Wexford’s Ferns Diocesan Youth Service (FDYS) will receive €8,000 in funding towards a “Safe Space” project thanks to the 2020 LGBTI+ Communities Integration Fund. 

Welcoming the news, Minister Browne commented,

“This project will promote inclusion, protect rights and improve quality of life and wellbeing for members of the LGBTI+ community, enabling them to participate fully in our county and country’s social, economic, cultural, and political life.

FDYS works with young people in County Wexford to support them in realising their full potential and the funding of this project reflects the youth work organisation’s key priorities. Services and initiatives that work to promote inclusion and visibility for the LGBTI+ community have an increased importance at a time when many LGBTI+ people may feel disconnected from their community.

I am confident that these projects will be successful in ensuring members continue to feel supported into 2021 and I look forward to working with my colleagues in Government and local stakeholders in supporting other applications through future funding schemes.”