Galway Chamber Business Awards
Well we have had a pretty hectic week at EmployAbility Galway but the week isn't over yet! Tonight we are getting all dressed up and heading to the Salthill Hotel to attend the Galway Chamber of Commerce Gala Ball and Business Awards 2015. We are more than a little excited to have made the final of the awards, and would like to wish the best of luck to all the companies who will be joining us as finalists in the following five categories
Category 1 - Best Emerging Enterprise: 9th Impact | OnePageCRM | Element Wave
Category 2 - Best Large Company: Connacht Hotel | HID Global Ireland | Supermacs
Category 3 - Best SME: Walsh Waste | McCambridges | MJ Conroy
Category 4 - Best Customer Service: Brasserie on the Corner | Eyre Square Dental | EmployAbility Galway
Category 5 - Promoting Galway: John Breslin | KPMG | Music for Galway
While we would absolutely love to leave the Salthill Hotel as Category winners, and to be awarded one of Donnacha Cahills beautiful sculptures, we know there can only be one category winner. Bearing this in mind, and regardless of the outcome of tonights awards, this has been a fantastic few weeks for us and the opportunity to have our company highlighted at the Gala in front of such a large audience is greatly appreciated.
Thanks a million to all the clients, individuals, employers, organisations and everyone who has supported us over the years. A big thank you and best wishes to the team at Galway Chamber of Commerce who have put a lot of work and effort into tonight's event.
Galway Intreo offices move to new location
The Department of Social Protection Employment Serivces Intreo office has moved from their former premises in Island House, Cathedral Square to their new offices in Sean Duggan Centre, Fairgreen Road, Galway
The new offices are based above the New Coach Station in Galway and directions to the new offices are available on Google Maps
Intreo Jobs Week
Above picture shows Tánaiste Joan Burton lauching Intreo Jobs Week 2015
This week sees Intreo Jobs Week kick off around the country from today 28 September until Friday 02 October. As part of the Intreo funded services we will be in Tuam on Friday of this week at the Jobs Fair in the Árd Rí Hotel so if you are there please come over and say hello to Mary who will be able to answer any questions you have.
We have attached the Intreo Jobs Week supplement from the Irish Independent dated 24 September 2015 which has further information on the Intreo services to job seekers.
Have a great week!
Confidential Shredding Specialists mark 20th Anniversary with Syrian crisis fundraiser
Confidential Shredding Specialists Ireland (CSSI) will be marking its 20th anniversary by holding a free document destruction day for the public on Friday October 9th in Hanley’s Unit, Claregalway, Galway, and raising money for GOAL’s Syrian appeal.
Founded in 1995, CSSI is the largest document disposal company in Connaught and has remained a family run business in its 20 years of operation.
The document destruction day will be held in conjunction with GOAL’s Jersey Day with the company sporting their favourite jerseys and asking the public to make donations in exchange for the destruction of their documents.
Peter Jordan, Managing Director of CSSI said;
“We are 20 years in business and we want to thank everyone who has supported us throughout the years.
By marking our anniversary in conjunction with raising money for GOAL, people can have an enjoyable day, while making a valued and worthwhile contribution to the poorest and the most vulnerable. We are asking the public to donate to GOAL and in exchange we will offer our paper shredding services to the public for free and of course we are encouraging everyone to wear their jersey on the day.”
All funds raised on the day will go towards GOAL’s vital work including Syria and across the 18 other countries in the developing world where the aid agency is implementing emergency relief and development programmes.
To find out more about the event, contact Katrina Phillips Foran on 091 - 799 297 or Katrina@connaughtwasterecycling.com
Accessibility in the Clayton Hotel
Making places accessible is important as it provides people with dignity, self-respect, self-confidence and an ability to make decisions and go places without being hampered by someone else’s schedule or availability.
We were delighted when the Clayton Hotel invited Harry and Pauline to join them in celebrating their recent success at the JCI Galway Friendly Business Awards where the Clayton were selected as winners in the category of ‘Disability Accessibility’.
The Clayton Hotel were also crowned ‘Overall Winners of the JCI Galway Friendly Business Awards 2015’‘and will proceed to the national JCI finals in Donegal in October.
If you would like to contact the Clayton regarding their accessible facilities you can Alan Dooley , Meeting & Events Executive at sales.galway@claytonhotels.com
IPS Supported Employment
We are delighted to have completed the training and initial planning stages for a new collaborative project with three other EmployAbility companies and HSE Departments in Mayo, Cavan / Monaghan and West Cork and which will be funded by Genio and Department of Social Protection. The project is the idea of Shari McDaid at Mental Health Reform who applied for the initial funding and put together this two year project plan.
Together we will be working on an Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model of Supported Employment which is specifically designed for people who are managing a mental health difficulty and are not job ready. We were delighted to be able to receive training from Miles Renaldi who is the Head of Recovery and Social Inclusion, at South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. Miles is one of the worlds most renowned experts in the field of IPS and has worked throughout Europe and the US to support local IPS implementation plans.
The above picture shows L to R: Miriam (HSE) Charlene (EAG), Shari and LIsa (Mental Health Reform), and Miles (NHS) in Athlone 29 June 2015 for the final phase of planning at stage one of the project
New Website
We are really excited to have our brand new website online this week. The site is fully mobile and tablet / ipad friendly so you can browse anywhere, anytime. The site will also allow us to share news and keep everyone updated via social media with just a few clicks.
A huge big THANK YOU to our board member Mark Quick for building the site, and to the rest of the guys at 9th Impact for helping him with it. We know they are working really hard in their Mobile Game Development Studio at the moment so we really appreciate all the help they have given us.
OnePageCRM donation for life
When you ask any of the team here nowadays what is the best thing about working at EmployAbility Galway, they will probably tell you OnePageCRM. We used to spend loads of time writing and typing memos, creating excel sheets so we could work together on job searches and keep information up to date. No more!
Michael Fitzgerald from OnePageCRM decided a few months ago to donate us a free OnePageCRM account for life, because he really likes what we do and wants to make it easier for us to find jobs for people with disabilities. Thanks Michael! We have been testing it out over the last few months to see how it works for us.
Putting it plainly, OnePageCRM rocks! We have saved so much time, and cut out so much of the work that adds no value. We are able to concentrate on getting things done, and follow a list of actions without distractions. We don't know how we ever managed without it.
And to answer the important question does it work? Absolutely, 38 people placed between Jan and May of this year, need we say more! If you are a non profit check out OnePageCRM Power of Action Program which is a FREE OnePageCRM account for qualifying Non Profits
Recent Appointment
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Charlene Butler who has joined our team of Employment Facilitators today. Charlene holds a BA in English and History, from NUI Galway. She enjoys getting people to discover and realise their employment potential. Charlene is an integral part of the community highlighted by her voluntary work with Simon Community and Foróige's Big Brother Big Sister programme. She thrives on continuous learning and development and was recently elected to the executive board of Foróige National Council. She believes Value is paramount and practises this philosophy to benefit both the employer and the employee. Charlene's client base is in Galway City.
You can contact Charlene at 087 616 9691 or charlene@employabilitygalway.ie
