Pictured during the Board’s visit to Markethill are: (from left) Reatha Hassan OBE, Chairperson, SAVER/NAVER; Denis Rooney CBE, Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland and Sabine McAllister, Director, SAVER/NAVER
Following its recent meeting in Armagh, the Board of the International Fund for Ireland visited SAVER/NAVER in Markethill, County Armagh.
The International Fund for Ireland has a long association with SAVER/NAVER, having provided assistance towards the extension of Bingham House and support for the organisation’s ongoing work through the Fund’s Community Bridges Programme. SAVER/NAVER has also benefited from participation in the Fund’s AMBIT Programme.
As well as visiting SAVER/NAVER’s premises in Markethill, the Board also heard presentations from participants in the Fund’s Communities in Transition Programme – The LA Project which includes Lisanally and Alexander housing estates in Armagh; and Dromore in Action, County Down. The Communities in Transition Programme seeks to address deeply rooted social, economic and political problems. The Programme focuses on areas with poor community infrastructure which experience ongoing community tension and alienation.
L-R are Valerie Fletcher, Chair, the LA Project; Denis Rooney, CBE, Chairman of the International Fund for Ireland and Colin Halliday, Chairman, Dromore in Action