Excellence in Community Programme LIC
Bank of Ireland - Enterprise Town
Enterprise Town was created by Bank of Ireland to help people grow their local economies and foster a renewed sense of purpose and identity for the whole community. The Enterprise Town initiative has grown from one town in 2013, to a nationwide programme of 150 towns, representing an investment of over €1.2m by the Bank in 2017. Over 2,000 Bank of Ireland colleagues will be involved in supporting the initiative, with 10,000 businesses, over 3,000 sports and community groups, and some 400 first and second level schools expected to participate in 2017. Through the Enterprise Town programme Bank of Ireland want to invigorate and re-energise communities, showcasing what is on offer in these towns and supporting economic growth and development.
ESB Networks - Stay Safe Stay Clear with ESB Networks
Stay Safe, Stay Clear with ESB Networks is a fun, exciting and educational way for pupils from Junior Infants to 6th Class to discover the benefits of electricity, while learning to be safe around it. In 2015 ESB undertook research to find out if their customers and the general public understood the dangers associated with electricity. This research illustrated that the general public are unaware of the dangers of coming close to electricity and that there are particular segments of the public, such as children, who are at increased danger due to their tendency to be outdoors close to the electricity network. Children are real influencers in a family context, and educating them while they are young often means that the lessons will stick with them for life. Thus, ESB Networks launched a Stay Safe Stay Clear schools programme.
Earth's Edge - Guide Exchange Programme
Earth’s Edge is Ireland’s only fully licensed adventure travel company. The Guide Exchange Programme was set up to give back to their global community. Earth’s Edge ran a Facebook poll to select one of their local guides from India, Morocco, Nepal and Tanzania to give them the opportunity to experience working in a different country. The aims of the project were threefold; to reward our excellent local guides, to improve the quality of their service by sharing ideas, and to boost awareness of their great local guides among their clients. The programme was extremely well received by the company’s clients and the local guides who entered the competition. Earth’s Edge plan on running the programme on an annual basis going forward.
Law Society of Ireland Diploma Centre - Law Society of Ireland’s Street Law Programme
The Law Society of Ireland, through this voluntary public legal education initiative, has pioneered Street Law in Ireland. Street Law is a public legal education programme where trainees teach the law in schools, community groups and other settings such as prisons. Street Law programmes aim to educate people on their legal rights and responsibilities using an interactive methodology which encourages participants to actively engage and to understand how the law relates to them. Furthermore, in the case of secondary school participants and the connections developed with trainee solicitors who teach them, Street Law raises their awareness of the law and society, their rights, social justice issues, and develops pathways for the underrepresented to third level education and onwards to careers in law.
Ulster Bank - One Week in June
One Week in June is Ulster Bank’s most popular annual fundraising event, uniting colleagues country-wide to fundraise for both national and local charities every June. Having raised €1.5m over last 4 years, the programme has now become the template for a new RBS global employee community initiative, helping 100,000 employees make a difference throughout the world.
Version 1 - Version 1 Community Trust
The Version 1 Community Trust is an initiative which supports the transformation of the local and global communities in which we live and work.
Grants are awarded to 10 or more worthy causes four times a year ranging in value of €5,000-€500.
Each quarter, Version 1 employees submit video entries detailing the community causes which matter to them. Entries are then open to a public vote which determine which causes receive the grants available.
