Brendan Kavanagh
Director
Educational Equity And Trust
Building stronger school futures through accountable community investment.
Saint Peters Schools And Mrs. Wrays Schools. directs funding, governance support, and practical school partnerships toward children and families who benefit most from stable, well-led learning environments.
Mission delivery focused on safeguarding, measurable educational progress, and transparent stewardship in Dublin.
Board Leadership
Stewardship from education, governance, and community finance leaders.
The board combines school operations oversight with fundraising, safeguarding, and local partnership experience to keep decisions practical and auditable.
Siobhan Doyle
Board Chair
Patrick Egan
Finance Trustee
Aisling Byrne
Safeguarding Lead
Declan Murphy
Education Adviser
Niamh O'Connell
Community Partnerships Trustee
Programs
Focused interventions that help schools stay stable, inclusive, and measurable.
Flexible support for uniforms, transport, learning materials, and attendance barriers so pupils can remain engaged throughout the school year.
In 2025, the fund prioritised early interventions for families at risk of mid-term absenteeism and coordinated referrals with school administrators.
Joint procurement and donor-backed classroom packs reduce pressure on teacher budgets and improve consistency across literacy and numeracy delivery.
Each resource cycle is approved against school plans, with procurement logs reviewed by the board finance committee.
Community referrals, meal assistance, and parent support sessions help schools respond to pressure points that affect readiness to learn.
The programme is delivered with clear safeguarding escalation pathways and documented outcomes for each participating school.
Trustees and advisers work with school leadership teams on compliance calendars, risk review, and practical board reporting standards.
This strengthens continuity between funding decisions, operational delivery, and the evidence needed for donors and regulators.
Annual Impact Report
2025 report: stronger attendance, faster family support, tighter financial controls.
The latest annual report consolidates programme outcomes, audited budget lines, board attendance, and school-level case evidence into one board-approved record for partners and donors.
Governance Policies
Core controls that define how the organisation operates.
Policy 01
Safeguarding And Child Protection
Escalation routes, reporting timelines, and designated roles for school-linked activities.
Policy 02
Financial Controls And Procurement
Approval thresholds, procurement logs, and budget variance review for every funded programme.
Policy 03
Board Conduct And Conflicts Register
Disclosure standards, attendance expectations, and annual declarations for trustees and advisers.
Policy 04
Grant-Making And Monitoring
Eligibility tests, milestone reporting, and outcome review for school and community partners.
Financial Dashboard
Budget allocation prioritises direct student support and stable programme delivery.
Funding is tracked across programme categories with quarterly board review. Restricted and unrestricted income are matched against approved operating lines before release.
Student and family support
44%
Teacher resources and school partnerships
32%
Monitoring, governance, and compliance
18%
Fundraising and administration
6%
Case Study Spotlight
A three-month intervention helped one school reverse chronic attendance decline.
After a leadership referral highlighted repeated absence and unmet material needs, the organisation coordinated a targeted package combining family support, transport funding, and school-side monitoring.
01
Identify the barrier
Staff documented attendance patterns and escalated concerns through the approved safeguarding and support pathway.
02
Coordinate the response
Transport assistance, meal support, and home-school liaison were activated within one board-approved microgrant cycle.
03
Measure the outcome
Attendance returned to above 90 percent, and the school adopted the intervention template for future early-warning cases.
Case evidence is anonymised and reviewed under the organisation’s safeguarding and data governance procedures.
Stakeholder Testimonials
Partners, donors, and beneficiaries describe the value of consistent follow-through.
The board asks the right questions. Funding arrives with clear milestones, and the reporting burden stays proportionate to the work on the ground.
School Partner Principal
We can see where each euro goes, when it was approved, and what changed as a result. That level of transparency is rare.
Institutional Donor Representative
Support came quickly, but it also came with respect. The school and the charity stayed in contact until things were stable again.
Family Support Beneficiary
Upcoming Board Meetings And Events
Scheduled governance reviews, donor briefings, and school-community sessions.
9 May 2026
Quarterly Board Meeting
Review of Q1 programme delivery, conflict register updates, and board attendance record.
28 May 2026
School Partner Roundtable
School leaders and community partners review operational barriers ahead of the 2026 to 2027 planning cycle.
19 June 2026
Donor Accountability Briefing
Mid-year dashboard presentation with procurement updates, case study evidence, and open financial questions.
3 September 2026
Grant Applications Window Opens
Schools and aligned community organisations may submit proposals for targeted learning support and wellbeing projects.
Donor Transparency
Impact per euro is explained in practical, reviewable terms.
Every donor contribution is coded to a delivery area, reconciled through board oversight, and linked to outcome notes that can be reviewed alongside the annual report.
Review FinancialsProvides classroom supplies or transport support that removes an immediate attendance barrier.
Backs a targeted family support intervention coordinated with school staff and safeguarding processes.
Helps fund a school resource pack or a tightly monitored microgrant for urgent programme delivery.
Take Action
Choose the route that matches how you want to support accountable school impact.
Whether you want to donate, partner, inspect the numbers, or apply for grant support, the organisation keeps each pathway direct and documented.