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Sonya Lennon was pictured following the announcement that she will be the Chair of the judging panel for the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2022.
THE National Lottery is calling on all good causes beneficiaries in Kerry to enter the Good Causes Awards 2022 as the application deadline has been extended.
Last year was a record-breaking year in which National Lottery players all over Ireland raised an incredible €289 million for the Good Causes fund.
The Good Causes fund provides vital funding for on average 4,000 groups, projects, organisations and clubs throughout the country every year and this amount will contribute to the extraordinary impact that these beneficiaries have on their local communities.
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The National Lottery Good Causes Awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of the Good Causes beneficiaries, who, with the help of National Lottery Good Causes funding, make a difference each and every day to those around them.
The National Lottery has announced that the application deadline for this year’s Good Causes Awards has been extended to Friday, April 1.
Speaking at the announcement, Sonya Lennon was delighted to be named as the Chair of the judging panel for this year’s Good Cause Awards.
She said: “The last two years have not been easy on people but throughout the hardships of the pandemic and lockdowns, the shining light that really came through was the importance of community for each and every one of us. We saw individuals, groups and organisations come together to make a difference and help those around them who really needed it.”
Organisations, projects and clubs nationwide who received funding through the following National Lottery part-funded schemes between 2017-2021 are encouraged to submit their applications ahead of the Friday 1st April deadline:
• Sports – Sports Capital Programme or any funding issued through Sport Ireland
• Arts & Culture – Any funding provided through the Arts Council of Ireland
• Heritage – Any funding provided through the Heritage Council of Ireland.
• Youth – Funding issued by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (i.e. UBU Your Place, Your Space grants, Targeted Youth Funding Schemes or Youth Information Centre’s)
• Health – Funding from the HSE National Lottery Grant Scheme
• Community – Any National Lottery part-funded scheme administered by Department of Rural & Community Development (Senior Alert Schemes or Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO)
• Irish Language – Any Irish Language support provided through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Applications for the Awards are now open and beneficiaries can enter and check eligibility at www.lottery.ie/good-causes-awards.
The Awards will have seven categories which are:
• Sport
• Health and Wellbeing
• Arts/Culture
• Heritage
• Community
• Youth Affairs
• Irish language
The total prize fund for the National Lottery Good Causes Awards is €130,000. Each of the 35 finalists will win €1,000 when they are announced at the National Finals stage this summer.
At the awards ceremony later this year, each of the seven category winners will receive €10,000 and the overall Good Cause of the Year will win an additional €25,000.
