Wednesday 5 April 2017

Public update / Newsletter

It has been a busy few months since our very successful fundraising concert in Ballinagree Church in October.
We held our AGM in the school on November 24th where we outlined both the progress made in 2016 and our plans for the year ahead. We have managed to fundraise over €20,000 in the short timeframe since forming the company and have made our objectives well known to key stakeholders such as Cork County Council, IRD Duhallow and of course our local politicians. We have secured charitable status which enables us to apply for funding. We have been successful in or application to Cork County Council planners to have the Development Plan 2016 to 2020 amended to include reference to future development facilities for Ballinagree village.
In terms of securing grant aid, which is vital to progressing our playground project, we have made a submission for funding to Cork County Council through the Municipal Grant scheme. This was applied for in early February. We have aso commenced the grant application process with IRD Duhallow.
We are in the process of securing tenders from a number of playground providers. We are also resubmitting our planning application based on feedback from the planning department and from or local area engineer.

Finally, we are most grateful to all in our local community who have supported and backed our fundraising initiatives in 2016. Ní neart go cur le chéile.

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