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Mediolanum International Funds Ltd. (MIFL) corporate social responsibility (CSR) is deeply embedded in our business ethos, aligning commercial success with social impact. Our strategy is not limited to philanthropy but extends to how the company engages with suppliers, partners, and the broader community.

With full funding from Fondazione Mediolanum, our CSR activities deliver a programme in partnership with the Liberties Community Project and Sporting Liberties, focused on creating a safe and inclusive environment for recreation and personal development for young people, alongside the construction of a much-needed sports facility at St James’s Primary School on Basin Lane, the area’s first public green space for organised sport in Dublin’s south-west inner city. 

Liberties, Dublin 8, is an area facing some of Ireland’s toughest challenges around youth vulnerability. The project will not only deliver the area’s first multi-purpose playing pitch for organised sport, but also create long-term opportunities for children and teenagers through access to sport, mentoring and community engagement, fostering stability and reducing risks linked to social exclusion.

We will also continue to support Coolmine Therapeutic Community and Belvedere Youth Club, helping to expand Coolmine’s residential and community programmes for women and children in recovery from addiction, as well as Belvedere Youth Club early-intervention and youth development programmes in Dublin’s north inner city.

 


Coolmine offers the only mother-and-child residential treatment program in Ireland, providing a wide range of community and residential services to empower individuals and families to overcome addiction from drugs and alcohol and support long-term recovery. Mediolanum’s goal is to support Coolmine's ambitious project to create another recovery centre for mothers, children, and young children in Limerick, replicating the successful Ashleigh House model. Although the project will benefit from government contributions, philanthropy and corporate funding are essential to complete the new recovery centre.

Visit www.coolmine.ie to find out more.

 

Find out more about Coolmine

Belvedere Youth Club (BYC) serves the young people and community of Dublin’s north-east inner city. Its mission is to support the empowerment of young people through the provision of a range of programmes that respect their rights and their voices, while encouraging and supporting them as they transition from childhood to adulthood. BYC’s strategy focuses on supporting young people to develop key life skills and competencies so that they in turn can become leaders and role models in their community.

To help prevent anti-social behaviour, drug and alcohol abuse, low employment, and early school dropout in the North-East quadrant of Dublin’s Inner City, Mediolanum supports BYC in establishing an after-school homework club, Study Skills, Certified and Accredited Courses, Youth Council Leadership Programme as well as sporting and musical programs. In practice, young people come to the club after school and receive a hot meal and a variety of initiatives including afternoon study assistance, career guidance, and employability skills (such as trades and similar).

Visit www.belvedereyouthclub.ie to find out more.

Find out more about Belvedere Youth Club


Sporting Liberties is a not-for-profit organisation which has been campaigning for over a decade to address the severe lack of green and recreational space for children in Dublin’s South West Inner City (SWIC). In the SWIC and immediate surrounding area, home to 50,000 residents, including 8,500 children, there isn’t yet a single green area for organised sport. The area faces serious challenges such as drug-related crime, high suicide rates among young females, and a disproportionate number of residents in the criminal justice system.  

Simultaneously, Sporting Liberties is also working to modernise existing space, and derelict buildings within the SWIC community to allow children to participate in sport, games, physical exercise, and cultural activities.  Sporting Liberties believes that providing sports facilities is vital to improving children's quality of life and deterring them from crime. 

Find out more about Sporting Liberties