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…

‘Meet the Founder’ networking event at Midleton Community Enterprise Centre brought together twenty participants from SECAD’s Women’s Rural Entrepreneurial Network (WREN) and six female entrepreneurs and business women from Cork’s local business community.

Are you out of work and looking to enter/re-enter the work force? Are you interested in working as a care assistant in a care home, community setting or a hospital? Maybe you are considering other career options?

Find out how your food business can reduce food waste and save money, attend the next info session at Midleton Park Hotel, Wednesday, 28th February 9.00am- 11.00am.

SECAD Partnership has published a Review of 2016-2017, presenting highlights and impacts of our work supporting enterprise, enabling employment, connecting business and community, community development and environment in South and East Cork and beyond.

SECAD Partnership is pleased to announce it has been awarded the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP) for the 2018-2022 period in the South Cork Area. SICAP is a national programme funded by the Department of Rural & Community Development and overseen by POBAL.

Today marked the launch of strategic plans for two Cork communities Carrigtwohill and Passage West, by the Mayor of County of Cork, Cllr. Declan Hurley.

SECAD recently completed a pilot programme ‘’Wellbeing in the Community’’ in Youghal to help empower people in the area. The programme for local community members ran in conjunction with the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT) as Level 6 Special Purpose Award.

The annual Cork Birdathon is set to take place throughout Cork County on Saturday, 2nd December. The Birdathon aims to raise awareness of the incredible bird life that exists in Cork, and to encourage the public to visit locations on the South and East Cork Bird Trail.