Press Release for Media
Little Blue Heroes Foundation was established in April 2017 and is a not for profit registered charity. It is a voluntary led charity with one person from the community to operate the day to day running's of the charity. It is supported by An Garda Síochána and the Garda Commissioner. The charity receives no state funding and relies heavily on community support to enable it to provide its services to families in need.
The charity’s two main aims are providing financial support to families directly or indirectly through many of our programmes. It’s second aim is granting the wish of the children we support to become Honorary Gardaí within An Garda Síochána. The children are issued their own Garda uniform and are welcomed into the force by their local Gardai. To date the charity have assisted 760 families and have 408 Honorary Gardai across the country. Little Blue Heroes Foundation have give out over €1,000,000 in aid to families over the last six years. (Press Release Date 7th July 2023)
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