‘Senior Entrepreneurs’ is a specially designed training programme, jointly organised by the County and City Enterprise Boards and Senior Enterprise.

The aim of this interactive 2 day residential workshop is to give entrepreneurs aged 50+ the opportunity to develop a business plan for new business. It is suitable for those who would like assistance in taking an idea from concept to commercial reality.

Date:8-9 May 2012

Venue:Killeshin Hotel, Portlaoise, Co Laois.

Cost:€75

This includes course fee, food and accommodation in the hotel, subsidised by the County Enterprise Boards and Senior Enterprise.

Further information :
Application through your local County Enterprise Board.

This seminar is organised by Irish Network Against Racism (ENAR Ireland) to explore issues and opportunities arising out of religious diversity in Ireland and to identify strategies to address discrimination.   ENAR Ireland is a national network of organisations working collectively to highlight and address racism.

Keynote speaker: Professor Malcolm Evans OBE, University of Bristol

Date: Tuesday 1st May 2012

Time: 10.30 am – 4.00pm

Venue: Morrison Hotel, Ormond Quay, Dublin 1.
Further information:

enar-eu.org

The OLC Ireland Trust Fund is open for its only round of grant applications in 2012. The fund seeks to enhance the lives of marginalised women in Ireland. Small grants are available for organisations working with women in the areas of Addiction, Trafficking, Prostitution Violence and Abuse. Each grant is normally in the range €500 to €5,000

Deadline 31st May 2012

Grants will be made in early September. Proposed projects should aim to begin not before September.

Further information:

Fund criteria and application form

Postgraduate students (part-time or full-time), whose focus is philanthropy, social finance, charities regulation, social enterprise/ entrepreneurship or not-for-profit management, may apply to the Bursary Committee.

Application deadline: 20^th April at 5pm

Further information:

Application form