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Why Your Support Matters
Every contribution to The Shona Project helps create spaces, programmes and resources that support girls’ confidence, wellbeing and sense of belonging. However you choose to support us, you are helping build a future where girls feel more equipped, more connected and more sure of their place in the world.
Girls are facing growing pressure in every part of life, including online, in school, in their friendships, in how they see themselves and in how they imagine their futures. The Shona Project exists to respond to that reality with honesty, care and practical support.
Our work is shaped by research, real conversations and a commitment to measurable impact. We create resources that help girls navigate the issues affecting their wellbeing while also giving teachers, parents and youth workers tools to support them more effectively.
When you support The Shona Project, you are helping turn belief into action.
Ways To Support
Join our 500X500 Community
500x500 is a community of women bound by purpose, generosity, and the unwavering belief that the world can be better for the next generation of girls.
Become a Corporate Partner
We partner with businesses and brands to co-design and deliver education programmes and community initiatives with measurable outcomes and impact.
Make a Donation
Support our work with a one-off or regular donation and help us continue creating meaningful impact for girls across Ireland.
Words from Faith, a Shona Senior Ambassador.
Your support helps The Shona Project create the kind of thoughtful, relevant work that girls can actually see themselves in, from live experiences to digital platforms, school-facing resources and campaigns that open up real conversations.
Our approach is designed to help girls build confidence, resilience and belonging, while creating tools that adults can use to guide and support them too. That layered impact is part of what makes the work powerful.
What Your Support Helps Us Do
Supporting The Shona Project means investing in confidence, community and the kind of future every girl deserves. However you choose to give, your support helps make that future more possible.
Be Part Of What Girls Need Next
Sign Up To Our Newsletter
If you believe in the power of The Shona Project, the work that we do, and the impact we create, we would love to have your support so we can continue to grow and create lasting change.
In order to spread the story of Shona and the amazing work that we do, we have started a monthly newsletter. This newsletter will share highlights and achievements, but will also feature stories and articles and other news that will interest girls, parents, teachers and professionals. We will include our recommendations for books, music, podcasts, TV shows, movies, self-care items, and everything in between.
The newsletter is our way to create a movement in Ireland of people who support the girls who we hope will grow to become leaders and changemakers. Our community will also be invited to monthly events, where we will hear from amazing and inspiring women who we hugely admire, all with inspirational stories to share.
40,000+
girls through workshops
Our Reach to Date
60,000+
girls through our annual SHINE Festival event
125,000+
with our Shona handbook for girls
300,000
impressions per month through our website and socials
P.S. Did you know about the CharitableTax Donation Scheme?
If a person donates €250 or more during the year, we would be able to claim a tax refund on the donation. The Charitable Donation Scheme allows The Shona Project to reclaim up to 44.9% in tax from the donation.
This means that an original donation amount of €499 can ultimately be worth €723 with a tax refund €224 (44.9%).
If you wish, you can authorise The Shona Project to claim tax back on your donations for the current tax year and the next 4 years or alternatively you can choose one of the previous four years. This helps us financially and reduces administrative time, allowing us to focus on supporting the next generation of girls in Ireland. Please note that this does not in any way commit you to future donations, but ensures we can claim back on them if you choose to donate again.
Download the Enduring Certificate (formerly CHY3): HERE
Download the Annual Certificate (formerly CHY4): HERE
Find out more about the charitable tax donation scheme:
Revenue.ie: Click Here to See More
Charitytaxback.ie: Click Here to See More
“A few weeks ago, I was going through such a hard time with my mental health and was feeling really unmotivated. My counsellor gave me your survival handbook and I have read every page of it. It made me feel a lot better and I related to everything in that book. So from the bottom of my heart. Thank you.“
– Student Testimonial
“The topics of the talks were very inspirational and moving. I had goosebumps listening to such strong and powerful women who were speaking about their lives in such an inspirational manner.”
- Teacher Testimonial
We also welcome enquiries from businesses who would like to sponsor a workshop, event or project in their area.
For further information, please email info@shona.ie