centre. Over 100 other charities will also received grants.

Speaking at the awards ceremony, Chairman of CIÉ, Dr. John Lynch said, “I am delighted to see so many of you are here today, it definitely goes to show that the spirit of community involvement is alive and well in our Capital. Since its inception six years ago the Dublin Bus Community Support Programme has seen a rise in the number of voluntary and community organisations seeking funding and this year has been no different. I would like to thank and congratulate all the organisations who submitted an application form for consideration. The Dublin Bus CSP, has reached out to almost every community in the Greater Dublin Area and I am delighted that Dublin Bus has such a positive role to play in the heart of so many communities.”

The programmes patron Chairman of Sunderland F.C. Niall Quinn, who was also in attendance said, “In these difficult times, it is crucial that local communities work together to support each other. These grants that Dublin Bus awarded here todaywill make a huge difference to the winning charities and the communities in which they are based. I would like to congratulate all the recipients present here today and would like to remind the charities who did not make it to the final this year, to get your applications in for next year."

Under the terms of the programme entrants submit a proposal with details about their organisations and the project which they wish to have funded. Each application is then judged independently and grants ranging from €5,000, €2,000 or €1,000 are awarded.

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