Winsent

Winsent

Aims & Objectives

http://www.winsent.eu

WINSENT aims to

  • Find the social entrepreneurs, to harness their skills and knowledge and let others benefit from them.
  • Help those active in social enterprises to recognise if they are indeed social entrepreneurs themselves
  • Help them grow further and become ambassadors for social entrepreneurship.

WINSENT has a mix of partner organisations, social enterprises and local authorities all working together to:

  • Raise awareness and promote the culture of social entrepreneurship
  • Create new social enterprises with entrepreneurial flair
  • Support existing social enterprises and the social entrepreneurs
  • Identify opportunities within the social economy
  • Assist community based groups to deliver key services locally in an entrepreneurial way
  • Develop WISEA (Wales Ireland Network for Social Entrepreneurship Alliance) which will facilitate the exchange of knowledge amongst social entrepreneurs and social enterprises.

Budget

Partner ERDF (€) Total Project Budget (€)
Partas (Lead Partner) 471,252 625,058
BASE 164, 374 233,705
Denbighshire county Council 212,349 284,975
Isle of Anglesey County Council 212,349 284,974
Fingal County Council 6,378 24,971
South Dublin County Council 6,378 24,971
Total 1,073,081 1,478,654

Location

Location in Ireland and Wales where the project is carried out

Counties in Ireland where the project is carried out:

Dublin, Kildare, Meath

Counties in Wales where the project is carried out:

Denbighshire, Isle of Anglesey

Contacts

Name Address Email Tel:
Noreen Keegan Kavanagh - Project and Finance Manager WINSENT, Bolbrook Enterprise Centre Avonmore Road Tallaght, Dublin 24 noreen@winsent.eu +353 1 4145777
John Kearns (Lead Partner) - CEO PARTAS, Bolbrook Enterprise Centre Avonmore Road Tallaght, Dublin 24 jkearns@partas.ie +353 1 4145700