Frank to brave ice bath for Turas funding

Brave Frank Fitzpatrick has put himself forward to take an ice bath for every 100 votes that Turas receives in the AIB Community Fund competition. The fund has a total of one million euros to distribute to registered charities in 2025. The decision on the funding is decided in large part by the public through a nomination system. Turas offers individuals a tailored pathway towards personal recovery from drugs and alcohol by providing a confidential and non-judgmental service for individuals and their families.

Frank Fitzpatrick, originally from Cavan, has been a project worker in Turas for the past six and a half years and he says he is more than happy to put himself forward and take the plunge if it can result in funding for increased services in Dundalk.
“I’m a glutton for punishment”, laughs Frank. “I don’t mind at all putting myself forward to do a few Ice Baths if it means that we can expand services here in Turas. We get core funding from the HSE but beyond that it’s a struggle and it isn’t easy to get money in to expand on services that we could really do with to help people with addictions in the locality.

“I haven’t done an Ice Bath before but I have swam in the open sea in winter before so I kinda know what to expect and it’s not actually that bad after the first few seconds. The more times I have to do an ice bath the better as that will mean we will have got plenty of votes,” added Frank.

Nicki Jordan, manager of Turas, is hoping that the people of Dundalk and further afield get behind the challenge and help Turas secure some much needed funding from the AIB Community Fund.

“It would be absolutely brilliant if we could manager to secure funding from the AIB Community Fund,” stated Nicki. We find it very hard to get money in through fundraising and this would be a huge boost for us and allow us to expand our services. For whatever reason, people don’t really think of us when they are doing sponsored runs or charity events and we don’t get anything in the way of funding outside the basic government funding which has stayed the same since 2008.

“We saw 450 people come through our doors last year looking for help and we are already stretched with regard to the support we have available to help those in need. There are not many families around town where addiction hasn’t visited their door so hopefully people can get behind this initiative and just click a link ands vote for us. We would be extremely grateful as it would really be hugely beneficial for us if we got extra funding to expand services and increase the levels of support we already offer,” stated Nicki.

For every 100 votes Turas gets, Frank will brave an ICE BATH DIP to raise awareness and show that recovery is possible.
Please ask your friends and family, neighbours, colleagues to vote for Turas. We are a fantastic service right here in the centre of Dundalk with all of our supports available to those who need them at no cost. Turas Charity Number is 20203179 and you can vote for them at the following link https://aib.ie/personal-forms/community-fund

The charities that get the most nominations will be shortlisted and asked to give a simple presentation about how they would use funds if successful. The closing date for the initial nomination and supporting nominations from the public is June 25th and the successful applicants will be revealed in September

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