The Wheel's Social Enterprise Member Network
The Wheel's Social Enterprise Member Network
We're looking forward to welcoming you along to our online Social Enterprise Member Network session, on Thursday 26 September at 2.30pm, with a focus on unpacking the new National Social Enterprise Policy (2024-2027) and the implications and opportunities for our sector.
These network meetings help us to build a ‘bottom-up’ approach to our work in social enterprise. These meetings also give our community of members the opportunity to build relationships among like-minded organisations, shape our policy work and let us know what supports you need.
This is a free event but spaces are limited so don’t miss out.
- You can book places for yourself and/or colleagues by clicking the button below.
- This event will take place on Zoom.
- Closed Captions can be enabled by participants.
- Please email matthew@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.
Meet Your Facilitators:
Paul O'Sullivan has been providing strategic advice to leaders of charities and social enterprises since he retired as Chief Executive of Clann Credo - Community Loan Finance. At Clann Credo, Ireland’s leading provider of social finance, he led the investment of more than €150 million in hundreds of social enterprises, community organisations and charities throughout Ireland. Paul served on the European Commission’s Expert Group on the Social Enterprise for eight years. In 2009, he was instrumental in establishing the Social Enterprise Task Force to promote social enterprise in Ireland. He is currently a director of Waterford Area Partnership and chairs its Finance sub committee.
Colette Bennett is The Wheel’s Director of Advocacy and Research, and has worked in senior advocacy and organisational development roles for 15 years. She has a Masters in Social Justice and Public Policy and is a member of the Royal Irish Academy Social Sciences Committee. She regularly lectures in universities and colleges across Ireland on social justice and public policy frameworks.
Johnny Sheehan is The Wheel’s Member Engagement Manager. He works to ensure all our members are supported to work more effectively at a local, regional and national level. Johnny supports the public policy team to represent our members’, and the wider sector’s, shared interests. He has more than 25 years’ experience working in the development, youth work and environmental sectors and have served as a trustee on a number of charity boards. Johnny has a Law Society certificate in Charity Law, Trusteeship and Governance.
