Archives: 2012

Check out the Winter Edition of our LINKS Magazine

20th December 2012 LINKS, the magazine from The Schools’ Business Partnership, is published 3 times during each academic year. LINKS provides an insight into each of the five programmes offered by SBP – Skills @ Work, Student Mentoring, Time to Read, Management Excellence for Principals and Management Excellence for Teachers. Meet the students from Skills


Links Magazine Winter 2012 Edition

The Schools’ Business Partnership Newsletter In this issue: A unique take on the Day in the Life Session with Bord Gáis Networks in Cork  The Time to Read Programme rolls out nationally IT Companies make an impact in Donegal


Trash to Cash Shortlist announced

rx3 in partnership with Business in the Community Ireland and the Science Gallery are delighted to announce the shortlist for Trash to Cash 2012/2013. As part of this year’s competition a number of Business in the Community members including Abbott Cootehill, Abbott Sligo, Bord na Mona, Glanbia and Vodafone identified waste streams for students to use


Welcome to Lorraine FitzGerald

We are pleased to announce a new addition to our Membership Services Team with Lorraine FitzGerald joining as Corporate Responsibility Consultant. Lorraine joined us in November and will be focusing on environment issues. Lorraine brings over 11 years’ experience from the environmental communications and knowledge exchange areas both in Ireland and Scotland. With a scientific


The EPIC Programme will start new Pre-Employment Training in January 7th 2013

Monday December 3rd 2012: The EPIC Programme is focused on increasing the job readiness of immigrants and their social integration in Ireland. It provides a 6 weeks classroom based Free training and One-to-One individual support. The next training will start on Monday January 7th 2013. It focuses on the following themes: Professional English for the Workplace CV


CSR Europe Awards officially launched

Europe’s first ever pan-European CSR Award Scheme is now officially launched.  3rd December, Brussels, Belgium – Today marks the official launch of Europe’s first ever pan-European CSR Award Scheme – an EU funded CSR Award Programme aimed at giving higher visibility to best practice in the field of CSR in Europe. Business in the Community Ireland will