Community Loan Success Stories - Cork
Organisations benefiting include; Community & Voluntary, Charities, Sports Clubs, Social Enterprises and organisations tackling community, social and environmental issues.
Clann Credo is a charity and recycles capital repayments into new loans to continuously increase the Community Loan Finance available so more community organisations can benefit in the future.
As Ireland’s largest social finance provider, we have re-imagined lending and believe that finance can be a catalyst for good in communities.
Aghada Community Playgroup is accessible to all children. They offer top quality play based learning both inside and in a vast and impressive outdoor area.
When local concern arose for the poor state of repair of an old mine building in Allihies, Clann Credo provided the financial support needed to transform the old Methodist church into a mining museum.
Clann Credo supports the Avondhu Blackwater Partnership because we believe in the importance of their work in assisting communities in the Fermoy/ Mallow area to battle the impact of the downturn.
Ballyhooly is a vibrant village in North Cork and since 2009 the community has gone through a number of improvements.
Brookpark Business Centre, Dunmanway is a dedicated community enterprise and business centre that houses new start-ups in the food sector in West Cork.
It would be well-nigh impossible to place a monetary value on those physical structures known generically as ‘community centres’.
Along with the usual soccer programmes, Cahir Park hosts the Football for All programme that is aimed at giving children with disabilities from the ages of 6 to 16 a chance to meet every Sunday.
A purpose built facility for the Carrigaline Men's Shed - Ireland’s first purpose-built Men’s Shed. Dreams do come true!
Charleville Community Sports Complex Limited's first project was a full sized all weather pitch and a smaller all-weather play area with floodlighting was completed in October 2015.
Housing, education and advocacy for homeless women and children in Cork
Established in 2017 following earlier West Cork experiments with community time banking, the hOUR Timebank sees participants bank and exchange time credits across the broad membership.
Clann Credo - A Nationwide Community
Clann Credo has provided €215 million in Community Loan Finance to more than 1,500 projects and service since 1996, creating and sustaining thousands of jobs and strengthening communities nationwide.
Clann Credo:
- Provides Community Loan Finance at affordable interest and repayment rates
- Considers the impact your project will have on your community
- Has regionally-based, experienced staff ready to help you
- Does not require Personal Guarantees
- Welcomes early repayment (with no penalty)