Funding the Centre

The Centre is a charity registered since 1985 and governed by a Company Board. (Charity Number CHY8911).

We always welcome any donations and offers of fundraising. As we are a registered charitable organisation tax rebates are available on all donations over 250 Euro. Although we raise some income through our training courses, much of our expenditure is met by fundraising and voluntary donations.

You can see how donations make a huge difference to the Centre in our development plan.

We do receive some statutory funding and grants. However The Centre still has to find almost 50% of its running costs every year from other sources, this includes fundraising, seeking additional grants and various other initiatives. The reason we need to do this is because our clients pay fees on a sliding scale, ie. they pay what they can afford. So currently we the organisation subsidises the fees of over 90% of our clients. This is the challenge we face every year.

New: Donor Charter and Guidelines for Handling Feedback and Complaints in relation to donations from the public.

The Irish Charity Tax Reform (ICTR) is the representative organisation of charities (over 150 member organisations) committed to creating the climate for a vibrant, independent charity sector in Ireland.

They focus particularly on policy issues and the promotion of best practice and public confidence in the sector. On behalf of the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, the ICTR have developed and is currently overseeing the implementation of the Statement of Guiding Principles for Fundraising. These principles were developed to put into practice requirements for all charities under the Charities Act 2009.

To read the ICTRs report in full please click here here.

To see the ICTRs Fundraising Principles please click here here.

To read the Charities Act 2009 in full please click here here

Since these guidelines were released the fundraising team at The Centre have been developing a specific Donor Charter and a set of Guidelines for handing feedback and complaints in relation to donations from the public.

To read our Donor Charter please click here.

To read our Guidelines for Handling Feedback and Complaints in relation to Donations from the public click here.