Community & Social Enterprise

Volunteer Now Launches New Campaign To Celebrate And Inspire A New Wave Of Volunteers Ahead Of Volunteers’ Week 2023

With just under two months to go until Volunteers’ Week 2023, taking place 1-7 June, Volunteer Now is calling on communities and businesses to give volunteering a go and be the change that we want to see as it gears up for this year’s Volunteer’s Week festivities. Now in its 39th year, Volunteers’ Week is an […]

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Final Call For Ambitious Start-Ups To Get Investor Ready With €300,000 Seedcorn Competition

New start and early stage businesses across the island of Ireland have been encouraged to enter the InterTradeIreland Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition, with a chance to win a share of the €300,000 prize fund. While the competition gives innovative start-ups the opportunity to bag the top prize of €100,000, entrants can benefit from expert feedback

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11 Winning Northern Ireland Businesses Go Forward To The National UK FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2023 Finals

World renowned engineering firm, leading communication/tech services and an artist from the Mournes are all winners at the FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards, Northern Ireland – showcasing 2023’s most inspiring small businesses Newtownabbey company InspecVision Ltd, the creators of a range of precision inspection machines for industrial applications, is one of the businesses that has been

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OCN To Award £85k In Grants To Support NI Learners

Open College Network NI (OCN NI) plans to award a share of £85K to education, voluntary and charitable training providers locally via their Centre Learning Grants Programme, now in its second year. The Centre Learning Grants Programme, with a closing date for applications of Friday 12th May 2023, was created by the OCN NI Board of Trustees to help fulfil its

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Asda Dundonald Colleagues Score Fundraising ‘Goal’ For Children’s Cancer Charity

Asda colleagues from the Dundonald store swapped the sanctuary of the shop floor for the frenzy of the football pitch in support of the Cancer Fund for Children. They were one of eight Asda stores which joined forces for a football tournament that raised £5,600 for the Cancer Fund for Children, a charity that helps

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NI Homebuilder Renews Charity Partnership With Iconic Country Music Star That Will See It Deliver 70,000 Free Books To 2,000 Children Here Over The Next Three Years, Urging Other Businesses To Do The Same

Hagan Homes has chosen to support Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library again, doubling its investment to £150,000 and bringing the total number of books it will have delivered to children here to over 100,000 over six years Hagan Homes, the Ballyclare-based homebuilder, is committing to supporting the literacy needs of young children here by renewing its partnership

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Food And Drink SMEs Benefit From Sustainability And Innovation Seminar

The Atlantic Area Healthy Food Ecosystem, an EU funded food and drink programme for SMEs, is hosting its final project event in Galway this week. Since June 2018 the project has collaborated across the sector to improve the overall competitiveness and growth of SMEs in the value chain of healthy food & lifestyles. Represented locally

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Carrickfergus Enterprise Celebrates 40TH Anniversary

  Carrickfergus Enterprise recently hosted a celebration dinner to mark its 40th anniversary. Held in Carrickfergus recently, the event saw the organisation mark four decades of supporting local entrepreneurs to establish, expand and accelerate their growth of their businesses.   Carrickfergus Enterprise was established in 1981 to address mass job losses in the local area,

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