Since 2007, Ashoka Ireland has elected eight of Ireland’s leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows and Ashoka-SEI Fellows. Our Fellows have models that are globally unique and high impact; they are working on areas ranging from empowering older people and the disabled, ending starvation in Africa, providing global free education, to building a mass movement of food growers. (Fellow Map).
Learn more about our Fellows in Ireland.
Ashoka has built momentum behind the social entrepreneurship movement in Ireland through our Annual Social Entrepreneurship Forum, Ashoka Support Network Events, and awareness-building PR and Advertising activities.
Ireland must look to import the most innovative ideas and institutions from around the world. Ashoka Ireland are well placed to facilitate this and have designed a programme called the Localizer to support incoming social entrepreneurs with market research, networking and fundraising meetings, office services, consulting services, access to Ashoka friends and advisory councils. Ashoka Ireland are bringing the most innovative ideas from around the world back home as well--there are fifteen Ashoka Fellows actively working to launch their organisations in Ireland through our (Localizer programme) and we are always looking for other innovative ideas to import.
“ There is this feeling within the Ashoka network that we are all going to change the world, and we can do it together. I see it happening and am so excited to be a part of it.”
Tara Cunningham – Founder & CEO - SpeechBud
We have an active Ashoka Support Network in Ireland and expanding partnerships to further expand this network. We have a young entrepreneurial team, a first class network of strategic partners and advisors, and exciting plans – all providing a strong platform for accelerated growth over the coming years.
