Aviva held its Broker Community Fund awards at an event in Aviva Stadium in early December. This celebration saw causes that our brokers care about receiving a total of 32 donations ranging from the minimum award of €1,000 up to the maximum of €20,000 awarded to the winning charities or community organisations.
To ensure this year awards could be hosted safely for the benefit of all participants and to allow more brokers and charity staff to attend, the event was hosted in a hybrid format. This allowed for some of our shortlisted charities, community organisations and brokers to attend and present in person, and other to present and attend the event online. The largest donation of €20,000 for the winner of the Charity category was awarded to Ballyowen Meadows special school, based in Loughlinstown, Dublin, for its project to develop a sensory garden for the children at their school. The school was nominated by Stephen Norris of Financial Planning Matters. The full list of winners in the Charity category were as follows:
Charity | Nominating Brokerage | Broker | Donation |
Ballyowen Meadows Special School | Financial Planning Matters Ltd | Stephen Norris | € 20,000 |
Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Ireland | Pembroke Insurances | Alan Guilfoyle | € 5,000 |
Oesophageal Cancer Fund ( OCF) | Arachas Corporate Brokers | Brona Wright | € 5,000 |
Limerick Suicide Watch | Cullen Insurances | Billy Leahy | € 5,000 |
SOSAD Ireland | Alliance Insurance Broker | Valerie Deasy | € 5,000 |
Three donations, each to the value of €10,000, were awarded to the three winners of the Community organisations category: Oughterard AFC nominated by Iain Kilbane of Q Financial Advisors, Camross Parish Development nominated by David Peavoy of Peavoy Financial Planning and Happy Trails Therapeutic Riding School nominated by Siobhan Briscoe of Travers Insurance. The full list of winners in the Community Organisation category were as follows:
Community Organisation Table
Community Organisation | Nominating Brokerage | Broker | Donation |
Happy Trails Therapeutic Riding School | Travers & Co. Insurances Limited | Siobhán Briscoe | € 10,000 |
Camross Parish Development Association | Peavoy Financial Planning Limited | David Peavoy | € 10,000 |
Oughterard AFC | Q Financial Services Ltd. | Iain Kilbane | € 10,000 |
Mullahoran GFC Community Centre and GAA facilities | John Brady Insurances Ltd | Ciaran Brady | € 5,000 |
Kill Community Alert | Key Financials | Jacqueline McQuillan | € 5,000 |
To align with our support for Climate Action and Diversity and Inclusion, Aviva introduced two new special awards for projects that support action in these areas. Bernard Jackman, the former Irish international rugby player and current commentator who has sat on the judging panel of the Broker Community Fund for the last three years, was on hand to present these awards. Vision Sports Ireland, nominated by Barry Ennis of Eppione Brokers, took home €10,000 for the diversity and inclusion award and Limerick Civic Trust, nominated by Martin Kelly of Cullen Insurances took home €10,000 for the Climate Action award.
Following the award presentations, 20 additional entries from the charities or community organisations were drawn out from a list of commended nominations and will each be awarded a donation of €1,000. See full list below.
We would like to once again thank everyone who entered this year’s Aviva Broker Community Fund. It is uplifting to see all the incredible work that local charities and community organisations are engaged with for the benefit of their communities. Once again, the real challenge for the judging panel was to make their selections from so many worthy causes. These awards represent an integral part of our community giving and we are really grateful to the broker community for getting behind these awards in such numbers and taking the time to send in your nominations. We hope that the awards given will go some way to supporting local charities and community organisations achieve their goals
With 135 nominations submitted into this year’s Aviva Broker Community Fund, we would like to again thank all the brokers who nominated great causes and congratulations to all those who were awarded donations from this year’s fund.
20 donations of €1,000 pulled from a draw were awarded to the following:
Charity / Community Organisation | Nominating Brokerage | Broker | Location |
Caherlistrane GAA & LGFA | Carey Financial Solutions | Michael Judge | Co. Galway |
Cliona’s Foundation | Metis Ireland | Carl Widger | Limerick |
Crann Centre CLG | Provest Pension Consultants | Mark O Sullivan | Cork |
The Cavan Centre Ltd | O’Leary Insurances (Dublin) Ltd | Aidan Waters | Dublin |
Scoil Nais Caitriona | Aon | Andrew Mitchell | Dublin |
Four Masters GAA Club | McSharry Foley Ltd t/a whoops.ie | Tania McGroarty | Sligo |
Sligo Cancer Support Centre Ltd | Hastings Insurance Brokers | Neil Carew | Sligo |
New Ross Town FC | Creane & Creane | Sinead Gaffney | Enniscorthy |
Amen Support Services CLG T/A Men’s Aid Ireland | Robert Blythman & Associates Ltd | Hilary Blythman | Dublin |
Galwegian Rugby Football Club | O’Learys Insurances ( Galway ) Ltd | Michael Tarpey | Galway |
Mallow RFC | Barry-John Ryan Financial Planning | Barry-John Ryan | Co. Cork |
ACT for Meningitis | Hennelly Finance | Sandra Clancy | Galway |
CLG Daingean Ui Chuis | Seán O’Sullivan & Co | Seán O’Sullivan | Co. Kerry |
Amber Womens Refuge | Cleere Life & Pensions | Gearoid Cleere | Kilkenny |
Raheny G.A.A Club | Citywide Financial Solutions | Helen Connor O’Neill | Dublin |
Nenagh Eire Og Hurling & Football Club | Quinlan Financial Services | Hugh Maloney | Co. Tipperary |
Galway SPCA | Fahey Financial Solutions | Aisling Griffin | Co. Galway |
Cian’s Kennels | Flynn & Lynch | Enda Flynn | Co. Longford |
Sligo Rugby Football Club | Flanagan Ford Ltd | Kenneth O’Neill | Sligo |
ST Josephs Foundation | McCarthy Insurance Group | Keith Kavanagh | Co. Cork |