Viridian makes a powerful donation Viridian Group has made an exceptional donation of £30,000 to the Society of St Vincent de Paul and the Salvation Army. The one-off donation on behalf of Viridian Shareholders will be used to fund the charities' work with disadvantaged and vulnerable people throughout Northern Ireland. click to enlarge  | Viridian Chief Executive Patrick Haren lends Reg Administrator Aileen Coney a hand dressing the window of 'Vincents Boutique' on Belfast's Antrim Road |
Thanking the Viridian Group, SVP Regional Administrator Aileen Coney said: "This money will be used to provide practical help and improve the quality of life of those disadvantaged and left vulnerable through poverty throughout Northern Ireland.
This very welcome donation will assist the Society in fulfilling our aim to offer friendship, support and practical help, on a person to person basis, to everyone who is in need regardless of race, colour, creed, class or group in the community to which they belong". | Patrick Haren, Chief Executive of Viridian, the Belfast group that owns energy businesses N.I.E., Energia and Powerteam, made the donation as he visited some of the our facilities in North Belfast.
Meeting St Vincent de Paul workers Mr Haren said:
"Viridian Group is very committed to this economy and the local community. We all aspire to a society in which nobody feels excluded from the benefits of development and economic growth".
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Maj David Jackson with Patrick Haren and a young resident at Salvation Army family care facility |
"The St Vincent de Paul and Salvation Army do some tremendous work with disadvantaged and vulnerable in the community and that is something that Viridian is privileged to support". "We thank the Viridian Group for this very generous contribution to our funds and their obvious commitment to playing a part in the development and support of those in need in Northern Ireland". Aileen Coney |
