The National Lottery Good Causes Awards honour the inspiring work thousands of projects, clubs and individuals from all over Ireland do each and every day.
This year, RTÉ has teamed up with the National Lottery to showcase some of these good causes.
Like Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind Kilkenny, nominated in the 'Health and Wellbeing' category.
Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind are dedicated to helping persons who are blind or vision impaired and families of children with autism to achieve improved mobility, independence and social inclusion.
They believe we will be a richer society when we can enable all to participate and contribute across all aspects of society on their own terms.
Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind Kilkenny is among 37 national finalists for the National Lottery Good Cause Awards 2019. The awards encompass seven categories: Sport, Health & Well Being, Arts & Culture, Heritage, Community, Youth Affairs and the Irish Language.
Each category winner will receive €10,000 and the overall Good Cause of the Year will receive an additional €25,000. The winners will be announced at a Gala Awards Dinner on November 2.
Last year, more than €228 million was raised by participants of National Lottery games all over the country for good causes. This equates to about €625,000 a day. On average there are approximately 4,000 beneficiaries that receive funding each year.
For the full list of National Lottery Good Causes Awards finalists see here.
