- Peacebuilding projects in Northern Ireland and County Leitrim awarded financial assistance -

The International Fund for Ireland today confirmed financial assistance worth more than half a million pounds/euro (£511,056/€613,301) for six community groups in Northern Ireland and one in County Leitrim.

The funding, approved at the organisation’s recent Board meeting in Bushmills, County Antrim, will go towards a range of rural and urban initiatives designed to support community-led peace building and reconciliation efforts.

The seven projects are supported through the Fund’s Peace Impact Programme (PIP), which provides groups with the means to develop innovative solutions to sensitive and divisive issues, including engagement with young people who are vulnerable to recruitment or attack by paramilitaries.