Cairn to invest €3m in supporting Community Games initiative 

Homebuilder Cairn has announced a major investment in supporting Community Games, which helps up to 160,000 young people to develop active and healthy lives in a safe environment.

Established in 1967, Community Games is a community-driven organisation, active in over 430 towns and villages in every county.

Cairn is investing €3m into Community Games over four years, commencing this year, and is calling on six- to 16-year-olds in Cork to sign up to take part in the competition.

Integral to the Cairn investment is a joint commitment with Community Games to increase participation by 10% to 176,000 young people by 2028, enhancing diversity and inclusion, and raising awareness within new audience groups.

Cairn will become the title sponsor of Community Games, as well as commit a huge volunteering effort in various youth development programmes over the four-year period.

They will work to revive and promote the Culture Corner category to showcase and attract diverse cultures and talents, as well as implementing new categories to recognise diverse and emerging talents.

Cairn chief executive officer Michael Stanley said: “My colleagues and I look forward to working closely with the Community Games team, with the 10,000 volunteers who make the games happen, and most importantly, with the thousands of young people who participate. We will work hard to further increase and broaden participation across all activities over the coming years, so that Cairn Community Games continues to be reflective of the youth of Ireland.”

Community Games national president Gerry McGuinness, added: “We are delighted to announce this significant investment and sponsorship from Cairn which will undoubtedly take Cairn Community Games from strength to strength.

“Given Cairn’s established track record of building communities, our new partnership couldn’t be more apt. We look forward to working with Cairn to attract and engage even more participants from all backgrounds, to enjoy what the Games delivers, year after year.”