Post Tagged with: "NEWKD"

NEWKD is holding a fundraising Golf Classic at Maine Valley Golf Club in Killorglin on Saturday, August 19 for people . NEWKD run a programme that supports people in recovery from addiction to regain a structure in their lives and to progress through personal development, education and training. It is a […]

OVER 1,000 people attended the Kerry Jobs Fair at The Rose Hotel Tralee on Tuesday. The event was co-ordinated by Elaine Kennedy of NEWKD in collaboration with Department of Social Protection and Tralee Chamber Alliance. Employers were offering hundreds of jobs across a range of sectors including technology, office admin, […]

NEWKD in association with Tralee Chamber Alliance and Department of Social Protection will host a new jobs fair on this Tuesday, April 18th at the Rose Hotel from 10am-2.30pm. The event is free and open to the public on a drop in basis.  The event is being coordinated by Elaine […]

NEWKD in association with Tralee Chamber Alliance and Department of Social Protection will host a new jobs fair on Tuesday, April 18th at the Rose Hotel from 10am-2.30pm. The event is free and open to the public on a drop in basis.  The event is being coordinated by Elaine Kennedy […]

PEOPLE in Listowel and North Kerry raised €5,000 in support of Ukrainian refugees as part of the North Kerry response to the ongoing and growing refugee situation. A local response team has been formed to co-ordinate supports for the refugee community and to ensure that all available resources and supports […]

OVER 600 people met with 30 employers at the Kerry Jobs Fair at The Rose Hotel Tralee on Monday. The event was organized by NEWKD in collaboration with the Kerry Chambers and the response from both employers and jobseekers was very positive. According to event co-coordinator Lisa O Flaherty, who […]

NEWKD Farm Families will launch a new booklet called ‘The Beauty of the Bogs’, exploring the biodiversity and beauty of the peatlands in North, East & West Kerry. There are eight protected areas as well as expansive areas of bog in this region. The booklet gives an overview of the […]

NORTH, East and West Kerry Development (NEWKD) in partnership with Trakt Piastów of Wielka Polska (Greater Poland) have launched a new programme entitled ‘Women Active in Society – Transnational Development Programme’. This training programme aims to increase awareness and fuller participation of women in the north, east and west Kerry […]

FARMERS, fishers, food/drink producers and hospitality providers based on the Dingle Peninsula /Corca Dhuibhne are invited to sign up to an exciting new training programme aimed at providing them with the knowledge and skills to further develop and exploit the culinary attributes of the region. ‘Developing a Sustainable Regional Food Branding Strategy’ for the Dingle Peninsula / […]

NEWKD (North East West Kerry Development) are hosting a free, interactive, Hotel Recruitment event on Wednesday, March 25, which will include The Rose Hotel, The Ballygarry House Hotel and Spa, The Brandon Hotel, The Wilde Hotel Ballybunion, The Marine Hotel Ballybunion, Ballyroe Heights Hotel, The Ashe Hotel, Manor West Hotel. […]

A NEW programme for community organisations and not-for-profit enterprises is being run by NEWKD in association with O’Leary & Associates Training & Consultancy Ltd. The Community Business Accelerator Programme is designed for community & voluntary and not-for-profit organisations that are generating revenue or are in receipt of public funding. The Programme […]

FOUR Kerry businesses were chosen to represent the county in the next stage of the ILDN Back to Work Local Enterprise Awards at an event held in Tralee last week during Enterprise Week. The national event is organised in order to recognise the successes of newly established businesses across the […]

THE NEWKD Strategy on Social Enterprise was officially launched today (Tuesday) in IT Tralee by Minister Brendan Griffin at 12.30pm. Social Enterprise is alive and thriving in Kerry across a wide range of sectors such as food poverty, transport, community gyms and centres, and older persons’ supports. Social enterprises have […]

A NATIONAL awards programme organised by the Irish Local Development Network (ILDN) to recognise the contribution of local enterprises to their regions around the country, was jointly launched in Kerry this week by South Kerry Development Partnership CLG (SKDP) and North, East and West Kerry Development (NEWKD). The awards programme […]

FUNDS have been made available for repairs, signage and footpath overlay in Tralee Town Park thanks to the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme where a number of rural recreation projects in Kerry will share €189,189. NEWKD will get €14,400 for work in Tralee Town Park and the only other Tralee project to […]

KERRY North East & West Kerry Development (NEWKD) is to receive €1,058,725  through the Department Rural and Community Development Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP). Seanad Leas-Cathaoirleach and Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlan said the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, confirmed to me that funding of €1,629,599 will […]

A MAJOR conference encouraging the people of Kerry to embrace change and reach their true potential took place in IT Tralee on Friday. Organised by the North East and West Kerry Development (NEWKD) — with help from Employabilty Services Kerry — with the theme ‘Powering Our Community’, the conference was […]

  A NEW employment programme for women begins next week at Aras An Phobail in Tralee aimed at offering women training, support, work placements and links with employers. The ‘Moving On’ programme is co-ordinated by Lisa Singleton while Dolores Gallagher is the Employment Liaison Officer. They are based in the […]

FOUR Kerry businesses were this week selected to represent Kerry at the Munster regional competition phase of the Irish Local Development Companies Network national enterprises awards competition. The businesses, two representing South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd. and two representing North, East & West Kerry Development, were chosen from an overall entry […]

  KERRY enterprises that have set up their businesses with assistance from the local development companies and Dept. of Social Protection through the Back to Work Area Enterprise Allowance Scheme (BTWEA) are being offered the opportunity to get national recognition for their efforts through a newly launched Enterprise Awards programme. […]