Kildare groups need to acknowledge council support
Áras Chill Dara
KILDARE groups in receipt of council funding are required to acknowledge the support online or install a sign.
Funding from the council for local projects should be acknowledged with a plaque or sign, according to the cathaoirleach of Kildare County Council.
At the most recent full Kildare County Council meeting, cathaoirleach Carmel Kelly motioned that recipients of grants from the council be required to install a plaque or sign showing that projects were funded or part funded by the council.
The council responded through a report issued by director of services for climate, community, environment and water Marian Higgins and director of services for corporate, culture and emergency services Joe Boland, which stated that successful applicants to the council’s community grant schemes are already required to acknowledge the council’s funding or part-funding in the way that the cathaoirleach suggested.
The report further detailed that groups are required to acknowledge the council’s support through social media posts, website notices or other appropriate means in situations where a physical plaque is not suitable – such as where the funding is for equipment purchases or events.
The report added that successful applicants for grants administered by the library and arts service on behalf of the council must include council logos on “all publicity material and retrospectively presented documentation” and/or “make narrative acknowledgement of support through all social media posts, publicity or promotional material.”
