Client Stories
Kids Together
Established in 2005 and delivers wide-ranging childcare, youth programmes and specialist care/therapy support for children and young adults with complex disabilities.
Social finance support of £150,000 enabled Kids Together to purchase their own premises, providing services for 408 children and people with complex needs each year, in response to increasing demands from local health trusts.
The social finance support and advice from the team at Community Finance Ireland that allowed us to move forward with the purchase of our new property, has been invaluable. Phelim and the team really understand and encourage our plans for growth and development. We couldn’t have made the new property purchase and therefore extend our services without their help and advice.
Mairead McCrea
Founder and CEO, Kids Together Belfast
Kilcreggan Homes
An independent charity that provides housing, day and employment opportunities for adults with a Learning Disability, Autistic Spectrum Condition or an Acquired Brain Injury, has been able to expand its residential accommodation offering with £85k support from CFI.
The financial support from Community Finance Ireland allowed us to restructure existing debt and in turn to plan for the purchase of a property in Newtownabbey and develop our Mid Ulster site. We very much appreciate the advice from Phelim and his highly experienced team throughout the process, along with their enthusiasm for our vision.
Damian Cassidy
Managing Director, Kilcreggan Homes
Dolmen Leisure Company CLG
Dolmen Leisure Company CLG, aims to support the continuation of the craft of thatching, which is an integral aspect of vernacular architecture in Donegal and Ireland.
Bridging funds enabled the group to successfully secure €175,000 in LEADER funding, which had been formally approved by the Donegal Local Development Company and has seen the establishment of a new Thatching School at the Dolmen Centre in Portnoo, Co. Donegal. The school will provide training in thatching delivered by master thatchers, who are keen to pass on their skills and knowledge.
We have tried to secure funding for over 20 years, so we’re thrilled to see our plans come to fruition after all these years. We’re excited to have professionally trained thatchers pass on their skills and keep this dying trade alive. The Thatching School and its construction is no longer a dream but will now be a reality.
Patsy Harkin
Committee Member, Dolmen Leisure Company CLG