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IDP delighted at awards for
Inishowen social enterprises
19.12.19
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INISHOWEN Development
Partnerhip (IDP) has congratulated Carndonagh-based
Spraoi agus Spórt Family Centre, Greencastle
Community Centre and Tullyarvan Mill Community,
Cultural & Hostel Centre on winning prestigious
national awards in recent weeks. The IDP said they
are all excellent examples of the “drive, commitment
and ambition” of social enterprises throughout the
peninsula who have grown from strength to strength
in 2019. |
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Co-founder and Director of Spraoi
agus Spórt Helen Nolan receiving the highly coveted
‘Social Enterprise of the Year’ 2019 award at the
prestigious Charity Impact Awards. |
Social enterprises are
community centres, groups and organisations who have
a clear social purpose, generate a significant
proportion of their income from trading and reinvest
the majority of their profits in their social
mission.
For the second year in a row, Carndonagh based
Spraoi agus Spórt picked up the highly coveted
‘Social Enterprise of the Year’ award at the
prestigious Charity Impact Awards in the Mansion
House, Dublin on 10 December.
Greencastle Community Centre won the runners up
award in the competitive ‘Islands & Coastal
Communities’ category of the 2019 Pride of Place
Awards in Kilkenny on 30 November.
Tullyarvan Mill Community, Cultural & Hostel Centre
in Buncrana were also recognised nationally with the
‘Best Budget Hotel of the Year’ accolade at the
glamorous ‘Hotel Awards Ireland 2019’ in the Crowne
Plaza Hotel, Dublin on 21 October. |
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Manager Susan McAleer (front centre)
with staff and volunteers from Greencastle Community
Centre who won the runners up award in the
competitive ‘Islands & Coastal Communities’ category
of the 2019 Pride of Place Awards. |
Shauna McClenaghan,
Joint CEO of Inishowen Development Partnership,
which supports a range of actions and activities
with all three social enterprises, said: “As 2019
draws to a close, I’d like to take this opportunity
to reflect on the tremendous achievements in recent
weeks of Spraoi agus Spórt, Greencastle Community
Centre and Tullyarvan Mill who have all won
prestigious national awards."
“Congratulations also to iCARE and Artlink who were
successful in their applications for the Department
of Community & Rural Development small capital
grants programme recently announced." |
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The team from Tullyarvan Mill
Community, Cultural & Hostel Centre in Buncrana who
were recognised nationally with the 'Best Budget
Hotel of the Year' accolade at the Hotel Awards
Ireland 2019. |
Shauna added “Indeed,
across Inishowen there has been a remarkable growth
in the sector in recent years with community
centres, groups and organisations becoming more
entrepreneurial – as well as supporting the gaps
identified in public service provision. Such is the
increase in activity that we are delighted to
announce that the work will now be supported by a
new post in community development and social
enterprise development within IDP.”
“Examples of a growing entrepreneurial spirit in
recent weeks also include the opening of a new Craft
Fabric Shop at Clonmany Community Centre and the new
‘Crafts & Creations’ shop at the iCARE centre in
Buncrana offering a wide range of unique gifts made
by young adults with autism."
To find out more on upcoming opportunities contact
Inishowen Development Partnership on 074 93 62218. |
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