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• KickStart Fund provides job creation support to the social enterprise sector

  KickStart Fund provides job creation support to the social enterprise sector

  €1m available to social enterprises to provide meaningful employment to people with a criminal past The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, today (26 November 2021) welcomed the opening of applications for Round Three of the KickStart Fund.  €1m is being made available to the social enterprise sector to support the…

  November 26, 2021
• Pobal Celebrates Social Enterprise Day 2021

  Pobal Celebrates Social Enterprise Day 2021

  Social Enterprise Day takes place on Thursday, 18 November and aims to raise awareness of social enterprises who are businesses trading for a social or environmental mission rather than maximising profit for its owners or shareholders. Social Enterprises frequently work to support disadvantaged groups such as the long-term unemployed, people…

  November 18, 2021
• Launch of Community Climate Action Programme: Climate Education, Capacity Building and Learning by Doing (Strand 2)

  Launch of Community Climate Action Programme: Climate Education, Capacity Building and Learning by Doing (Strand 2)

  Mr Eamon Ryan, TD Minister of the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications announced on Wednesday 10 November, 2021 the launch of the Community Climate Action Programme: Climate Education, Capacity Building and Learning by Doing (Strand 2). The purpose of this funding is to facilitate eligible organisations to collaboratively develop…

  November 11, 2021
• Pobal Events for Charity Trustees’ Week 15 – 19 November 2021

  Pobal Events for Charity Trustees’ Week 15 – 19 November 2021

  Pobal is delighted to join colleagues across the sector to celebrate Charity Trustees’ Week 2021. This year’s events and initiatives will take place online, allowing charity trustees, many of whom are giving of their time and expertise on a voluntary basis, alongside their full-time careers, to take part from the…

  November 11, 2021
• Pobal hosts Irish Social Enterprise Workshops as part of RESET – Regions for Social Economy Business Development project

  Pobal hosts Irish Social Enterprise Workshops as part of RESET – Regions for Social Economy Business Development project

  On 2 and 3 November 2021, Pobal was responsible for coordinating a series of two interagency workshops as part of our involvement in an EU project called RESET – Regions for Social Economy Business Development. The Inclusive Employment and Enterprise (IEE) team from Pobal’s Community Supports and Service Directorate (CSSD) has…

  November 5, 2021
• Minister Joe O’Brien calls on older persons to avail of supports through the Seniors Alert Scheme

  Minister Joe O’Brien calls on older persons to avail of supports through the Seniors Alert Scheme

  Over 80,000 participants have availed of personal monitored alarms under the Scheme Wednesday, 3 November 2021: Today, Joe O’Brien TD, Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development has encouraged vulnerable older persons to avail of personal monitored alarms through the Seniors Alert Scheme. The Minister made…

  November 3, 2021
• Appointments to the Board of Pobal

  Appointments to the Board of Pobal

  Please note that applications have now closed. The Minister for Rural and Community Development is seeking to appoint six suitably qualified candidates to the Board of Pobal. The Minister seeks to create a diverse Board with a broad range of relevant skills and experience. About Pobal: Pobal administers and manages…

  October 8, 2021
• Ministers Humphreys, McGrath and O’Brien announce over €2 million in COVID Stability funding for community and voluntary groups

  Ministers Humphreys, McGrath and O’Brien announce over €2 million in COVID Stability funding for community and voluntary groups

  Some 65 organisations to benefit from cash injections of between €2,000 and €200,000Supports aimed at groups that provide critical services within the communityMore than €48 million now provided in COVID Stability funding since onset of the pandemic Over €2 million in funding is to be provided to 65 community and…

  October 1, 2021
• Minister Humphreys launches Pobal Annual Report and announces the appointment of Ms Rosarii Mannion as Pobal Chairperson

  Minister Humphreys launches Pobal Annual Report and announces the appointment of Ms Rosarii Mannion as Pobal Chairperson

  Some €717 million distributed by Pobal to local and national community organisations in 2020 Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, today (Wednesday, 29 September, 2021) launched the Pobal 2020 Annual Report and formally announced the appointment of Ms Rosarii Mannion as chairperson The report shows that Pobal…

  September 30, 2021
• Playing Outside Grant 2021- Applications deadline closed

  Playing Outside Grant 2021- Applications deadline closed

  Playing Outside Grant 2021 The deadline for application closed at 5pm on Friday 10 September 2021. Pobal is pleased to announce that the 2021 Playing Outside capital application process is now open following recent funding from the Department of Children Equality Diversity Integration and Youth (DCEDIY). Funding totalling €5.5 million…

  September 10, 2021

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