Simon Cumbers Media Fund

07/04/2022

The death has been announced of Deputy Foreign Editor at The Irish Times, David McKechnie. David was a former Fund recipient who reported on peacebuilding in Colombia. He was a guest speaker at journalist briefings and endorsed many applicants to the Fund.

Distinguished journalist David McKechnie much loved by family, friends and colleagues

27/01/2021

Prior to the pandemic, Fund recipient Tom Farrell was supported to visit Sri Lanka to examine the legacy of that country's civil war, meeting with fighters who went through the government's rehabilitation programme.

Over a decade after the civil war ended, the country is still dealing with its consequences

04/11/2020

Tomorrow at 9pm on BBC Two, journalist Frank Gardner, who survived the 2004 gun attack in Saudi Arabia which claimed the life of Simon Cumbers, explores what it is like to suddenly become disabled, meeting others with life-changing injuries:

BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner explores what it is like to become disabled.

06/07/2020

Fund recipient, Bairbre Flood travelled to the Greek island of Lesvos to explore its struggle to cope with thousands of refugees that have arrived there in the last number of years.

Read a blog post from Bairbre below. https://simoncumbersmediafund.ie/against-the-wire-lockdown-in-lesvos-a-blog/

27/04/2020

Fund recipient, Victoria White reports on an initiative to have a 'wall' of trees span the continent of Africa, to stop desertification accelerated by climate change.

"Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’ of trees struggles to take root" https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/africa-s-great-green-wall-of-trees-struggles-to-take-root-1.4227810 #.XqahZvY1Sv8.twitter via

15/04/2020

NOTICE: Due to the evolving situation relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening of the summer 2020 round has been postponed. The situation will be kept under review, and while a date has not yet been set for the next funding round, we hope to share details in due course. More: bit.ly/2VwUHea

25/03/2020

Fund recipient, Victoria White, reporting from Senegal on the progress of The Great Green Wall, an initiative to have a 'wall' of trees spanning the continent of Africa, to stop desertification accelerated by climate change, blogs about her experience: bit.ly/2xrOWWE.

23/03/2020

REMINDER: the deadline for receipt of applications to the Student Scheme is tonight. Ensure you have read the funding guidelines and have included all supporting documents. Full details of all applicant requirements and application FAQs are available here: simoncumbersmediafund.ie/student-scheme/

20/03/2020

REMINDER: The deadline for applications to the Student Scheme is Monday, 23rd March. Ensure that you have read the guidelines and have correctly completed all supporting documents. Visit the 'Resources' section of the website to help with your proposal: simoncumbersmediafund.ie.

18/03/2020

Are you a third-level student with an interest in development issues and an ambition to work in media? Apply to the Student Scheme of the Fund today, and be in with a chance to travel to the developing world, report on contemporary life there for a national media outlet and receive mentoring from an experienced journalist. The closing date for submissions is Monday, 23rd March 2020. For more information and to apply, click: bit.ly/33tTvfq.

13/03/2020

Given the uncertainty regarding international travel caused by the COVID-19 virus, the Simon Cumbers Media Fund is extending the completion date for projects awarded funding under this year’s Student Scheme to June 2021. More: https://simoncumbersmediafund.ie/update-for-student-scheme-applicants-in-respect-of-covid-19/

12/03/2020

The Fund has published guidance for recipients in respect of travel and COVID-19. General considerations, guidance for Fund recipients who have not yet booked travel, and guidance for those who have booked travel are available on the website.