Funding awarded to 115 Offaly groups under Community Enhancement Programme
115 community groups in Offaly were awarded funding under the Community Enhancement Programme 2018. The total funding granted amounts to €322,142.
An information night was held on Monday 22 October at Áras an Chontae, Tullamore, at which Anna Marie Delaney, Chief Executive at Offaly County Council, congratulated all the successful applicants and thanked them for the outstanding work they do to enhance their community.
Here is the list of groups awarded funding, the outline of the reasoning for that funding and the amount funded:
| Name of Applicant Group | Strand 1 Project (Brief outline of Project) | Grant Allocation € |
| Clara Tidy Towns | Ride-on mower | 1,000 |
| Clara Community Swimming Pool | Lift mechanism for people with mobility impediment | 2,000 |
| St. Broghans N.S. Parents Association | Community Garden | 2,000 |
| St. Finian's Park Residents Group, Kinnitty | Shed, mower & strimmers | 1,500 |
| Belmont and District Fishing Club | Holding nets & accessories | 200 |
| Daingean Community Development CLG | PC & printer | 1,000 |
| Daingean Development Association | Flower planters | 1,000 |
| Daingean Town Hall | Oil Boiler & rads | 5,000 |
| Daingean Town Hall | Laptop, chairs, tables & Printer | 1,000 |
| Mucklagh Community Development CLG | Table, chairs & trollies | 1,000 |
| Irish Wheelchair Association Ballinagar | Furnishings & equipment | 2,000 |
| Bracknagh Foroige Club | Equipment | 500 |
| Epilepsy Ireland | Training Equipment | 500 |
| Glendaniel Residents Association | Landscaping Equipment | 500 |
| Cloghan Foróige Club | Sports equipment | 500 |
| Ferbane Athletic Club/Gallen Utd Soccer Club | Purchase of storage container to store equipment | 1,000 |
| B.H.M Community Development Group | Purchase of grass cutting equipment & landscaping | 500 |
| Lusmagh Hall Committee | Conservation Works | 3,000 |
| Ballinagar Community Group | Benches & a swing | 1,000 |
| Kinnitty Tidy Towns | Purchase of a lawnmower | 849 |
| North Offaly Community Development Network CLG | IT equipment & training | 2,500 |
| Moneygall Dev Assoc CLG | Development of Community facility - purchase of equip to help establish community gym | 2,000 |
| Cloghan Hall Committee | Upgrade of building - replace doors & windows | 3,500 |
| The Clodagh Active Retirement | Training event for group with an educational & historical interest | 750 |
| GROW in Ireland | Printers | 1,000 |
| Tullamore Canoe Club | Upgrade of building | 1,000 |
| Moneygall Football Club CLG | Development of community facility - connecting water & wastewater supply | 500 |
| Parents First (Laois Offaly) CLG | Purchase of toys & play equipment for a new parents support group | 1,117 |
| BLC Development CLG, Ballycumber | Upgrade of building - installation of new PVC windows | 2,000 |
| Kinnitty Camoige Club | Sports Equipment- 4 portable goals | 1,000 |
| Clonygowan Development Association | Stone for flowerbeds | 500 |
| Edenderry Canoe Club | Sports equipment & storage | 3,000 |
| Kilmurry Hall Committee, Ballycommon | Energy Upgrade - 6 PVC windows | 700 |
| Arden Vale Residents Assocaition | Other - revitalisation of a large green area - raised beds, trees & flowerbeds | 700 |
| Tullamore Active Retirement Assoc | IT Equipment - laptop & printer | 700 |
| Kinnitty Community Centre | CCTV | 500 |
| Tullamore Housing Association CLG | IT Equipment | 500 |
| Skuse Team Muaythai Academy Birr | Sports Equipment-Training ring, head guards etc | 2,000 |
| Edenderry Playground Ltd | CCTV | 1,000 |
| Social Soil Network, Birr | Development of Community facility - classroom equipment | 500 |
| Rights for the Elderly Voluntary Housing Association | CCTV | 1,000 |
| Clara Community Action Plan | Waymarked signage | 650 |
| St. Brigid's Social Club, Portarlington | Development of Community Facility - security fencing and walkway footpath | 1,000 |
| Cappagh Grove Residents Association, Ballinagar | Signage - steel poles, perspex, stakes for fence | 1,000 |
| Seir Kieran GAA Club | Development of Community Facility - athletic/walking track & lights | 1,000 |
| Tullamore Tennis Club | Energy Efficient upgrade - LED lighting on courts & in clubhouse | 1,500 |
| Pullough Community Pre-school | Development of Community Facility - outdoor awning for new natural play & learning area | 650 |
| Shannonbridge Action Group/Tidy Towns | Upgrade playground - to include toddler play area and a sensory area | 2,500 |
| Ballyboy Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann | Other - Purchase musical instruments & a PA system | 2,000 |
| Barna Development Association | Other - Christmas lighting in the village | 500 |
| The Charleville Centre | Development of community facililty - Community Gardren | 4,000 |
| Tullamore Community Radio | Broadcast equipment, CCTV, Alarm & signage | 2,000 |
| Kinnitty GAA Club | Development of Community Facility - to provide gym & walking facilities | 1,000 |
| Rhode Parish Enterprise Ltd | Development of Community Facility - tables & chairs | 4,000 |
| Clonbullogue Development Assoc. | Pedestrian walkway over River Figile in Clonbullogue | 2,500 |
| Clonbullogue Development Assoc. | Other - maintain hedges, hedgetrimmer & leaf blower | 1,000 |
| Birr Tidy Towns | Other - create new picnic area on the approach road R439 | 1,000 |
| Tullamore GAA Club | Dev. of Community facility - tarmac, signage, LED lighting, goal posts and scoreboard | 1,000 |
| Tullamore Sports Link Ltd | Dev. Of community Facility - scoreboard, defibrillator, underage goal posts x 2, boundary fence | 1,000 |
| Ballinagar GAA | Development of Community Facility -outer wall of proposed gym | 1,000 |
| Seir Kierans Community Group | Upgrade building - disabled toilet. Defibrilator. Flower boxes and seat around community hall | 2,000 |
| Mucklagh Schoolboys/Girls Soccer Club | Defibrilator & Sports Equipment - goals | 1,000 |
| Banagher Foroige Club | Other - catering utensils | 1,232 |
| Slieve Bloom Girl Guide Unit | Training & Training equipment - upgrade of tents | 1,000 |
| Acquired Brain Injury Ireland | Dev. of Community Facility - pathway to community/sensory garden and sheltered area. | 2,500 |
| West & South Offaly Community Network - Homefix Project | Other - ride on mower, office furniture, tools and equipment. IT Equipment - PC & tablets | 1,000 |
| Birr Rugby Football Club | Energy Efficient upgrade - insulate walls & attic. Replace existing windows and main door | 1,000 |
| The Growery, Birr | Development of Community Facility. Training Equipment (LEADER) | 1,000 |
| Tullamore Community & Family Resource Centre | Upgrade of building - renovation of unused room to counselling/family meeting room. | 2,000 |
| 2nd Offaly Scout Group Clara | Upgrade of Building - to install windows & internal door to improve energy efficiency | 1,000 |
| Killurin Community Alert & Development Group | Other - gardening equipment | 1,000 |
| Shinrone Tidy Towns | Development of Community Facility - clean the river area and upgrade the planting areas | 1,000 |
| Youth Work Ireland Midlands - Tullamore Youth Project | Sports Equipment, Arts & craft resources and driver theory discs | 1,000 |
| Bracknagh Hall Committee | Upgrade of Community Facility - upgrade of WC facilities to allow wheelchair access & storage | 6,375 |
| Cadamstown Development Association | Enhance the streetscape by replacing existing fence at the green in the village with a stone wall. | 1,000 |
| Pullough Community Action Group | IT Equipment - laptop & printer | 500 |
| Pullough Resident's Development Association | IT Equipment - for use by community groups for training | 500 |
| Pullough Resident's Dev. Association - Pullough Tidy Towns | Works to develop an attractive canal village | 500 |
| Dernagun Residents Association | Other - purchase of lawnmower & hedge cutter | 500 |
| Offaly Search & Recovery Unit (Shannonside Sub Aqua Unit) | CCTV & Dev. community facility - rewiring, bathroom tiling & handwashing facilities | 2,000 |
| Cloghan Community Development Association Ltd | Soft landscaping to Park beside the village square | 2,000 |
| Rath Development and Tidy Village Committee | Signage - upgrade signage & decorative seating in the village | 1,000 |
| Kilcormac Community Childcare | Sports Equipment - outdoor sports, furniture and play equipment for new afterschool venue | 1,500 |
| Kilcormac Development Association | Development of Community Facility - Community Garden | 2,000 |
| Rahan Hall Committee | Upgrade of building - repair existing perimeter stone wall and erect barrier | 1,000 |
| Leabeg Leamore Boora Development Company Ltd | Energy Efficient upgrade - external door & CCTV | 1,000 |
| Tullamore & District Rotary Club | Signage - four signposts with Tullamore Town Historical Walkng Tour App information | 1,000 |
| Crinkill Tidy Villages and Development Association | Dev. of Community Facility - School street garden - compost, tools, fencing , polytunnel | 1,000 |
| Crinkle Sports & Recreation Centre | Development of Community Facility - installation of ballstop nets | 1,000 |
| Cooperative Housing Connaught - An Corrán Estate | Purchase of lawnmower, shed for storage, flowers, greenhouse and allotment area | 3,000 |
| Shannonbridge Tidy Towns | Signage - self guided walk embracing the history and heritage of the village | 1,000 |
| ANAM BEO TEORANTA | IT Equipment - laptop & hard drive. Other - easels for table usage | 1,000 |
| Castletown, Cullenwaine, Ballintemple Graveyard Comm'ee. | Other - 3 strimmers (one per graveyard) 7 safety gear | 500 |
| Offaly Rowing Club, Cappincur | Upgrade of building. Development of Community Facility | 1,000 |
| Pullough Community Centre | Upgrade of Building - new meeting room, disabled toilets, bus shelter & committee room | 3,500 |
| Rath Eglish Foróige Club | Dev. of Community Facility- microphone, First Aid cabinet,, lockable noticeboard | 888 |
| Tullamore Town FC | IT Equipment - develop a club website and install conference facilities | 1,000 |
| Applicant Group | Strand 2 Project (Brief outline of Project) | |
| Banagher Community Centre Committee | Upgrade of building | 9,594 |
| Durrow Hall Committee | Upgrade of building | 10,000 |
| Eden Pitch & Putt | Irrigation equipment, mowers, course equipment and storage/clubhouse container | 10,000 |
| Shannonbridge Community Services Group | Devlopment of Comm Facility - upgrade toilet & shower block facilities at S'bridge Marina | 20,000 |
| Tullamore Christmas Lights Project. Tullamore Chamber | Upgrade of Christmas lighting for Tullamore town, Harbour Street & O'Carroll Street | 20,000 |
| Edenderry Swimming Pool Ltd | IT & Sports equipment. Training & Training Equipment | 10,000 |
| Clara Community and Family Resource Centre CLG | Development of Comm Facility - training room, office & reconfigure toilets | 10,000 |
| Edenderry Tidy Towns | Other- refurbishment of Canal walkway for public safety & access to the canal | 10,000 |
| Applicant Group | Strand 3 Project (Brief outline of Project) | |
| Kinnitty Development Group | Other - Mountain Bike Trailhead | 40,000 |
| St. Mary's Youth & Community Centre | Development of Community Facility - Upgrade of Building. Heating, insulation and WC | 40,000 |