The Charity

We chose The Woman's Fund because we thought it very fitting with the tournament and also that one of our players has a close connection to the founders of the Charity, this way it would be something close to us as well as the public.

In April 2010, The Community Foundation for Ireland launched Ireland's first ever Women's Fund. The Fund - established by women for women - is solely dedicated to enabling women to build a fund to support woman's causes and charitable initiatives across the country.

The Fund will tackle the problems facing women and girls in Ireland today by raising funds, promoting women's organisations and raising awareness of the challenges facing women. The Fund is dedicated to supporting a number of varying women's issues by giving small grants to enable positive change at the grassroots and tackle women's inequality at its source. Current priorities of the grants are aimed at preventing violence against women and also empowering woman to take leadership roles in communities.

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Here in Ireland:

1 in 5 women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes
85% of lone parents are female
84% of cases reported to the Rape Crisis Centre are female
Only 14% of TD's in Dail Eireann are female (EU average is 24%).