€142,500 in funding for Wexford Cornmarket Project

A total of €142,500 is being allocated to a key community project in Wexford through the Government’s Community Safety Fund.

The funding, which comes from money seized from criminal activity by the Criminal Assets Bureau and An Garda Síochána, will support the ‘REJOIN: Restorative Justice Online Initiative’ at Wexford Local Development’s Cornmarket Project.

Wexford Minister James Browne has welcomed the funding, saying the money will be used to support work that makes a difference to people locally.He says it is particularly important that money seized from criminal activity is put back into communities.Minister Browne said the funding will support organisations working on issues including domestic violence, drug-related intimidation, addiction recovery and making communities safer.

The Cornmarket Project has previously worked in the area of youth justice, with Minister Browne describing the team’s work as “brilliant”.He said the funding is a practical way of ensuring money linked to crime is instead used to support people and communities.

The Community Safety Fund is supporting projects across the country tackling a range of issues, including domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, substance misuse, addiction recovery and violence reduction.