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atest press release from St Catherine’s Special School, issued on October 20th 2022…

The annual AIB Community €1 Million Fund, which launched earlier this year, will see over 70 local charities receive funding as part of the initiative with St. Catherine’s Special School being chosen as one.

Having been nominated by AIB customers and the public, St. Catherine’s Special School will receive €28,000 from the fund in 2022. The funding will allow the school to continue to support their work in the area of specialised rooms with specialised equipment for their pupils for their new school build.

Earlier this year, AIB launched the first €1 Million Community Fund and asked its customers and the wider public to nominate registered charities that connect with causes that matter most to them and their communities. The charities which received the most nominations in each of the five regions (Connaught, Munster, Ulster (RoI), Leinster and Greater Dublin) received funding.

On being nominated, principal Brigeeta Mulvihill said, “The fund will be used to support the costs of specialised equipment in our school, such as the costs associated with a hydrotherapy pool. For 20% of our pupils who cannot access water facilities outside of school, having an existing facility such as a hydrotherapy pool offers tangible benefits to the health and wellbeing of children and young people with a range of disabilities and health conditions.

“We are delighted to receive the funding, and it means so much more that it was our local community and supporters that nominated us and our cause.

“We are grateful and thankful to our supporters for voting for us.”

You can find out more about St Catherine’s here, and about AIB’s community work here.