Sing Ireland announced as an Awardee of Rethink Ireland's Impact Fund for Munster 2022
Sing Ireland is thrilled to be announced as an Awardee of the Impact Fund for Munster from Rethink Ireland.
Awardees of Rethink Ireland’s €750,000 Impact Fund for Munster were announced on November 9th 2022 at EI Electronics, Shannon, Co. Clare with a focus on improving physical and mental wellbeing for communities in the region.
The Fund, created in partnership with the Parkes Family (Limerick), the Sunflower Charitable Foundation, EI Electronics, Community Foundation for Ireland, and a number of private donors, with match funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development via the Dormant Accounts Fund, will back nine charitable projects to provide support for children and youth in high-risk groups, people with Down Syndrome, those in temporary accommodation, and bereavement care.
Deirdre Mortell, CEO at Rethink Ireland, Mick Guinee, CEO at EI Electronics, Dermot O'Callaghan at Sing Ireland and Bernadette Kenny at Blue Box at the Impact Fund for Munster Awards Announcement.
Deirdre Mortell, CEO, Rethink Ireland said: “It is vital that we support physical and mental well-being in our communities by funding innovative projects with the goal of improving health outcomes. We are delighted to award these initiatives inspired by the specific needs of people in local communities.”
She added: “We are very grateful for the support of Government and the donors to this Fund. We look forward to seeing the impact that these Awardees will achieve over the next year and beyond.”
With the support of donors and the Government of Ireland, Rethink Ireland has invested €16.3 million in health projects since 2016, supporting 96 innovations in this area and to reach more than 20,000 people.
Mick Guinee, CEO of Shannon-based EI Electronics, one of Ireland’s leading electronics manufacturing and exporting companies, and donor to the Fund said: “At EI Electronics, we are very proud to support this important Fund for the region. We are a Munster headquartered global manufacturing business and we believe that by enabling social innovation in our community, we are truly helping to make an impact. This is important to us as a business, to our employees and our customers.”
Dermot O’Callaghan, CEO of Sing Ireland, said: “Sing Ireland is so delighted to be a Rethink Ireland Impact Fund for Munster Awardee. This award will create opportunities for the further development of the Song Seeking programme in the Munster region. Song Seeking sees the formation of singing groups that make a powerful impact on the well-being of migrants in temporary accommodation settings but also on the broader well-being of communities across Munster.”
Click here to view the full list of all nine projects to be supported under Rethink Ireland’s Impact Fund for Munster 2022.
