Dear New Minister for Rural Affairs
It’s not often we get political but we hope you will soon be in post and will be rearing with enthusiasm and resources to tackle the woeful neglect of our rural towns and villages. Drive through the West of Ireland and Midlands and you cannot help but be upset by the struggling communities typified […]
Funding for Creatives
We were delighted to provide Funding for Creatives training to the Upper Shannon Erne Future Economy Creative Craft Group and Leitrim LEO this week to demystify the funding environment for creative businesses. The workshop covered a range of topics including: Funders and programmes at a local, national, cross border and EU levels – what is the best […]
FUNDING BLOG, JANUARY 2016
2016 is going to be a critical year for many businesses. As one of our clients explained yesterday ‘we have fought so hard to survive over the last 5 years, now that the business is somewhat more stable, it is time to be brave and grow, to invest and to finally reap some rewards.’ […]
HEALTHY FUTURE FOR THE LOCAL FOOD SECTOR – Leitrim, Roscommon, Cavan, Longford
60% of Irish adults are obese or overweight and this worrying figure will set the scene for a major food innovation conference this week in Drumshanbo which Momentum in delighted to be a part of. The networking and showcase event on October 14th in Lough Allen Hotel, Drumshanbo will look at tackling creative ways to produce, […]
When you know, you can plan
The search for All Ireland hurling final tickets has begun (feel free to get in touch with any offers!). So in addition to that September Sunday, thanks to the Enterprise Ireland Team West Region, we can share funding opportunity information and deadlines with you in addition to some events that have caught our interest. New women […]
CALLING VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Momentum Consulting has been appointed by Westmeath County Council to manage an exciting new marketing project. They wish to commission a series of high impact videos and high resolution still shots to showcase the county as a dynamic and enterprising location. The goal is to create a collection of footage and still shots that Westmeath […]
Funding Opportunities, get up to date…
Just a quick Round Up of Funding Opportunities ! It may be Summer but lots and lots of national funding programmes are looking for applications. Here are a selection of funding opportunities we are highlighting to our clients:- Dormant Account Funding Dormant Accounts Funds were originally established in 2001 and since then […]
Learnings from a Romanian Monestary!
Spending a few days in rural Romania (Onesti,some 4.5 hours from Bucharest on a very fast bus!) at the final partner meeting and conference for www.ywoli.eu, our Young Women Orientation for Labour Integration project. A bit long winded of a title but it was all about 9 countries trying to come up with solutions to tackle the […]
YWOLI Case Study – michellemadethis.com
Commissioned as part of our YWOLI project, this video features one of County Roscommon’s most impressive entrepreneurs, Michelle Fallon of michellemadethis . We were delighted to have met and worked with Michelle on a number of occasions. She was one of the Roscommon Tourism “local voices” we approached and featured. What we love about Michelle is […]