Doras Buí would like to thank our funders, sponsors, partners & corporations for their confidence in our work.
Our vision at Doras Buí a Parents Alone Resource Centre would not be a reality without the huge commitment and active belief and support from our funders, sponsors, partners, and corporate agents. Together we are helping make a difference in the lives of so many. Doras Buí is committed to providing valuable support, we are committed to helping people, strengthening families, and building stronger, healthier, and safer communities and we are eternally grateful for the various support we receive.
We could not do the work that we do without the support of our core funders, additional grants, donations, and sponsorship from a mixture of statutory, voluntary, and local agencies. We would like to acknowledge the organisations who supported us in 2024 and thank them for their continued support.
We receive ongoing funding from Tusla to provide our child counselling and Teen Parent Support worker. The Department of Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth provide ongoing funding for our Early Years and Childcare service. The School Completion Programme funds our Teen Parent Support Programme, which empowers and supports pregnant and parenting young people to remain in education.
• Treoir have supported us with grants to meet the needs of teen parents and provide additional supports throughout the year.
• SICAP via the Northside Partnership provide core funding to cover some of the cost of staffing, which allows us to continue to offer a variety of supports and programmes to people parenting alone in the Coolock area and surrounds.
• The Toy Show Appeal funded a full-time position in 2024. This aided the provision of a service to provide vital community-based supports to children with additional needs and their families.
The grant we received from the Community Foundation provided funding for training on trauma, mental health, advocacy, social welfare rights and entitlements, family support, working with children with disabilities and sensory processing. It allowed us to facilitate educational workshops for parents catering for children with additional needs. We were also able to build a kitchenette in our training room to support us in providing refreshments to our participants.
This grant allowed us to offer a childcare contribution to lone parents to enable them to attend courses, workshops, or counselling here in Doras Buí. We have also used this funding to provide many workshops and courses to support personal development, mental wellness, and physical fitness.
We received a grant from the Reach fund, which was used to pay for first aid training, manual handling, team building, personal development courses such as Heal Your Life, flower arranging, neurolinguistic programming, yoga for children and Christmas crafts. We could also provide family trips to over 120 people to Clara Lara and Explorium in the summer months.
We received funding from Dublin City Council’s Inclusion Fund that allowed us to provide targeted classes for children with additional needs, such as Lego, dance, movement, and drama. Dublin City Council also funded the installation of 12 solar panels on our roof which will reduce our carbon emissions and energy bills!
We received a grant from the Irish Youth Foundation which supported the work that we do by providing funding that allowed us to offer a creative therapeutic workshop to siblings of children with additional needs. We held a 6-week personal development programme in the Belmayne Clongriffin area, which was a great success. We also had a Halloween cake decoration workshop for children with all abilities!
We received many donations from various local businesses:
• Sysco foods
• Tesco Ireland
• Palm Free Soap
• Cake That
• Carraig Donn
• Dunnes Stores
• Beauty Xpress
• PH Systems
• ESB
• Northside Home Care
Without this funding, we would not be able to deliver such a unique, blended service to some of the most vulnerable families in our community. We are genuinely so grateful to receive this continued support.
