Community Foundation celebrates generosity on Giving Tuesday

1 Dec 2021

At our recent Giving Tuesday event, (30th November) we celebrated generosity and giving back to good causes.

Over 70 people attended the online event, to hear how three local organisations have been working together on various projects. The audience was given a pot of £1,000 to award collectively, after listening from each group and a video clip was shown to share a little more about their projects, enabling participants to make an informed vote. Once it was time to hand over, the vote was cast and Glenanne Community Association was awarded £1,000.

Following this, each organisation was awarded a surprise grant of £2,000 each to continue their work supporting others in their community.

Congratulations to:
Greenisland Football Club, Cuppa Club – £2,000
Edenderry Rural Community Association – £2,000
Glenanne Community Association – £3,000

Roisin Wood, Chief Executive at the Community Foundation, commented:
“Following another extraordinary year in which we managed 54 grant programmes, awarding almost £9 million to 1,660 organisations, it’s so important to celebrate the generosity of those organisations who do so much for people in their communities. We were delighted to be joined by three of these groups at our Giving Tuesday event who have shown immense community spirit and kindness towards others.”

Watch below to find out more about each organisation.

Greenisland Football Club, Cuppa Club – £2,000

Edenderry Rural Community Association – £2,000

Glenanne Community Association – £3,000