Deaf Enterprises

Getting ready for the big man himself 🎅. CDA will be having a family fun day tomorrow in carrigtwohil Community Centre. Deaf Enterprises provided a comfy seat for santa to rest on. Hope everyone attending will have a great day. Well done to CDA for organising this for all the families who avail of their services.

Did you know that if you have a bike you no longer need, Sign & Cycle is operating a new initiative at Cork County Council's recycling centre at Raffeen where bicycles that would previously have entered the waste stream are now collected for refurbishment and redistribution back into the community! Sign & Cycle is a partnership between Deaf Enterprises and Cork Community Bikes that enables deaf and hard of hearing trainees, amongst others, to become bicycle mechanics.

What a fantastic all-round win-win 👏❤️👏❤️

County Mayor praises Cork Deaf Enterprises for 'remarkable craftsmanship' at visit Every year Deaf Enterprises repairs, re-upholsters and restores an estimated 150 tonnes of furniture that might otherwise end up in landfill.

Deaf Enterprises1 Social Enterprise AwardDeaf Enterprises- Furniture upholstery & Bicycle recycling. Based in the Ballinlough area of Cork City, Deaf Enterprises was set up to...

Also a huge thank you to for visiting us today. He came and spoke to everyone and gave so much of his time to make sure he met everyone on site. He told us that "every day is a learning day" some of the kids showed the Lord Mayor how to say "Lord mayor" in ISL. He also advised us all that the best start to a day is porridge and honey! Thanks again for your enjoyable visit.

We also had the pleasure of being visited by not one but 2 schools today, thank you for visiting us today. They were only too delighted when gave them homework off.

A great event today . The grand opening of our new floor, a huge thanks to the HSE, Reach Deaf Services, FloorTech, our board memebers, and of course our team of dedicated workers, some who have been with us over 30 years.

Our sign and cycle project had a very productive morning and donated two bikes to the St. Mary's on thr Hill NS. The bikes will be used by the school to teach students how to cycle, and learn about bike safety and awareness. Our bike manager, Jakub pictured here was warmly greeted by some students of the school and by the school principal Ms. Maura Fennessy. This project is a great incentive to deter bikes from going to landfill. If you would like more information please contact 021 4294111.

Our "Sign and Cycle project had a productive morning and donated two bikes to St. Mary's on the Hill National school. Our bike manager Jakub was warmly greeted by some students and the school principal Ms Maura Fennessy . The bikes will be used by the school to teach students how to cycle and promote bike safety awareness. For more information on our bike project which is attempting to deter bikes from going to landfill. Please contact 021 4294111 Sign & Cycle Cork Community Bikes .

Delighted to be nominated for a Cork City Partnership award, this nomination is a credit to all the hard work that the whole team do on a daily basis.

thanks to and for having us in Newmarket today. It was great to see the fantastic work that is carried out in the area.

We are looking for two new staff to join our team. Please see details in this post.

Pobal 30 year anniversary event. Thanks for having us.

Look at these beautiful bedroom chairs owned by , beautifully reupholstered by our talented team and given a new lease of life. The makes huge effort to reduce their carbon footprint and has decided to repurpose over 50 of these fabulous chairs rather then buying new. Well done to all .

We are jumping for joy that a new floor is starting tomorrow. A huge thanks to FloorTech for the work they will carry out over the next few weeks, the HSE for making this possible , and to our hard working team who cleared the workshop in make way of the new floor.

11 years at Deaf Enterprises!! We would like to wish John O Connor all the best on his retirement . We will all miss John, who was a machinist here for over 11 years. John has a great sense of humour and is a huge soccer fan. Thank you John from the whole team here and Deaf Enterprises

Calling all artists! From October on, Deaf Enterprises would like to invite artists to use a wall space in our store to display your art work. This free of charge incentive is to allow artists to display their work for a couple of months and support the many talented people in our community. If interested please contact [email protected] for more information.

🙌 We are so grateful to Cork's Sign and Cycle project*, for donating these refurbished bikes to a refugee family that was recently welcomed to West Cork.

✅ This family came through the Community Sponsorship programme, which is a powerful and practical way to support and empower refugees in your community! Learn more about Community Sponsorship below: https://nascireland.org/campaigns/community-sponsorship

* Sign and Cycle is an innovative Cork-based project enabling Deaf and hard of hearing trainees, among others, to become bicycle mechanics. The project is a partnership between Deaf Enterprises and Cork Community Bikes. Learn more here: https://signandcycle.com/

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active in the Circular Economy create incredible value for the and for alike!

One of these amazing organisations is Deaf Enterprises in Ireland! Founded in 1987, it is Ireland’s only dedicated employer of the and community! The organisation was set up to tackle the high rates of among Cork’s Deaf community but has since grown to provide and placement opportunities. In 1988, Deaf Enterprises launched a workshop providing reupholstery, sewing, French polishing, and furniture manufacturing and restoration. They have also recently initiated a new programme focused on bicycle repair!

Read more about their story, as well as those of 17 other social enterprises, in our report: https://rreuse.org/putting-people-and-skills-at-the-core-of-the-circular-economy/

A huge thank you to Community Resources Network Ireland CRNI and ReMark for having us today at the awards centre. Steve and Claire were delighted to accept the ReMark award on behalf of all the team at Deaf Enterprises . This is a huge achievement and shows all the hard work and dedication that the team at Deaf Enterprises have put in.

As part of our "Sign and Cycle" project visited Bishopstown Community School to give a demonstration on bike maintenance and bike repair. Well done to all involved. Cork Community Bikes

As part of bike week we had a demonstration for our staff and public about bike safety and bike maintenance. Thanks to everyone who got involved. Cork Community Bikes

As part of bike week Deaf Enterprises and sign and cycle staff cycled from our shop in ballinlough to blackrock Castle. Cork Community Bikes thanks to all involved . An end to a great week thanks to everyone who helped and got involved.

As part of "signandcycle" visited Beaumont school and showed the students how to mend their bikes and a demonstration on bike safety. Thanks to Beaumont school for taking part.

As part of we had a local school St Anthony's call to us for a bike demonstration. The students were shown how to repair their own bikes and how to check your bike for need of repair. Thanks to St Anthony's school for taking part.

Join us at Deaf Enterprises today from 4pm to 'check your bike'. As part of bike week we are offering a drop in session to anyone who may have queries about their bike or purchasing one. If you are in ballinlough today feel free to call into our bike workshop. "SIGN AND CYCLE"

Keep track of our events, you are more then welcome to join us 🚴🏾‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️

Thanks to Steve & all the team at Deaf Enterprises for dropping down this lovely potting bench which they made for the community garden here in Ballinlough!
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Great craftsmanship!🤩💪🙌

….we can’t wait to start filling it up with lots of plants to grow! 🪴🪴🪴

We are looking for a bookkeeper/ accounts assistant. Please see information in the post below.

Happy Easter to everyone , from all at Deaf Enterprises.

We are featured in this report as one of the 18 stories from different organisations. Have a read .....

Exciting news! RREUSE’s highly anticipated study, "Putting people and skills at the core of the circular economy: 18 stories from social enterprises," is now available!

The report showcases the vital role that social enterprises play in upskilling and reskilling workers for a more , and highlights the important contribution of these enterprises to the development of circular skills.

The case studies featured within the study highlight the contribution of social enterprises to the development of circular skills, primarily among low-skilled and disadvantaged individuals.

Join us in celebrating the role of social enterprises in the preservation of manual skills! Download the report here: https://rreuse.org/putting-people-and-skills-at-the-core-of-the-circular-economy/

We would like to thank Open Society Foundations for their valuable support in the creation of this study.