Enable Ireland Internal Newsletter l December Issue
Better Together
We were delighted to receive the People's Choice Award at the Annual Better Together Awards on Wednesday 14 December at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham.
Nine-year-old Lucy, who featured in the winning video, along with mum Niamh, sister Orla and grandmother Helen, had a wonderful night at the awards.
If you haven't see the winning video you can still WATCH HERE
Welcome to the second edition of the new Inform Newsletter for employees of Enable Ireland. This will be a monthly communication, bringing the highlights from Inform - news, events and vacancies - straight to your inbox.
For now, links to Inform will only work when you are connected to the Enable Ireland Network.
The Enable Ireland Procurement Group has negotiated a new electricity contract with Energia which comes into effect in May 2017.
Combined with this contract, Energia has agreed to offer all Enable Ireland employees, service users, families and friends a discount on their personal domestic electricity rates of up to 26% and on gas rates of up to 15% based on current published rates.
Don't forget to tell service users and families, who also qualify for the discount.
The Staff Consultation Forum is currently conducting a reflective piece of work on Enable Ireland. We value your feedback and are inviting you to make a contribution by completing the online survey. The information you provide will be anonymised and utilised for the production of a report that will be discussed further in 2017.
Universal Design Exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland Collins Barracks on display December 2016 - June 2017
The National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks is currently hosting an exhibition of product designs created as part of the community Design Challenge - a project by Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and Enable Ireland. The designs were co-created by students and expert Assistive Technology (AT) users – people with disabilities who are highly skilled in the use of assistive technology.
Head of Fundraising, Joanne O’Hagan, and Director of Services Cork and Kerry, Terry Datson, are delighted to announce the appointment of Maria Desmond to Community Fundraising Manager Cork Region.
Having graduated with a B. Commerce, she went on to a marketing position with responsibility for sales and export in the retail sector. She then studied corporate identity as part of her thesis and completed an MSC Commerce.
This lead to her interest in market research and she set up a market research agency in 2000 with a wide variety of clients in retail, hospitality and local government. Before joining Enable Ireland Maria was Marketing Manager for a not for profit organisation in Limerick which provides homecare around Munster for older adults and people with disabilities.
We wish Maria well in her new role!
Garden & Gift Store Christmas Sale
Visit our Garden & Gift Store in Sandymount this month for up to 50% off on selected items including Irish Craft Pottery, Gorgeous Jewellery, Hand Made Soaps and Creams, Foxford Rugs, Handbags & Scarves & Baby Wear.
Don't forget you can also buy your Christmas Tree there with €10 from every tree purchased going to Enable Ireland. And you'll get a voucher for a free hot drink!
People all over the country had great fun with the TK Maxx campaign #Socksie which was fronted by blogger and TV presenter Maia Dunphy and Ava McHugh from Dublin South West Services.
Danny from the Coronas Busking Session for Galway Services
It's not every day you run into Danny from the Corona's on Shop Street in Galway, but on 24 November you could catch an impromptu busking session outside the Enable Ireland shop!
If you missed it, you can catch the video on our Facebook page. Danny gave a stirring rendition of Hero's and Ghosts as Bearla agus as Gaeilge.
