LEDP Unveils Community Projects to Benefit from ‘Impact Fund’

Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership LEDP announce 12 projects from across Limerick set to benefit from the 2024 Impact Fund. Pictured at the announcement are representatives from Doras, Corpus Christi NS, Bedford Row Family Project, Our Lady of Lourdes Early Years Service, Our Lady Queen of Peace School, Saoirse Addiction Treatment Cent, Southill Afterschools Club, Dóchas Midwest Autism Support, jumpAgradeand Engage in Education. Picture: Keith Wiseman

LEDP announce 12 projects from across Limerick set to benefit from the 2024 Impact Fund

Limerick Enterprise Development Partnership (LEDP) has announced the projects which will benefit from its annual Impact Fund. The self-funded charity has chosen 12 projects from across Limericks’ most disadvantaged areas spanning education, employment pathways, social inclusion and integration. The partner projects have been carefully selected for their potential to support children, teenagers and adults from diverse backgrounds in reaching their full potential.

The projects selected include Doras: Outreach programme to Limericks’ migrant community; Corpus Christi NS: Sky is the Limit Project: teenage and adult counselling services as well as play, music, and creative arts therapy; Bedford Row Family Project: Empowering Women post prison release; and Our Lady of Lourdes Early Years Service: Supporting the creation of a new sensory space.

The other projects selected for the fund are Our Lady Queen of Peace School: Supporting the creation of a new sensory garden; Saoirse Addiction Treatment Center: Supporting the delivery of Addiction Treatment services; Southill Afterschools Club: Supporting the delivery of Homework supports in Southill; Dóchas Midwest Autism Support: Supporting the creation of a new Social Enterprise to create employment for those with Autism; jumpAgrade: Supporting the delivery of Grinds to students in Limerick DEIS Schools; and Engage in Education: Supporting the delivery of bespoke supports to ensure a pathway to educational achievement.

In addition, LEDP will continue its long-standing partnership with UL in supporting the AccessCampus homework support project at the LEDP Campus, as well as a new partnership with Limerick City & County Council and Limerick & Clare Education and Training Board in supporting a bespoke ‘Outreach to Employment’ initiative on Limerick’s Southside.

Niall O’Callaghan, CEO of LEDP, said, “As an organisation leading the agenda for social advancement in Limerick, LEDP is proud to make a significant impact in across Limerick working with our partners. From furthering the educational opportunities for students to improving the quality of life for people facing challenges in our community, we’re focused on empowering people to be the change they want to see in their community.”

John Gilmartin, Chair of LEDP said, “Our Impact Fund symbolises the essence of what LEDP is about; using our model to support Limerick’s most disadvantaged communities by enabling people fulfil their potential. Whilst we cannot solve all the problems alone, we can be the spark igniting positive change.  We’ve been doing this for 25 years and we look forward to working in partnership with broad spectrum of organisations benefiting from the Fund and seeing the impact in our community in the coming months and years.”

LEDP has worked in partnership with dozens of community groups and non-for-profits since its formation in 1999, supporting thousands of children and adults fulfil their potential.  As part of its 25th anniversary, LEDP has formalised the structure of its Impact Fund to improve access for more organisations who desperately need support across Limerick.

Tiernan O’Neill, Principal of Corpus Christi NS in Moyross, said, “LEDP’s support of the ‘Sky is the Limit’ programme has been critical to the success of promoting positive mental health strategies and counselling services in Moyross. We have a long-established relationship with LEDP, who understand the needs of the community and the impact their support provides is immeasurable.”

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Alison Curtin, Project Leader, Bedford Row Family Project, said, “We are currently supporting women serving prison sentences and post release, and have designed a prison specific parenting program called ‘Reconnecting through play’. With LEDP’s support, this project will allow us to achieve our goal of enabling the rebuilding of their family relationships and reduce the risk of reincarceration.”

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