By Daisy Roberts
After many months of hard work, we are very excited to share that our application to the Charity Commission has been approved and we are now a registered charity! For this we were required to submit our business plan, constitution and make our case for the charitable purpose of Úna Gan a Gúna and how it is in the public benefit. It is really exciting that the public benefit of the archive has been affirmed and as a registered charity we can now begin fundraising.
Through our participation in the Heritage Compass Business Support Programme, we have been assigned a mentor and fundraising consultant to support us in this process. We are currently formulating our case for support and devising our fundraising needs and objectives. Establishing an income for the project will allow us to recruit and train more volunteers, record more oral histories, and expand the historic record regarding the experiences of women with connections to Ireland.
Since we joined Heritage Compass in January, our volunteers and trustees have attended workshops on audience development and governance and are signed up to participate in further fundraising and business planning training. As always, if you would like to get involved as a volunteer or an interviewee, please do get in touch!
