Irish charities unite to gather savings money
Howard Lake | 14 March 2006 | News
Some of the biggest charities in Ireland have formed alliances to attract donations from people who will see their Special Savings Investment Accounts mature over the next year. Concern recently launched its own campaign to gain from the release of nearly ‚€14 billion into the Irish economy.
For the first time the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Barnardos are to make a joint appeal to SSIA holders. The charities’ appeal, called ‘Go the extra month for children,’ will ask for one month SSIA payment after the finish of the scheme. This has the potential to raise ‚€212 million for charity.
Another alliance will be Ireland’s three children’s hospitals — Temple Street, Tallaght Children’s Hospital and Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children — and Barretstown camp for seriously ill children. The charities have united under the title of The Little Star Fund.
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Amnesty International, Oxfam and Friends of the Earth are the other main group to get together. Other charities such as the Simon Community and Trocaire are planning their own campaigns. Meanwhile, the charity appeal for SSIA money has been endorsed by an editorial in the Sunday Tribune which has mentioned Amnesty and the Simon Community as worthy beneficiaries.
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.