The IGA Charity Auction at Gaelcon each year is a major highlight and focus of the event. Running since the late 90s, this auction has raised 100s of thousands of euro for children’s charities and was a part of the reason for the Diana Jones Award committee 2006 annual award for Excellence in Gaming was given to Irish Game Convention Charity Auctions. The auction runs on Sunday night and features a range of rare, collectable, used and unusable gaming related items donated from around the world.

We are delighted to announce that our Charity Partners for the IGA Charity Auction in 2024 are Autism Assistance Dogs and BeLongTo.

This year IGA pledge to donate 60% of the money raised in this year’s auction to Autism Assistance Dogs and 40% to  BeLongTo, up to a total of €15,000 combined. Anything raised above €15,000 will be kept in a fund for any charities that might be approved during the year that could benefit from emergency funds.

If you would like to nominate a charity to the IGA please email charity@iga.ie with the name of the charity, outlining what they do and the reasons for nominating the charity. Any nominations will be brought to the IGA Executive Committee for discussion and then to the general IGA membership for further discussion and final approval

Appropriate charities shall be those deemed to improve the quality of life for disabled, ill or disadvantaged children.

This year the IGA Charity Auction will be held on Sunday, 27th October 2024 and will be hosted by Brian Nisbet
If you would like to donate a lot to the auction please email Zoe Thompson, IGA Charity Officer at charity@iga.ie