Author: Trish

The Dublin North West Area Partnership’s Enterprise Support Section held a networking event on 26th of November in the Ardmore Hotel in Finglas for Female Entrepreneurs. This free event was opened by the Chair of the Dublin North West Area Partnership Una Caufield, a successful business woman in her own right who shared her experience to date of being self-employed. Angela Ruttledge, owner of Woodstock Café in Phibsboro detailed her…

I have had so much help from the Dublin North West Area Partnership over the years; firstly they assisted me regarding information and guidance on how to go about completing my leaving cert as a mature student and as a lone parent in 2003. The Partnership helped me with information relating to applying to Colaiste Ide, crèche arrangements and how to apply for any available funding and assistance. I completed…

Tús is a community work placement scheme that was launched by the Department of Social Protection in 2011. The Dublin North West Area Partnership (TAP) implements and manages the scheme across the Finglas, Cabra, Ashtown/Navan Road and Botanic/Drumcondra areas. One participant on the scheme, Julie, has successfully progressed to a FETAC Level 5 course in childcare following her placement with the Mellow Spring Childcare Development Centre in Finglas. Julie started work…

Nurturing Healthy Communities – Green View Community Garden One of the key issues highlighted in Dublin North West Area Partnership’s 2011 – 2013 Strategic Plan was the impact of crime and anti social behaviour on the social fabric or connectedness of some neighbourhoods within the catchment. In a number of interviews, undertaken in preparing the plan, local people highlighted how they were often afraid to volunteer or get involved in…

Noel Cocoman started his business with the support of Dublin North West Area Partnership’s Enterprise Development team. In this interview TAP Intern, Kim Warnock, asked Noel how he got started. Tell us about Feet & Co and how it came to be? Ongoing frustration working in banking led me to look around at starting my own business. An off the cuff remark on holidays by my wife, Catherine, that there was no…

  The Dublin Region Adult Education Fair is an event where adults considering returning to education or advancing through the education system can get all the information needed to make decisions about furthering education in one place. This event will show the many possibilities that exist for adult learners and the pathways that exist to higher, further and community education. The event will take place during ‘College Awareness Week’ and will…