Three Sligo schools to join Arts Council’s Creative Schools initiative

Pictured celebrating the announcement that AbbVie has made the 2023 Best Workplaces in Pharma & Healthcare in Ireland are AbbVie Manorhamilton Road employees Kedar Apte, Danielle Monaghan, Jose Relvas, Lorraine Kennedy and Ciaran Isaac.

GREAT Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, has named biopharmaceutical company AbbVie on their 2023 Best Workplaces in Pharma & Healthcare in Ireland list.

This is the second consecutive year AbbVie has appeared on this prestigious list and AbbVie is one of only 20 companies and organisations recognised. Ireland's Best Workplaces in Pharma & Healthcare 2023 is an industry recognition compiled by Great Place to Work Ireland honouring

organisations building great cultures in the pharma and healthcare industries. The recognition highlights listed companies as employers of choice in an increasingly competitive talent market. To be considered for Ireland’s Best Workplaces in Pharma & Healthcare in 2023, participating organisations are required to be certified as a Great Place to Work.

AbbVie, which employs more than 2,600 people across six different Irish locations from Sligo to Cork, and Mayo to Dublin,

THREE Sligo schools are included in a total of 141 schools nationally invited to join the Arts Council’s Creative Schools initiative.

The Sligo schools are Corballa National School, Scoil Naomh Molaise and St Teresa’s National School.

The Creative Schools initiative

was named as one of the Best Large Workplaces in Ireland at the Great Place to Work 2023 Awards earlier this year – the tenth consecutive year that the company has featured on the list.

The company was also acknowledged as one of the Best Workplaces for Women in Ireland for the fifth year in a row and was ranked number 4 on the World’s Best Workplaces list in November.

Gary O’Mahoney, HR Director for Ireland, said: “Being named as one of Ireland’s Best Workplaces gives opportunities for children and young people to build their artistic and creative skills.

Each school taking part will receive a grant and work with a professional Creative Associate who will support them to develop and implement theirbespoke Creative School Plan over a two-year period.

in Pharma & Healthcare again this year is an incredible accomplishment for the company. It is a validation of our efforts to create an inclusive workplace that supports employee development and empowers them to make a broader impact in the communities where they live and work. “I would like to thank colleagues across our six locations in Ireland for their commitment to our company culture and ongoing dedication to patients around the world,” he added.

Participation empowers children and young people to develop, implement and evaluate arts and creative activity throughout their schools and centres. Creativity stimulates additional ways of working and has a positive impact on children and young people’s learning, development and well-being. 6ligo County Council has welcomed the announcement by the 0inister for the (nvironment, Climate and Communications, (amon 5yan T', of a new community climate action fund.

This fund is being made available to organisations and community groups interested in developing capital projects which relate to the challenge of addressing climate change. The Community Climate Action Programme will support the delivery of the new five-year Climate Action Plan for County 6ligo, which is currently in development.

From a total fund of ¼ million, 6ligo County Council has been allocated a fund of ¼ 5, for community /not for profit groups within the county. The funding is for capital investment in small, medium, and large-scale community climate action projects under 5 themes: Community energy, Travel, Food and waste, 6hopping and recycling and /ocal climate and environmental action.

Ahead of the opening of the Climate Action Fund, Councillor *erard 0ullaney, Cathaoirleach, 6ligo County Council, said, ³The Community Climate Action Programme is an opportunity for local community groups and organisations, supported by 6ligo County Council, to lead out on projects to maNe their communities more climate resilient.´

0r. 0artin /ydon, Chief ([ecutive, 6ligo County Council, said, ³The Community Climate Action Programme will see an investment of ¼ 5, for County 6ligo, and presents a genuine opportunity for communities to avail of financial support to implement climate action in their areas and build low carbon, sustainable communities in a considered and structured way.´

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