FAQs

1. What is the SCOOP Foundation?

The SCOOP is a new and innovative Irish charity that wants to raise funds to support schools in the regions around the world that need it most. We also want to open the volunteering experience to everybody.

2. Is the SCOOP a registered charity?

The SCOOP Foundation is a registered charity in Ireland, CHY Number 18767

3. Who are the people behind the SCOOP Foundation?

We’re a motley bunch, see what we're all about on our contact page. Basically we're just the usual heads about town, who are lucky and privileged enough to have been able to set up such an organisation.

4. What does the SCOOP Foundation do?

We support and fund specific projects that all have the education (in all it's forms) of impoverished children at heart, where we and our supporters can really get involved and see the results of their labour and support.

5. Why do you focus on education?

According to the Save the Children Website (www.savethechildren.org), a child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely to survive past the age of five. Education is the key to creating different paths and opportunities for yourself in life. Also a school can serve as the centre of a community, creating a safe and caring environment for young people and their families.


6. What is the status of the SCOOP Foundation – a Charity? Partnership? Voluntary organisation?

We are a limited company without any share capital. In other words no body owns the SCOOP, although there are 4 Directors that are legally (and gladly) responsible. We operate with a Board of Directors who keep a watchful eye over activities and make the major decisions for the organisation. Below that we have an Executive Committee, and this is the real hands-on group! There is not one person in paid employment in the SCOOP, and it is an entirely voluntary organisation, though highly rewarding all the same!


7. How are you funded?

The SCOOP Foundation is run by volunteers, and is 100% funded by you! All monies raised from our events go straight to our projects. There are very little overheads, as we all work from home or from our offices of work (but don't tell our bosses!); there are no salaries and there are very little running costs: we have mastered the art of cutting corners and are lucky to know so many talented people, kind folk and generous businesses in Ireland that are always willing to help.

8. What plans have you to extend to other countries?

At present, we are concentrating on our projects in Ireland, India, Cambodia and Uganda. We have a great opportunity to create strong, long lasting links with these organisations/schools and we feel our resources and energy are better utilised if concentrated on what we have going. But the future holds no limits for us, and with your participation anything is possible!

9. I would love to volunteer to help out but do I have the right skills?

We believe that anybody and everybody can get involved and become the change that these children need. Ask yourself what can I do to make their lives that little bit better, or what can I do to help the SCOOP in it's efforts. See you've already answered it!

Please go to our contact page to meet us and we can take it from there!

10. Why the SCOOP foundation? What’s different about you?

I guess what's different about us is our belief in including anyone and everyone and our want to raise funds for the children we support by having a good time. Our events are vital to what we do. We combine the arts and music to create awareness to the schools we support, to gain supporters and to raise much needed funds.

We also see the potential in everyone to make a difference; they may not of had the chance to get involved with other organisations in this country before. We want to be an organisation for the people and by the people, not an organisation that over-pays directors or wastes funds unnecessarily on things like manipulative advertising or wasteful pamphlets that no-one reads etc. We believe it's time for a new form of charity in Ireland, and that most charities in Ireland are indeed businesses and operate for profit.

If you have any other question you would like answered, please get in touch.