Our Supporters
Burrenbeo is very grateful to all our supporters. As an independent charity with no core funding, your support is essential to our existence.
Our Funding
Our funding comes from:
- Grants from statutory bodies and charitable foundations (2022: 49%). In 2022 we applied for 13 different grants. We were successful with 10 applications. Grants ranged from €400 to €50,000.
- Donations and Fundraising (2022: 27%) Our Pine Project continues to be successful in attracting people to help us restore a ‘lost’ native species in the Burren and our Hare’s Corner project has had various sources donate to continue its roll out across County Clare. Various businesses or individuals supported specific programmes within the Trust during 2021 and our newest fundraiser the Burren Pine Project is not only a positive step for local biodiversity but bringing in much needed funds for the Trust.
- Training and education courses (2022: 11%). Burrenbeo Trust held a a training course for teachers bringing place-based education to the classroom. This year the Trust is also continuing its national roll out of one of its education programmes.
- Membership (2022: 9%). Membership fees continue to be a highly important income stream for Burrenbeo Trust.
- Events income and Merchandise sales (2022: 4%). include the sale of Burrenbeo field-guides through local businesses and the sale of Burren field-guides, Burren cards, our Insight magazines and our Áitbheo tool kits through our online shop found on our website.
A full and complete audit of the 2021 accounts are available on our website here . Our fully audited 2022 accounts are due to be put on our website once they have been completed during the summer of 2023.
A massive thank you to all our members and friends that have been part of this journey.
So who exactly has been involved?
Volunteers Members Benefactors Business Friends
Corporate Partners Grant Agencies
Since its inception, Burrenbeo Trust has undertaken numerous events and activities which have involved a great deal of voluntary input and payment in kind. From guiding informative heritage walks, coordinating volunteer events, helping provide information at events, providing venues, delivering educational workshops…the list is endless! Since its inception, each year, we estimate between €130,000-€150,000 has been donated to the Burrenbeo Trust in professional time! This excludes the work of the Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers. This is an extraordinary contribution by any standard. A massive thank you to all of you that have contributed in the past.
Volunteers
We estimate that for every € that is given to the Trust at least another € is donated in kind to the organisation in professional time!
Burrenbeo Trust has run several events and activities throughout 2022 and without voluntary input to help run these events smoothly and payment in kind from some of our experts and event leaders, we would not have been able to achieve so much on our limited budget. Our volunteers have as always been completely amazing covering various roles from guiding walks, to signing people in at events, first aid support to making tea and coffee, caring for pine woodland sites to helping set up venues – generally carrying out all those essential tasks that are rarely recognised but absolutely vital for events to
run smoothly. This year, we estimate that over €30,000* has been given to the Burrenbeo Trust in voluntary hours which is a huge voluntary input into the Trust and demonstrates the vast amount of support that we receive from our Burrenbeo Trust community. It’s nearly impossible for us to convey the gratitude that we feel to all those who have helped us out so a huge thank-you to all of you – you know who you are.
If you’ve been too busy to help out this year don’t worry – we appreciate that you are thinking of us and there will plenty of other chances to help out in the coming year especially as we have new plans afoot for 2023 to create a new volunteer category for event support and management.
*Note the above estimate excludes the work of the Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers.
If you have any ideas on how you can contribute in kind to the organisation please contact [email protected] Everyone has something to offer.
If you would like to get involved in active conservation volunteering out in the Burren then please see here for our thriving Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteer group.
Members
Burrebeo Trust is a membership organisation with a wide geographical spread. There are 750 current memberships with the Burrenbeo Trust. 307 of these
memberships are for more than one person (i.e. couple or family). We also have 38 Business Friends. The continuing support of these individuals is crucial to the growing Burren voice. If you would like to be part of it please join.
Benefactors
Thank you to our 2023 Benefactor
- Wolters Rundreisen
Thank you to our 2022 Benefactors
- NTR Foundation
- Brightwind
- Analog
- PayPal
- Rita Davern
- T&G Arnold
- Estate of Mary Curtin (decd.)
- Vincent Keane
- M&E Davoren
- Burren IFA
- EI Electronics
- FBD
- Niamh Lennon
- Michael and Clodagh Lynch
- Sunflower Fund
- Carol and Linda Wellings
- Copytype
- Maverick Communications
- Wilderness Ireland
- Gregans Castle Hotel
- Int. Assoc. for advancement of
- Gestalt Therapy
- Suzie and Robert Heiney
- Haeckels Accounts
- Sandra and Chuck Morrell Rooney
Burrenbeo Trust received lots of smaller donations throughout the year from various people for which we are truly grateful. Donations ranged between €5 and €50,000 and were used for core funding of the organisation unless a specific programme was requested.
Find out more information about supporting specific programmes and on benefactors. If you would like to learn more about becoming a Individual Benefactor click here.
Business Friends
Burren businesses and beyond have been a huge support to the Burrenbeo Trust both in kind and financial. We are hugely grateful for all their support. Why not join our growing network of Burren businesses.
Please see list of Burren businesses below who are currently members of Burrenbeo Trust.
Support those Burren businesses that support us
| FULL LIST OF BURREN BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT US | |
|---|---|
| Gold Business Friend | |
| Burren Geopark | www.burrengeopark.ie |
| Burren Perfumery | www.burrenperfumery.com |
| Burren Programme | burrenprogramme.com |
| Burren Smokehouse | www.burrensmokehouse.ie |
| Gregans Castle Hotel | www.gregans.ie |
| Inis Ecology | https://www.inisenvironmentalservices.com/ |
| Lahinch Family Medical Centre, Dr John Duncan | NA |
| OBI Wealth Management Ltd | http://www.obiwealth.ie/ |
| Silver Business Friend | |
| Irish Natural Stone | www.irishnaturalstone.com |
| Scales Coaches | www.scalescoaches.com |
| Sleepzone Hostel Burren | www.sleepzone.ie |
| Business Friend | |
| Aillwee Caves | www.aillweecave.ie |
| Airmid Natural Irish Skincare | https://www.airmidsoap.com/ |
| Anam Coffee | www.anamcoffee.ie |
| Ballyvaughan Fanore walking club | http://www.ballyvaughanfanorewalkingclub.com/ |
| Burren College of Art | www.burrencollege.ie |
| Burren Outdoor Education Centre | https://burrenoec.com/ |
| Burren Vets | burrenvets.ie |
| Burren Yoga Retreats | www.burrenyoga.com |
| Caherconnell Stone Fort | caherconnell.com |
| Crimmins Howard Solicitors | www.crimminshoward.ie |
| Coole Park Tearooms | Coole Park Tearooms Facebook page |
| Feel the Burren | http://www.feeltheburren.ie/ |
| Fitzpatricks Supervalu Ennistymon | Facebook page |
| Gaia Talent | https://gaiatalent.com/ |
| Hanne T. Fisker Photography & Hanne's Cottage | www.htfisker.com http://www.hannescottage.com/ |
| Hazelwood Lodge | www.hazelwoodlodge.ie |
| Healing Harvest | www.healingharvest.ie |
| Hotel Doolin | https://www.hoteldoolin.ie/ |
| Hylands Burren Hotel, Ballyvaughan | https://www.hylandsburren.com/ |
| Kinvara Guesthouse | kinvaraguesthouse.ie |
| MK Burren Photography | Facebook page |
| Mount Vernon | www.mountvernon.ie |
| Ocean's Edge B&B | Website link |
| Lally Tours | www.lallytours.com/en |
| Leave No Trace Ireland | Website link |
| Private Tours Ireland | www.privatetoursireland.com |
| Slieve Elva B&B | https://slieveelva.com/ |
| Station House Bed and Breakfast | Website link |
| St. Tola Irish Goats Cheese | http://www.st-tola.ie/ |
| Sunny Meadow Farm | Facebook page |
| The Burren Centre | www.theburrencentre.ie |
| The Burren Farm Experience | http://www.burrenfarmexperience.ie/ |
| The Clare Jam Company | https://www.theclarejamcompany.com/ |
| Wild Honey Inn | www.wildhoneyinn.com |
Corporate Partners
If you would like to learn more about becoming a Corporate Partner click here.
Thank you to our current and past Corporate Sponsors.
2022
- Brightwind Analysis
- Copytype Ltd.
- EI Electronics, Shannon, Co.Clare
- Maverick Communications International Limited
- NTR Foundation
- Wilderness Ireland – Conservation Contribution Scheme
2021
- All About Kombucha
- Brightwind Analysis
- Clonbio Group Ltd.
- Copytype Ltd., Co.Limerick
- EI Electronics, Shannon, Co.Clare
- Engine Lease Finance, Shannon, Co.Clare
- Fire.com
- Fexco
2020
- Burren IFA
- Burren Perfumery
- Lahinch Family Medical Centre
- Michael Houlihan
- EI Electronics, Shannon, Co.Clare
Grant agencies
Below are some of the grant agencies that have supported the Burren Trust in the past. As it is competitive times for every grant we write, we are only about 30% successful. However, we are truly grateful for all grants received as without them much of our work would not be possible. Below is a list of those that have supported us in the past:
2022:
- The Heritage Council
- Bord Bia
- Heritage Council partnership
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
- Clare County Council
- The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Galway Rural Development
- National Rural Networks
- Monaghan County Council
- Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB)
2021:
- The Heritage Council
- Bord Bia
- Clare County Council
- The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- European Innovation Partnership (EIP)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Galway County Council
- Galway Rural Development
- Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB)
- Rethink Ireland – GLAS communities fund
2020:
- The Heritage Council
- GRD/LEADER (Áitbheo Community Training)
- Social Innovation (Áitbheo online)
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Winterage Weekend)
- EPA (Burren in Bloom)
- FBD (Winterage Weekend)
- GRETB (Áitbheo Heritage Training)
- Clean Coasts (Burrenbeo Conservation Volunteers)
- Clare County Council (First aid training)
- Clare County Council (Learning Landscape Symposium)
- Community Support Scheme, Galway County Council (Learning Landscape Symposium)
Other
Support comes in many ways. Over the years, Burrenbeo Trust have been hugely honoured by the generosity of people. With free venues, free speakers fees and much more. Whilst the list is endless, we would like to give a special shout out to the following:
- Martin Kiely, Donal Hogan, Andreas Riemenschneider for donating so many photographs to the Trust from our different events that has contributed hugely to our PR look including this website.
- Michael O’Donoghue for hosting our Winter Tea Talks in the Tubber Hall
- Gordon D’Arcy for leading our annual Dawn Chrous walk as well as leading children’s art workshop during the Burren Winterage Weekend
- Mary Howard for her stalwart voluntary support during all our major festivals and events. From making teas and coffees to helping run walk events, Mary plays a crucial role in keeping our show on the road!