Your Vision. Our Support.

Accelerated social change through the power of people

Our National Call for Applications opens in early 2025. More information coming soon!

Your Vision. Our Support.

Accelerated social change through the power of people

Our National Call for Applications opens in early 2025. More information coming soon!
Celebrating 20 Years - Gathering 2024Our Programmes

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland's Core Beliefs

We seek out people with unique insight and scalable ideas to social problems. We offer them a deeper level of support to grow their impact through our vibrant community of changemakers.

The potential of people to create social change

The power of human-first relationships

The force of community to accelerate impact

For social entrepreneurs who have developed a scalable model, we help them to develop themselves and their organisations to deliver impact at scale through bespoke financial and non-financial supports.

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OUR IMPACT

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The Difference

600+ social entrepreneurs supported across the country, impacting the lives of millions of people.

Our Programmes

Are you a budding social entrepreneur?

At Social Entrepreneurs Ireland we believe in accelerated social change through the power of people.

Our mission is to harness the cumulative power of people to accelerate social change. We do this through seeking out people with unique insight and scalable ideas to social problems and offering them a deeper level of support to grow their impact, through our programmes, direct funding and  incredible community of alumni, funders, and sector leaders.

Take the first step on YOUR social entrepreneur journey today by downloading our FREE Spark toolkit for budding changemakers.

Are you a business, entrepreneur or philanthropist looking to support social entrepreneurs?

At Social Entrepreneurs Ireland we work with a community of impact-driven supporters, harnessing their skills, resources and expertise to drive lasting change in Ireland. For every social entrepreneur taking action on a problem, there is a person, business or foundation helping us to support them. Speak to us about how you can contribute positively to social change through the power of human-first relationships.

Meeting the SEI team

At Social Entrepreneurs Ireland our mission-driven team are passionate about supporting social entrepreneurs to change Ireland for the better. We are committed to always being authentic, visionary and impact-driven. We firmly believe in diversity and inclusivity in our workplace.

Get to know us and connect with us on our team page!

Get to know our alumni community of social entrepreneurs

Over the past 17 years, Social Entrepreneurs Ireland has worked with and supported more than 600 social entrepreneurs across Ireland. Our alumni are currently championing and driving solutions in areas such as mental health, homelessness, the environment, education, and unemployment.

Learn more about the inspiring social entrepreneurs and organisations in our community.

Are you a budding social entrepreneur?

At Social Entrepreneurs Ireland we believe in accelerated social change through the power of people.

Our mission is to harness the cumulative power of people to accelerate social change. We do this through seeking out people with unique insight and scalable ideas to social problems and offering them a deeper level of support to grow their impact, through our programmes, direct funding and  incredible community of alumni, funders, and sector leaders.

Take the first step on YOUR social entrepreneur journey today by downloading our FREE Spark toolkit for budding changemakers.

SPARK TOOLKIT

Are you a business, entrepreneur or philanthropist looking support social entrepreneurs?

At Social Entrepreneurs Ireland we work with a community of impact-driven supporters, harnessing their skills, resources and expertise to drive lasting change in Ireland. For every social entrepreneur taking action on a problem, there is a person, business or foundation helping us to support them. Speak to us about how you can contribute positively to social change through the power of human-first relationships.

SUPPORT SEI

Meet our team

At Social Entrepreneurs Ireland our mission-driven team are passionate about supporting social entrepreneurs to change Ireland for the better. We are committed to always being authentic, visionary and impact-driven. We firmly believe in diversity and inclusivity in our workplace. 

Get to know us and connect with us on our team page!

MEET OUR TEAM

Get to know our alumni community of social entrepreneurs

Over the past 20 years, Social Entrepreneurs Ireland has worked with and supported more than 600 social entrepreneurs across Ireland. Our alumni are currently championing and driving solutions in areas such as mental health, homelessness, the environment, education, and employment. 

Learn more about the inspiring social entrepreneurs and organisations in our community.  

MEET OUR COMMUNITY

The latest news from Social Entrepreneurs Ireland

Impact in action - alumni stories from across Ireland

Our alumni are championing and driving solutions in areas such as mental health, housing, the environment and education

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland has played a key role in helping us scale our impact; from getting the support to grow our team, being introduced to a mentor that has been a huge influence on us and it's given us the confidence to ambitiously scale our impact.

David NevilleCo-founder, jumpAgrade

SEI has been on the journey with MyMind for over 10 years. Our first Award from SEI was back in 2009 so we know just how valuable both the financial and non-financial supports are in growing our reach and impact, and we look forward to working together over the coming years

Krystian FikertFounder, MyMind

Being on the SEI Scale Partnerships programme is an honour for Mobility Mojo. Both the financial and non-financial supports will be hugely valuable to us as we work to deliver on our mission to open the world to everyone

Noelle DalyCo-founder, Mobility Mojo

Finding a community whose fundamental drive is social good, and being selected as a member within it, has re-energised the passion I found at UCD to innovate and engineer world class assistive technology that solves real problems for real people

Brandon BlacoeCo-Founder, ByoWave