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Dublin Food Coop Christmas Party 12th December
From Member Dublin Food Coop: https://dublinfood.coop/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Community-Development-Programme-Dublin-Food-Coop-ICOS.pdf INCHICORE SOCIAL CLUB 12/12/19 The Co-op Christmas party will take place on the 12th of December at the Inchicore Social Club....
Spraoi agus Sport takes home Social Enterprise Charity Impact Award!
Taken from Wheel.ie: https://www.wheel.ie/news/2019/12/2019-charity-impact-award-winners-announced A mental health charity set up by the mother of a 13-year old girl who died by suicide, a support service for pregnant women experiencing homelessness, a leading hospice...
Minister Ring announces funding of €1m for Social Enterprises with support from the Dormant Accounts Fund
Published: 9 December 2019 From: Department of Rural and Community Development Mr Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, today (Monday 9th December) announced the allocation of €1 million in funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund to 124 social...
Minister Ring announces over €725,000 in Training and Mentoring supports for Social Enterprises
From gov.ie: https://www.gov.ie/en/news/a7e505-minister-ring-announces-over-725000-in-training-and-mentoring-suppor/ Published: 10 December 2019 From: Department of Rural and Community Development Mr Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, today...
Christmas Get Together – Celebrating Social Entrepreneurs
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/christmas-get-together-celebrating-social-entrepreneurs-tickets-84244442395?aff=ebdssbdestsearch You are invited to come and celebrate the contribution that social entrepreneurs are making in our city Date And Time Tue, 17 December 2019 -...
Social Enterprise Implementation Group
The names of those on the Implementation Group have been released Andrew Forde, Principle Officer, Department of Rural and Community Development (Chair) Phyllis Kelly, Assistant Principle Officer, Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation Therese Molyneux,...
EU Day of Social Economy enterprises 2019
From our EU Representatives: Social Economy Europe Network In Strasbourg we celebrated the European Day of Social Economy Enterprises co-organised by the European Economic Social Committee, the City of Strasbourg and the Eurometropole, and the French Ministry for the...
A decisive moment for the Social Economy Intergoup
From our representative body in Europe: Social Economy Europe Network On 12 December 2019, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliamentwill vote on which intergroups will be established for this EU mandate 2019-2024. This will be a decisive moment for the...
European Commission Call for Proposals – Finance for Social Enterprises
From: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=629&langId=en&callId=578&furtherCalls=yes Calls for proposals Call for Proposals VP/2019/015 Actions to boost the development of finance markets for social enterprises Details: Organisations looking for...
Social Impact Incubator in Midleton – Applications Open Now BNest
From: BNest.ie Our ‘Business for Social Impact’ Incubator Programme is starting in Midleton, Co. Cork in January 2020 and applications are open now! Our incubator programme is designed specifically to create and develop sustainable businesses that make positive social...
Cusious about food? Festival of Curiosity Event 26th Nov
From Festival of Curiousity: https://festivalofcuriosity.ie/foodunfolded/ Interested in being part of a community to help shape a more sustainable, innovative and healthy future of food? On November 26th, Dublin will host the launch of a new European-wide community of...
ENSIE sustainable public procurement
ENSIE intends to carry out a project related to sustainable public procurement, especially reserved contracts. More precisely, the aim is to put in place a European data base that will contain reserved contracts allocated in the EU countries and which could be...
OECD Call for innovative Practices
In the framework of the OECD Local Development Forum, the OECD is looking for good practices in employment, skills, social innovation, culture/creative industries and entrepreneurship programmes! You could have a chance to present your story in Antwerp on 10-11...
Evaluation of ESF support to social inclusion
The European Commission launched an evaluation of ESF support to social inclusion. The evaluation will assess three main things: how the European Social Fund (ESF) promotes social inclusion (integrating disadvantaged people into society and ensuring fairer life...
SROI Training Belfast 11th/12th February 2020
Gauge NI, the evaluation arm of the NOW Group, is working with Social Value UK to run a 2 day Social Return on Investment Course. The course will run in Belfast on 11th/12th February 2020 and costs £600+VAT per person. To register your interest please email...
National Social Enterprise Policy Tickets Announced
From the Department of Rural and Community Development: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/national-social-enterprise-conference-2019-tickets-79352500465 Ireland's First National Social Enterprise Conference About this Event On behalf of Michael Ring T.D., Minister for Rural...
Social Enterprise Meet & Greet Mayo 15th November
The Meet & Greet event will take place: Date: Time: Location: Friday, November 15th Drop in between 10.00 and 1p.m WestPoint Enterprise Hub Ballagh Street Charlestown Co. Mayo https://goo.gl/maps/zaWNCn2N12gJWLYD7 Light refreshments will be provided. Context...
Charity Impact Awards Social Enterprise Awards Voting is Open
The Charity Impact Awards voting is now open. This award has been created to recognise and celebrate the positive impact of social enterprises in Ireland today. Social enterprises are social-mission focused organisations that engage in trading activity to achieve...
Minister Ring announces Small Capital Grants Scheme for Social Enterprises
€1 million fund will support over 100 Social Enterprises throughout the country Mr Michael Ring TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, today (Tuesday, 23 Octover) announced a €1 million Small Capital Grants Scheme for social enterprises throughout Ireland....
Info Evening Small Capital Grants Scheme
Small Capital Grants Scheme was recently announced under the National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland 2018-2022 and is now open for applications from social enterprises. The scheme will provide grants of between €2,000 and €15,000 for equipment, repairs or...
Designer Dublin Christmas Market
Plato and Dublin City LEO are organising their annual two-day Christmas Market on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st December 2019 in the Bank of Ireland Forecourt, College Green, Dublin 2 (opposite Trinity College). All items on sale will be Irish Handcrafted ranging...