The Roscommon-based, Lough Ree Lanesborough Angling Hub has been named National Lottery Good Cause of the Year for 2021.
The County Roscommon angling hub also won the Health & Wellbeing category at the National Lottery Good Causes Awards which was broadcast virtually from the Mansion House in Dublin yesterday afternoon.
The group was honoured for their 'Access-for-All' boat which has a bow that lowers like a ferry to allow up to eight wheelchair users roll on and off unaided. Since the debut voyage in August 2020, dozens of tourists and anglers with disabilities have been able to visit the lake every week.
Due to Covid, this year's Good Causes Awards ceremony took place virtually with finalists tuning in from the comfort of their own homes.
Grainne Seoige hosted the event live from the Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin and was joined by an array of familiar faces to present each of the awards to the category winners.
The six category winners received €10,000 each, whilst the overall Good Cause of the Year, Lough Ree Lanesborough Angling Hub, received an additional €25,000.
There were over 500 applications received for the Awards and they were narrowed down to 36 finalists across the areas of Sport & Recreation, Heritage, Arts & Culture, Community, Youth and Health & Wellbeing. Seven category winners were selected and from those winners, and Lough Ree Lanesborough Angling Hub was named National Lottery Good Cause of the Year.
