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Future/Island 2019
From our friends at Festival of Curiosity festivalofcuriosity.ie Future/Island 2019 Wednesday, July 17th, 2019 O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin Explore the future of work, learning, and play. Take a deep dive into the skills of...
Dublin 8 loses a Social Enterprise Warrior: Richard Taplin R.I.P.
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Richard Taplin. Richard was a friendly and enthusiastic face in the social enterprise space. He was involved in the Bridgefoot Community Project, the Men's Sheds programmes and some incredible initiatives around his home...
An Cosan VCC Monthly Social Enterprise Webinar Series
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/an-cosan-vcc-online-series-exploring-opportunities-for-social-enterprise-tein-eigen-the-need-fire-tickets-63653278670?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=strongmail&utm-term=listing...
Calling all Women Social Entrepreneurs – Empow’Her
Dear all, Empow'Her, an international NGO promoting women's empowerment through entrepreneurship worldwide, is currently exploring the topic of women in social entrepreneurship in Europe. In 2017, we launched the Women'Act program in France and we have since been...
ISEN Joins EU Partners in #Socent4EU Campaign
25 national networks for social enterprise proudly launch a joint political statement. Social enterprises, which trade for a social or environmental purpose, offer a business model to help achieve our shared objective for more equitable and sustainable...
West Cork Social Enterprise Fest
From our colleagues at BNest.ie As you might know, over the past 4 months BNest was involved in running Social Enterprise Incubator Programme in Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen. We are now proud to invite you to invite you to a showcase event, where you'll get a chance to...
Cork Voices Grants up for Grabs!
Cork City Council and the Atlantic Social Lab project been working with the PPN on an interesting Participatory Grant-making project – ‘Cork Voices’. The leaflet is attached. The idea is that community based organisations nominate their projects, and shortlisted...
Dublin City Social Enterprise Awards: Deadline Extended 31st May
Find out more: http://innercityenterprise.com/2019-dublin-city-social-enterprise-awards-open-call-for-applications/ The Awards The Dublin City Social Enterprise Awards was established by Inner City Enterprise (ICE) and Dublin City Council with the support of the Local...
Draft ISEN Response to Social Enterprise Policy
The Irish Social Enterprise Network has developed a draft response based on the feedback from our members and social enterprises in our network. You can find out more information on our dedicated page:...
Sustainable Development Goals Workshop 15th May
FM thematic workshop May 2019Download Funding Master and Airfield Estate will run a thematic, idea-generation workshop on 15th May from 2.00 pm. The subject will be Sustainable Development Goals, environment and circular economy projects capable of development and...
Social Enterprise Policy 2019-2022
The Department of Rural and Community Development have released a consultation on social enterprise policy for Ireland for the period 2019-2022....
Minister Ring launches Public Consultation on the National Social Enterprise Policy.
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 Mr Michael Ring, TD, Minister for Rural and Community Development, today announced the publication of a draft National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland for public consultation, seeking the views of stakeholders and the public to inform...
Revitalising Rural Ireland May 13th Dunhill Ecopark
From Dunhill Ecopark: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/citizens-dialogue-revitalising-rural-ireland-empowering-communities-through-social-enterprise-tickets-59181165459 Citizens’ Dialogue: Revitalising Rural Ireland - Empowering Communities through Social Enterprise...
Moving Towards a World Without Waste: Apply for the Green Alley Award 2019
From our friends at Green Alley Awards Is turning waste into a resource at the centre of your business model? Great! Here comes your chance to take your sustainable business idea to the next level. The Green Alley Award invites young companies to showcase their...
The ASL project in Cork held its second “Ask & Advise Evening” for Social Enterprises in the Glandore Workspace on Lapps Quay in Cork on the 19th of March 2019
From our partners in Atlantic Social Lab project Cork: http://www.atlanticsociallab.eu/asl-project-cork-held-its-second-ask-advise-evening-social-enterprises-glandore-workspace-lapps Facilitated by Chris Gordon from the Irish Social Enterprise Network, the event...
Social Enterprise Mark CIC Conference
The Social Enterprise Mark CIC Conference is being hosted by Aston University in Birmingham on 19th & 20th June. The conference will challenge participants to think about if growth is always a good thing. With the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer, the...
EU Commission Social Innovation Tournament Deadline 7th March
The Social Innovation Tournament recognises and supports the best European social entrepreneurs. It is organised in a different country every year to reward and sponsor European entrepreneurs whose primary purpose is to generate a social, ethical or environmental...
Entrepreneurship Challenge 2019
Entrepreneurship Challenge 2019 is a collaboration between Technological University Dublin, Dublin City Council and Local Enterprise Office – Dublin City which matches micro / small-medium enterprises and social enterprises in Dublin with teams of Final Year or...