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Start Your Own Business | Supporting Female Entrepreneurship | Social Enterprise | Ring of Cork
New Ring of Cork Heritage Trail Map Pad
The new Ring of Cork Heritage Trail Map Pad promotes the regions heritage. The ROC heritage trail is an A3 map that highlights and connects 36 heritage attractions from as far west as Ballincollig and east to Youghal. The front of the map highlights 12 of the key attractions.
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Active Connections, Killeagh, Co. Cork
Active Connections is an award winning social enterprise run by Ray Burke since June 2015.
Active Connections CLG uses activity based therapies to support young people experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties.
Field of Dreams, Bishopstown, Cork
Down Syndrome Cork (DS Cork) has been providing social care services in a variety of forms for the past nine years. In autumn 2017, DS Cork launched the Field of Dreams project a living, horticultural based training facility and social space for Adults with DS on a three acre plot of land.
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Cumas Female Entrepreneurship Programme
SECAD led Cumas (‘ability’) programme, a free training course funded by the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) to support female entrepreneurship in 2017.
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MT Reconnect – Maria Treacy
Maria Treacy is passionate about empowering people and connecting people with business to achieve success.
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Lee Valley Taste Trails -Dorothy O’ Tuama
Dorothy O’Tuama established the Lee Valley Taste Trails in 2016 to offer bespoke small group tours to food and craft beer producers and culture and heritage sites of the Lee Valley in South West Cork.
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Integreat Ltd – Gerry O’ Connor
Gerry O’Connor participated in SECAD’s ‘Start your own business’ course. Gerry came to SECAD with qualifications in interior joinery and extensive experience after a career starting out as an apprentice Joiner..
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Grow to Play- Shelly O’ Donovan
Shelley O’ Donovan had the seed of a business idea ignited from past experience in the education field and further study in play therapy when she was recommended to get in touch with SECAD by a colleague.
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Eyelina – Alina Cugunova
Alina Cugunova attended SECAD’s ‘Start your own business’ course in 2012. Alina is the founder of the Eyelina, an eyebrow and eyelash clinic based in Cork city.
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Moloney’s Cottage – Eoin O’Callaghan
Moloney’s Cottage is a small-scale market garden producing fresh, seasonal vegetables in Carrigaline, Co. Cork.
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NEWS & EVENTS
€300,000 FUNDING AWARDED TO FOOD PRODUCERS IN CORK
A number of food producers in West and South Cork have benefited from a LEADER initiative that provides up to €200,000 in funding for artisan food companies and food start-ups.
read moreLeahy’s Open Farm Receive Talamh Sustainable Living Award
A huge congratulations is in order to Donal & Teresa Leahy of Leahy’s Open Farm, who were awarded the Talamh Sustainable Living Award at this years’ RDS Spring Awards ceremony in Dublin last Wednesday
read moreCork communities benefit from LEADER funding to kick off rural development projects
Fourteen projects in communities overseen by SECAD Partnership CLG across South and West Cork were awarded LEADER funding this week. The projects were identified as most in need of support under the LEADER programme 2014-2020…
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WIN a family pass to Fota Wildlife Park!
2019 - All Ireland Ladybird Survey
Research Project managed by Fota Wildlife Park & Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UCC
The All Ireland Ladybird Survey is on!
Participants are needed to survey 5 trees for 5 minutes each. Then count how many ladybirds you see and document them
with pictures.
Then, record your data, photos, and location in the ‘Irish Ladybird Survey’ app, which is available for free here: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ie.ucc.bis.is4447.ladybird1&hl=en.
For every 5 trees you survey, you’ll be entered into
a prize draw for a family pass to Fota Wildlife Park.
Your data will help the researchers to better understand the statusand distribution of ladybirds in Ireland, while improving the understanding of the threats caused by invasive species.
Interested but would like more information? Send an email to ladybird@fotawildlife.ie.
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Ireland has moved to 5th place among EU countries for rates of early stage entrepreneurship, according to the 2018 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Survey sponsored by @Entirl.
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Contact
SECAD Partnership CLG
Midleton Community Enterprise Centre, Owennacurra Business Park,
Knockgriffin, Midleton, Co. Cork, P25 Y893
+353 21 4613432
info@secad.ie