Teen project facilitated by donation to introduce suicide awareness programme

An education centre for marginalised teenagers will introduce a suicide awareness programme after securing a major philanthropic donation.

The Cork Foundation announced it is donating €120,000 over the next three years to the Cork Life Centre, which helps early school-leavers complete second-level education.

The donation, possible thanks to an anonymous gift from a businessman, will fund two counsellors and a teacher, who will join the two full-time staff and 70 volunteers at the Sunday’s Well voluntary organisation.