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Restart+ Communities
September 30, 2019 european projects, new projects by

We are busy working on a very interesting project that focuses around communities. This project aims to support the community champions so that they can drive their communities forward.

Over the coming months, we will be looking at some inspiring community groups who have made a difference in the areas that they live in.

We’ll be finding out how the groups and individuals came up with ideas to help the areas they live in. We’ll hear about the obstacles that they may have faced and how they overcame them. We’ll also hear about the help and support they received.

Real life case studies of inspiring community leaders and policy makers who have tackled challenges with innovative approaches will provide inspiration to others in similar circumstances.  They have taken responsibility for their community’s well-being and resilience and they have taken action.

We have some Case Study Questions which community groups may find of interest:

The Restart+ Communties truly believes that only together we can reach a wide impact and improve lives in our communities. To find out more about this project please visit the website:
http://www.restart.how/index/index or find the project on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/RestartCommunities/



Apprenticeships – SMEs will benefit from new EU Programme

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September 19, 2017 enterprise, european projects, new projects, training opportunities by

This week sees Momentum travel to  Barcelona with project partners on www.apprenticeshipalliance.eu.Persistently high youth unemployment and the education-employment skills mismatch have spurred governments to undertake vocational education reform to increase the quantity and quality of dual system apprenticeships. In many countries, particularly Ireland, Poland, Netherlands and France this has generated an excess supply of apprenticeship seekers over employer demand. Letterkenny Institute of Technology is involved in an exciting European project Apprenticeship Alliances to develop supports for SMEs, especially small and micro enterprise, to become apprentice employers.

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Call out to all local food producers and growers in County Leitrim!

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August 2, 2017 enterprise, new projects, rural enterprise by

Local food businesses, primary producers or suppliers based in County Leitrim, we are delighted to announce that we are working on the first ever Leitrim Food Directory and Sourcing Guide and we would love you to apply to be included. The Leitrim Food Directory and Sourcing Guide is a Taste Leitrim initiative from Leitrim Local Enterprise Office and Leitrim County Council which will help connect restaurants and the retail sector with our local artisan food and drink producers and the wealth of wonderful produce on our doorstep in the county.

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When Food Sector Development is Part of your Psyche

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June 19, 2017 enterprise, new projects, success stories , , by

Sometimes a project comes along that just brings you to another level, it’s heart and soul time and you put everything you have into it. You feel a true sense of obligaton to do it justice. We have an emotional connection with food in Leitrm since Noel McPartland of Drumshanbo Community Council became our second client in 2003. For the princely sum of £2,000 we wrote the business plan and at least a dozen funding applications that went on to attract €1.8million to realise The Food Hub in Drumshanbo (warning – our fees have increased a little since!). Move forward 14 years and we were completely chuffed to win the tender to write the very first Leitrim Food Strategy.

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Enterprise in Interface Areas

January 6, 2017 enterprise, european projects, new projects, training opportunities, Uncategorized by

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Many of our projects seek to push boundaries, challenge and adopt innovative approaches from across hte EU and further afield. One project that epitomises this appraoach is Enterprise in Interface areas (ENTER) http://www.enterproject.info/. 

 

Interface areas are increasingly common across European cities and urban areas and even much more locally where conflict is a present threat. The conflicts are generally ethnic,politically or religiously motivated and result in an increase in economic and social disadvantage for the people living in these interface areas.

 

The ENTER Project has been designed to counteract some of these problems by pioneering a toolkit to contribute to greater social inclusion and cohesion. This innovative toolkit will focus on the role of enterprise education and support to transform individual and community wellbeing in these interface areas. Our job is to write new training materials to make this happen.

 

Our partner colleagues Creative Spark in Louth held a really interesting Multipier Event recently to launch our Toolkit and focus on the challenges of starting a business as a ethnic individual. Click here to get a flavour of the day

 

In advance of the launch of our training materials next month, check out our EZINE

 

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