Celebrating 20 years of Social Entrepreneurs Ireland

HerSport empowers and advocates for girls and women in sport. Niamh and Mohammed are tackling gender disparity in sports by delivering educational workshops to schools, clubs and businesses discussing barriers for women in sport and how to overcome them, and by creating daily media coverage to highlight and showcase women in sports.

Hygiene Hub addresses hygiene poverty by gathering evidence of its prevalence and impact, raising awareness of this hidden element of poverty, and crucially distributing hygiene, personal care and household cleaning products to individuals and charities in need via their community partners’ network.

GORM is a social enterprise on a mission to unify across social and cultural differences and advance belonging for marginalised communities. GORM helps bridge connections and conversations across communities through a unique blend of expertise in social psychology and creative media. They focus on creating innovative digital media, intercultural education and events.

At Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), we’re guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. We’re delivering on this through responsible growth with a focus on our environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership. ESG is embedded across our eight lines of business and reflects how we help fuel the global economy, build trust and credibility, and represent a company that people want to work for, invest in and do business with. It’s demonstrated in the inclusive and supportive workplace we create for our employees, the responsible products and services we offer our clients, and the impact we make around the world in helping local economies thrive. An important part of this work is forming strong partnerships with nonprofits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer and environmental organizations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve greater impact. Connect with us on Twitter (@BofA_News).

The Ideas Academy & Investor Readiness Pathway are kindly supported by Bank of America.

Headquartered in Dublin, ALG is one of Ireland's leading independent international law firms, providing the full range of Irish corporate legal services to domestic and international clients. ALG has over 990 people and 440 lawyers, including 116 partners, working across six office locations: Dublin, Belfast, London, New York, San Francisco and Palo Alto. ALG’s Responsible Business Strategy is called ‘Our future with purpose – ALG's commitment to sustainability’. The strategy places ESG at the heart of its business with the ambition to have a more positive impact on society and the planet. You can read more about it here. Responsible Business | Corporate Law Firm | A&L Goodbody LLP | A&L Goodbody LLP (algoodbody.com)

ALG have generously provided pro-bono legal advice (worth more than €1.5m since 2010) as well as other volunteering and financial supports since 2010. A&L Goodbody lawyers have delivered more than 4,000 free hours of legal work to Social Entrepreneurs Ireland and its alumni over the course of the partnership.

Founded in 1998, eBay Foundation partners with nonprofit organizations that are addressing and removing barriers to entrepreneurship for people who identify with historically excluded groups. eBay Foundation also supports eBay employees with meaningful giving and volunteering opportunities.

eBay Foundation’s Global Give grant making program supports inspiring nonprofits worldwide that work to foster entrepreneurship in local communities. In 2023, eBay Foundation is proud to provide nearly $3M in grant support to nonprofit organizations around the world.
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland were a recipient of a 2023 eBay Global Give Grant.

GIY is non-profit social enterprise on a mission to encourage people from all walks of life and of all ages to grow their own food at work, at school and in the community.

Aoibheann O’Brien & Iseult Ward, Founders of FoodCloud, a social enterprise with a mission to transform surplus food into opportunities to make the world a kinder place.

With 4 school aged children, the founder of Education for Sustainability became alarmed at the lack of environmental education in schools given we are in a climate crisis. Although young people are aware of the climate crisis, there was a lack of opportunities for them to take action and to make a difference on these issues.

The vision is to create a world where young people are actively engaged in taking action for sustainable development by making environmental education & sustainability a fundamental part of the national curriculum