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Sherlock & Rasmussen welcome positive Cobh funding
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Minister Sherlock welcomes positive Cobh funding under 2014 Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund
Cllr Rasmussen hails community ethos
Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Seán Sherlock has welcomed the strong North Cork presence on the Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund. Overall, both Cork City and County receive €76,846 in funding from local authorities and the Partnership Fund. Cobh projects exceed €3,000 with projects in the Cobh area.
“This grant scheme promotes sustainable development by assisting small scale, non-profit environmental projects at a local level,” said Cllr Cathal Rasmussen at the announcement.
“I’m particularly delighted to see Cobh Community Allotments received a combined total of €1,500 while Cobh Tidy Towns is ensuring it is keeping up with the times with a rainwater harvesting system to ensure there is water for flowerpots to maintain Cobh and the status within Tidy Towns, which is vital to tourism.”
The projects are being co-funded by the Department and local authorities; with close to €400,000 nationally being provided by the Department and a similar amount by the local authorities. In total €796,000 is being provided under this year’s scheme to 697 projects throughout the country. In addition to the funding provided by the Department and the local authorities, the successful applicants have also raised additional funds locally, bringing the total shared partnership investment to over €1.4 million.
“I’m delighted to see a wide range of initiatives and projects being granted funding in this Partnership Fund,” said Minister Sherlock.
“The fund is supporting projects right across the length of the East Cork area and includes differing projects such as Cobh community Allotments to biodiversity and native tree planting. This scheme is an important contributor to local small scale environmental projects. Nearly 100 environmental projects in Cork are being funded through this year’s scheme, and this will help communities to make a real difference to their local environment.”
Projects are selected for funding by local authorities, following an open call for applications. Funding goes to a wide range of local initiatives; including awareness and education projects, community gardens, waste reduction projects and biodiversity projects.
A full list of this year’s successful projects is now available on the Department’s website www.environ.ie
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