Wild Work Case Studies
Wild Work Case Studies

Cork 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…

SECAD Partnership Impact 2016- 2017
SECAD Partnership Impact 2016- 2017

Local Female Entrepreneurs Lead the Way in South and East Cork
‘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.

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.

My Place – Mini Theatre Project
SECAD Partnership has a long standing stake in the development of My Place CLG, a safe and secure space for hosting and managing youth and community services in Midleton, Co. Cork.

Career Opportunities for Women – Personal Development Programme
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?
St Mary’s Day Care Centre
St Mary’s Day Care Centre was established in 1993 by a local voluntary board of management to provide day care services and meals on wheels to the elderly, and those with limited mobility and living alone in Tagoat and the surrounding rural areas.
Quigleys Point Community Playgroup
Quigley’s Point Community Playgroup is the only child care service in the local area. It delivers a play-based curriculum and provides a safe, challenging and stimulating environment where children feel valued, grow and gain in confidence, self-esteem and independence.

Páistí Beaga Preschool
Páistí Beaga preschool was established in 2010 by a group of local voluntary directors and committee members as a not for profit company to provide safe, happy, affordable quality childcare service to the local community.