Minister for Social Protection, Leo Varadkar today officially launched 'eir Fund – Connecting Communities.'
The Fund is a key initiative within eir’s CSR strategy and aims to enable the company to make a positive impact in communities by providing much needed support to local charity and community causes across Ireland.
The eir Fund – Connecting Communities is open for applications from all eir employees and any registered Irish charity, NGO or organisation with charitable status. As a direct result of the Fund, €160,000 will be evenly split across the four provinces and invested at community level each year up to 2019.
The Minister was today joined by Richard Moat, CEO, eir and Carolan Lennon, Managing Director, open eir, to officially launch the fund.
Also at the launch today were a number of other charities who have received support from the eir Fund – Connecting Communities including – Camara Ireland, an organisation committed to improving technology in disadvantaged schools, Rosie’s Trust who support people that are terminally ill, cancer patients, and older people who have companion pets but are unable to look after them independently and Aoibheann's Pink Tie, a charity created to support families of children diagnosed with cancer and attending St John's Oncology Ward in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin.
Speaking at the launch of the eir Fund – Connecting Communities, Minister Leo Varadkar said, "The Government and I strongly support and advocate for Corporate Social Responsibility. The best companies should be about more than making profit and increasing shareholder value, they should also have a mission to contribute to the betterment of communities that buy their services and products, and to develop human capital by supporting the skills and personal development of their staff. Today’s announcement is proof that eir clearly understands this. I am delighted to be associated with it."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
