What are Smart Villages? Smart Villages are communities in rural areas that use innovative solutions to improve their ability to adapt to change, building on local strengths and opportunities. This 3min video by the European Network for Rural Development explains the concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckB71hb0kx0 Why are Smart Villages important? Smart Villages work as a collective, implementing […]
Free Other Options Webinar
Thursday, July 22nd 10.30 am to 12.00 pm Are you at a crossroads in your life? Do you want to want to find out what’s available locally in Wexford for you to retrain or upskill? Whether you are a young person starting out or you have been job seeking for a while or considering […]
Free Biodiversity Awareness Training for Community Groups
Wexford LCDC is delighted to offer this free course for community groups. The course will be facilitated by ecologists Fionnuala O’Neill of BEC Consultants and Deborah D’Arcy. Participants will learn how to identify, protect and enhance local biodiversity. Field trips to some of County Wexford’s key sites for Biodiversity are included. Each group will receive […]
FREE Climate Action Training Course
Climate Change is challenging our society both nationally and locally and will have considerable impact on local Wexford communities. To address this challenge Wexford Local Development (WLD) is offering a FREE climate action training course to help you and your community build climate awareness and local climate capacity. This FREE 4 week course offers participants an exciting […]
LEADER funding to drive post-Covid recovery in Co Wexford
As featured in the Wexford People paper on Tuesday 16th March 2021 WEXFORD Local Development (WLD) has welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Rural & Community Development Heather Humphreys TD, and the Minister for Agriculture Food & Marine Charlie McConalogue TD, of an increased allocation of €70 million in 2021 & 2022 for […]
EuroBlue flourishes in uncertain times with support from the LEADER Programme
As featured in the Wexford People Paper – Tuesday 2nd March 2021 EuroBlue flourishes in uncertain times A business located in rural Wexford is establishing itself as one of the country’s premier producers of a liquid used to reduce harmful emissions from diesel vehicles. EuroBlue, which is in Ballybrennan in Bree, was set up in […]
€1.58m of LEADER grants have been distributed to 26 businesses in County Wexford
As featured in this week’s Wexford People – LEADER grants will create 250 new jobs for County Wexford. See full article below
Sports Capital 2021 Guidance Workshop
Wexford Local Development & Sports Active Wexford hosted a Sports Capital Programme Guidance workshop on the evening of Wednesday, January 20th. The workshop, which was held over Zoom, aimed to provide information and guidance to clubs and groups considering submitting an application to the 2021 Sports Capital Programme. Clubs and community groups from across Co […]
LEADER Enterprise Grants To Deliver 250 New Jobs in County Wexford
During 2020, Wexford Local Community Development Committee in partnership with Wexford Local Development awarded LEADER grant aid of €1.58m to twenty-six businesses in the county to facilitate business expansion and diversification. This was in addition to a further €2.8m awarded to fifty-four businesses between July 2017 and December 2019. Successful businesses come from a diverse […]
Town & Village Renewal Scheme Applications
Call for return of applications! Closing date is Monday 24th August at 5pm please see the following link to the Town & Village Renewal page https://www.wexfordcoco.ie/community/supports-grants-and-awards/town-and-village-renewal-scheme If you have any queries please email: info@leo.wexfordcoco.ie