Charity
We charge a exhibitors a token amount of €25 to cover costs involved in organising Peoples Photography and to discourage people from reserving slots with no serious intention of showing up on the day. As Peoples Photography has become more successful with each passing year we have collected more money than we spend.
In 2009 we decided to make a charitable donation with money left over from this and previous exhibitions. Two charities were chosen at one of our organising meetings, National Council for the Blind of Ireland and Dublin Simon Community which we felt most closely suited the theme of the Peoples Photography Exhibition.
NCBI was an obvious choice for Peoples Photography since sight is an important feature of every photographers work. Without sight those of us taking part in Peoples Photography would not be able to create our photographs or enjoy the photographic work of others. NCBI work to enable people who are blind or vision impaired to overcome the barriers that impede their independence and participation in society and we are glad to help them.
Dublin Simon Community was also chosen since the exhibition takes place on the streets around St Stephens Green, streets on which many homeless people seek shelter every night. Dublin Simon Community aims to address the underlying causes of homelessness and support people in moving from the chaos of sleeping rough back to regaining their independence.
We are delighted to support both these great charities and we thank all those taking part for helping to make this possible. We have attached a copy of the receipts from Dublin Simon Community and NCBI, click on the image below for a larger copy.
We plan to make another charitable donation in 2010, more details will follow.
