Legal
Loughrea Family and Community Resource Centre is a company limited by guarantee and is registered with the Companies Office as Loughrea Family Resource Centre Limited. Accounts are submitted annually to the Companies Registration Office (CRO) and the Company number is 411098
Charitable status
Loughrea Family and Community Resource Centre has full charitable status. The charity number is 17674
Board of Management
Current members are:
- Chairperson – Sylvia Lowry
- Company Secretary – Michael Stapleton
- Breda Kearns
- Martin McDonnell
- Ina Broe
- Mary Burns
- Agata Niedzialek-Ukaga
- Tom Walsh
Staffing
- Co-ordinator – Maria Coyne Twomey
- Administrators – Liz Moroney / Niamh Morris
- Community Based Family Support Worker
Centre Facilities
- Meeting rooms available for rent on a sliding scale – includes tea/coffee and WIFI. (free of charge to non-funded groups).
- Dedicated counselling room available.
- Space available to national or regional organisations who wish to provide an outreach service in Loughrea.
- Babychanging facilities.
- A large range of books (fiction, reference, biography, children) available to swap, borrow or buy.
- Desktop computer with internet access available to the public – must be booked in advance.
Funders
- Loughrea Family and Community Resource Centre is funded as part of the Family and Community Services Resource Centre Programme under Tusla Child and Family Agency
- Our affordable Counselling Service is part-funded through the Family Support Agency with the shortfall being made up through community donations and fundraising initiatives
- Other smaller and initiative based funding is received from the following sources: Galway Co. Council, Galway Rural Development Company Ltd., Western Regional Drugs Task Force and various other funding sources depending on initiative.



