17/04/2012
Orange Order Awarded £900K Grant
The Orange Order has been awarded a grant totalling nearly £900K to allow them to address the aftermath or legacy of the Troubles in the Protestant community.
It has been revealed that the STRIPE Project (Stepping Towards Reconciliation in Positive Engagement) received £884,022 from the Special EU Programmes Body.
The money will fund a project aimed at marginalised Protestants living on the border or in interface areas across Ireland.
Funding will secure the project, based in Brownlow House in Lurgan, until December 2014 and will employ seven full-time staff.
William McKeown, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland said the programme hopes to "allow the Protestant communities to become more comfortable in themselves and feel able to move forward with inter-community and cross-border reconciliation".
The money will come from the European Union's Peace III Programme.
It has been revealed that the STRIPE Project (Stepping Towards Reconciliation in Positive Engagement) received £884,022 from the Special EU Programmes Body.
The money will fund a project aimed at marginalised Protestants living on the border or in interface areas across Ireland.
Funding will secure the project, based in Brownlow House in Lurgan, until December 2014 and will employ seven full-time staff.
William McKeown, Grand Treasurer of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland said the programme hopes to "allow the Protestant communities to become more comfortable in themselves and feel able to move forward with inter-community and cross-border reconciliation".
The money will come from the European Union's Peace III Programme.
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