An additional €3.34 million is needed to keep Ireland’s Family Resource Centres running, according to a new campaign.
Donegal Family Resource Centres marked 25 years of the FRC programme in Ireland at a special event in Dublin’s Mansion House on Tuesday last.
At the event the Family Resource Centre National Forum, the national representative body for Family Resource Centres (FRCs) in Ireland, called for additional core funding to ensure they can continue to support children, families and communities throughout Ireland.
Fergal Landy, CEO of the FRNCF, said that a significant number of FRCs – 83 of 121 – are not currently receiving the minimum level of funding to operate.
Mr Landy said: “We have identified that – applying a 4% sustainability increase – FRCs like Donegal FRC or Moville FRC need a minimum level of core funding of €173,000 for 2023, a total additional investment of €3,344,637 from 2022. While this is not a reflection of the true cost of delivering an FRC, it would allow FRCs currently receiving less than the minimum core funding to increase their capacity to deliver support to their respective communities.
“This funding will mean more children, families, individuals, and communities in Donegal will be supported and empowered, and more resources will be accessed for those communities through the leveraging of other potential funding opportunities.”
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The Family Resource Centre National Forum, the national representative body for Family Resource Centres (FRCs) in Ireland, marking its 25th anniversary at an event in Dublin’s Mansion House.
The FRCNF also launched its 2022 annual report at the event and later that evening, at a meet and greet in Buswell’s Hotel, TDs and Senators from all parties were presented with a copy of the report.
Pic Shows Kathlenn McHugh, Donegal Family Resource Centre and Padraig MacLochlainn TD with a copy of the Family Resource Centre National Forum 2022 Annual Report.
Photo Brian Farrell
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Kathleen McHugh, Donegal FRC with Thomas Pringle TD and Sen. Eileen Flynn with a copy of the Family Resource Centre National Forum 2022 Annual Report.
Photo Brian Farrell
Louise Moran, Chair of the FRCNF, who said: “Despite a number of challenges in 2022, the FRC programme remains Ireland’s largest national family and community-based support programme of its kind, operating a human rights-based approach to community development and family support across the life-course.
“During the Covid-19 pandemic, and more recently during the response to people displaced by the war in Ukraine, FRCs have been to the fore in leading community-based initiatives that have formed a vital part of the State’s overall response in each instance.”
Examples of the support provided by FRCs in 2022 includes:
- 60,000 counselling sessions for children, adolescents, adults, couples and families were delivered;
- 30,000 adults and children benefited from food bank initiatives;
- There were 90,000 adult and child beneficiaries of community-based initiatives;
- 26,000 education courses and initiatives were provided; and
- 30,000 adults received admin support such as interview skills training and IT support.
