Waterford Walls get funding support for climate action
The Waterford Walls team; Gabe McGuinness, Kerri Haberlin, Cristina Ciampaglione and John O'Connell
Waterford Walls have received support from the Government for their climate action work.
The street arts festival, the largest in the country, will be able to spread a message of community-led climate action due to the allocation of grants that target the climate crisis.
The grants were announced last week by Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Darragh O’Brien, and Minister for the Circular Economy, Alan Dillon. They announced the awarding of €500,000 worth of grants nationally under the Climate Actions Work Engagement fund.
The grants, ranging from €2,500 to €10,000, will be distributed to 96 community groups and organisations across 23 counties. It is estimated that 30,000 people will benefit from the activities generated through this fund with the support of over 2,000 volunteers.
Minister O’Brien said: "Our local communities are delivering great work on climate action, much of which often goes unseen. This funding will help groups in those communities raise awareness of that work and bring the climate action message to a wider audience. From workshops to events to content creation, this fund is really targeted at storytelling – helping people to tell their stories about climate action."
Chief Executive of Community Foundation Ireland, Denise Charlton, said: "Partnership is key to meeting the climate challenge. At Community Foundation we are proud to have contributed knowledge and insights from our network of local community groups to inform and deliver this Government initiative... a network, which underpins all our work as a philanthropic hub.
"We look forward to seeing the impact of these imaginative projects."
Waterford Walls will return this coming August.
