22 September 2016
Extern welcomes 10,000 funding from eBay Foundation’s Global Impact Team programme.
Extern, the leading social justice Charity today, Thursday 22 September 2016, received a cheque for 10,000 from eBay Foundation’s Global Impact Team programme following a successful application to the global brand for funding to provide motivational interviewing training to staff teams in Ireland. The presentation took place at Extern’s offices in Naas, County Kildare.
The Charity, which last year delivered over 65,300 hours of support to over 440 users here, focuses on supporting young people and families at their point of need across over 60% of Ireland.
Commenting on the eBay Foundation award, Charlie Mack, Extern, Chief Executive Officer, said;
“Extern is delighted to receive this award from the eBay Foundation, to help us train and motivate our brilliant staff teams. They work with Extern to support many young people and their families, in need, every day. This funding will allow us to invest in our teams to enhance their skills and training, in order to support clients involved in Extern’s Janus programme. This funding will make a huge impact on our ability to support young people, it will reap ten-fold for the Charity, and we are very grateful for the nomination and the award.”
Congratulating Extern on their award, XXXX from the eBay Foundation’s Global Impact Team programme, said;
“The eBay Foundation’s Global Impact Team program, empowers employees of eBay to support their communities through volunteerism and employee-sponsored grants. We are delighted to support Extern in delivering motivational training for volunteers, especially given the huge impact this funding will have on young people, and their families.”
The Extern Janus project, led by Aoife Dolan, was nominated by Nigel Quane from the EBay Global Impact Team