CNI Volunteer Recruitment News

We are delighted to announce the recruitment of 4 super skilled volunteers who will be supporting us with Business, Social Media & Communication Skills They are Bose, Olutoyese, Khanh & Andrew. We will introduce them on our social media channels once recruitment process has been completed. Thank you to Galway Volunteer Centre for all your […]

Mental Health Collaboration Helplink Mental Health

We are delighted to announce a collaboration with another social enterprise, Helplink Mental Health. They  have kindly agreed for CNI to use their amazing Mindhack videos, podcasts and audio recordings on our new digital platform. Every week we share at least one recording with our Carer Hub Members. Thank you Helplink Mental Health!

Mental Health Collaboration with The Evnoia Project

We were delighted to be approached by the Mullingar Employment Action Group to take part in  the Evnoia Project which aims to bring mental health solutions to European Workplaces. As part of this collaboration, we were given access to their invaluable mental health tools and first aid in mental health training. Three of our Team […]

CNI at ARISE Galway Event by Portershed & WRD

The founders of CNI, Bounce Back Recycling and Teen Turn were delighted to be invited as panel speakers at the ARISE event organised by Portershed and WRD. This event was to highlight social  enterprises in the West and was a great success.

BuySocialIrl Event Galway

Our CEO Ronah Corcoran and Director Mike O’Reilly attended a GRD/GCP event to promote social enterprises in Galway. The event took place in Oughterard, lots of connections were made and it was a super event! It was great to see so many fabulous social enterprises  from the West  of Ireland getting together to support each […]

Soft Launch of our digital platform ”The Carer Hub-Phase 1

The first phase(Carer Supports) of our  digital platform ‘The Carer Hub” was opened to our private members. It hosts 6 carer wellbeing areas, a forum, an event space. The wellbeing areas are financial, social, mental, physical health , self care and mindfulness and materials are updated weekly. It will be launched to the wider community […]

CNI ARISE Project Completion

Over the last 5 months, CNI have been involved in the awareness raising initiative for social enterprise project, funded by DAF. Our Project included a care pack postal campaign to 500 Care Settings , a Wellness Event for Carers , a Social Media Awareness Campaign and a Video Campaign showcasing 15 social enterprises and social enterprise supports in Ireland. The 10 Social Enterprises that […]

2nd Inhouse Platform Pilot Completion

Our second pilot on our  internal digital wellness platform for Carers  commenced . It provided individuals in a care role  three months access to our Platform with 6 Wellness Areas,  Digital Tools & 24/7 Technical Support.  The Wellness Areas hosted 100+ Recordings: Yoga & Pilates classes, Meditation audios,Healthy Recipes, Self Care Videos,Fitness Challenges & more. It also […]

CNI announced as grant awardee of ARISE, Dormant Accounts Fund

Carers Network Ireland is delighted to announce that it has been awarded 8,874 euro to create awareness raising initiatives around social enterprise in Ireland. The CNI Initiatives include a social media information campaign. Another initiative is a  postal care pack campaign to staff in a variety of social care settings and includes supports posters, CNI […]