Carbon Gold is the world's leading biochar company promoting the responsible use of biochar in the UK and internationally for both the health of our climate and health of our soils. GroChar products from Carbon Gold (soil improver, composts and fertiliser) are used by farmers, growers, allotment holders and home gardeners alike because they deliver superb results with no chemical additives. www.carbongold.com
Launched twelve years ago in 1999, innocent is the number one smoothie brand in the UK. We sell over two million pure fruit smoothies each week in 11,000 outlets. Our range has expanded to include: smoothies in little bottles and big cartons, smoothies and juice for kids, a refreshing not-from-concentrate juice range, and veg pots - a range of quick and tasty meals. Our vision is for innocent to grow into a global, natural, healthy food and drinks company – one that makes stuff which is good for people, uses ‘lighter footprint’ ingredients, packaging and production techniques, and which supports charities in the countries where our fruit comes from. For example, our bananas come from Rainforest Alliance accredited farms. In terms of our international expansion, it’s a big goal, and to get there we're going to need a bit of help.
We've teamed up with GIY Ireland again this year with the Sow and Grow Campaign to get children all over Ireland sowing and growing their own seeds in the classroom, to show just how easy it is to grow your own plants and vegetables
The Worldwide Ireland Funds are a philanthropic network that supports worthy causes in Ireland and around the world.
The Worldwide Ireland Funds are a philanthropic network that supports worthy causes in Ireland and around the world. Our mission is to be the largest network of friends of Ireland dedicated to supporting programs of peace and reconciliation, arts and culture, education and community development throughout the island of Ireland. Founded in 1976, The Worldwide Ireland Funds currently operate in 12 countries and have raised over $450 million for more than 1,200 outstanding organisations.
Bord Bia's mission is to grow the success of a world class food and horticulture industry by providing strategic market development, promotion and information services. It act as a link between Irish Food, Drink & Horticulture suppliers and existing and potential customers throughout the world. Its objective is to develop markets for Irish suppliers and to bring the taste of Irish food to more tables world-wide. With its headquarters in Dublin, Bord Bia has a network of overseas offices in Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Shanghai and Stockholm. www.bordbia.ie
The Irish Independent is Ireland's largest-selling daily newspaper. It is published in both compact and broadsheet formats and is the flagship publication of Independent News & Media. It is a sister newspaper to the Sunday Independent.
At Social Entrepreneurs Ireland we believe that new and innovative solutions exist to the myriad social and environmental challenges we face today. We believe that these solutions will be most effective when driven by 'unreasonable people'; individuals who are not prepared to accept the status quo and who adopt a highly entrepreneurial approach to igniting social change. These people are social entrepreneurs.
AIB, originally named Allied Irish Banks Limited, was incorporated in Ireland in September 1966. The Group conducts a broad retail and commercial banking business in Ireland, which in addition to being one of the leading branch networks, conducts significant corporate lending and capital markets activities from its offices at Bankcentre and at Dublin's International Financial Services Centre.
Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs—men and women with system changing solutions for the world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, Ashoka have elected over 2,500 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in 70 countries.
With its global community, Ashoka develop models for collaboration and design infrastructure needed to advance the field of social entrepreneurship and the citizen sector. Ashoka Fellows inspire others to adopt and spread their innovations - demonstrating to all citizens that they too have the potential to be powerful changemakers. GIY's Michael Kelly was elected an Ashoka Fellow in 2010.
The Arthur Guinness Fund is an innovative investment vehicle set up to further the legacy of Arthur Guinness and support social entrepreneurs around the world. In April 2010, the Arthur Guinness Fund distributed €1 million amongst ten social entrepreneurs from across Ireland, covering a diverse range of interests, each making a significant difference to local communities, primarily in Ireland and also abroad. Awardees also benefit from access to practical support and expertise through Diageo Ireland support and Social Entrepreneurs Ireland’s alumni network. GIY Ireland was one of the ten awardees in 2010.
