Delivering Rural Development in County Laois
LAOIS PARTNERSHIP is organising a series of training workshops for those considering setting up a food or tourism based business in Laois. The workshop are scheduled to start in Mid October. Please call us – 057 8661900 – or drop in to our office for more details. Note that we will also be present at the Startand Grow Expo at the Heritage Hotel in Portlaoise on 8th October if you wish to visit us at our stand.
To see outline schedule of the Food and Tourism courses, click here………..
The board of Laois Partnership has contracted Exodea Europe Consulting to host think tank workshops on the essential elements of vibrant rural communities and to develop a Model for Resilient Communities as an outcome of the project.
An innovative consultative process has been designed to provide the opportunities for four communities to identify the essential elements that would create vibrant rural places to live. Each of the four communities selected will receive a ‘community map’ and a report with recommendations for actions. It is hoped that Laois Partnership will grant aid some of the actions that have been recommended in the four reports.
The success of this project will depend on the quality of our consultation process and on the input of a cross-section of the community – including business, volunteers, social and tourism representatives. The first stage of the consultation process will involve a meeting of key contacts in each area.
The first consultative meeting will take place in Portarlington Community Centre on Monday, 28th June at 7.30pm. The second one will take place in St Anne’s Hall Ballylinan at 8pm on Tuesday 6th July. Please contact 057-8661900 or orla@laoispartnership.ie to book your place.
‘Converting your idea into a successful business’ is the theme of an upcoming Laois Partnership workshop designed to meet the needs of individuals thinking about setting up or developing an existing business.
Paul McCarthy (Teagasc) and Peter Young (Irish Farmers’ Journal) from RTE’s Higher Ground programme will be on hand to share their unique insight and to give practical advice and encouragement to budding rural entrepreneurs.
Some successful local businesspeople will also speak about their experiences in starting out and staff from Laois Partnership will be there to outline the supports and grants that are available for new enterprises.
The evening event will take place at the Killeshin Hotel in Portlaoise on Thu 18th February at 7:30pm. Please get in touch with Laois Partnership on 057 8661900 to book a place.