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    • Training Supports

      What Funding Is Your Company Receiving Towards Training & Upskilling Your Team?

      Save yourself Work, Time and Money by using the Training Supports listed below.

      M1 Drogheda Chamber Skillnet

      Visit www.m1skillnet.ie to see 2022 Training plan

      The Network Manager, Stephen McDonnell will support your team’s training development, by offering tailored training to meet the needs of your business, via a database of qualified, professional & experienced trainers. up to 30% funding through Skillnet Ireland can be offered towards your training costs.

      Contact Stephen@m1skillnet.ie

      Start-up Business Advice Clinic

      https://www.localenterprise.ie/Louth/

      The Business Advice Clinic is open every week for all types of businesses including new businesses in County Louth. The clinic can be a way of seeking advice on a business issue, or assessing the types of supports that are available for your business. To book your appointment at the clinic, simply click the link below.

      Business Advice Clinic.

      Local Enterprise Office - Louth

      https://www.localenterprise.ie/Louth/

      First Stop Shop for anyone seeking information and support on starting or growing a business in Co. Louth.

       

      LEO Louth offer a wide range of courses to suit everyone from entrepreneurs looking to start their own business to owner/managers and their specific business requirements.

       

      To view full range of training courses, click here:

      To Avail of Free Mentoring Service, click here:

      For more information on the Trading Online Voucher, click here:

       

      For other information and services, email info@leo.louthcoco.ie and one of the team will come back to you as soon as possible.

       

      AWS InCommunities Drogheda Fund

      https://www.changex.org/gl/funds/awsincommunities-drogheda-fund

      AWS InCommunities Fund has been set up to help local community groups, schools, and organisations in Drogheda, to help you to start or expand a community project in your neighbourhood. Learn more about available funding, projects, and the application process. Visit https://www.changex.org/gl/funds/awsincommunities-drogheda-fund

      GREEN FOR MICRO RECRUITING NOW

      https://www.localenterprise.ie/Portal/Green/Green-for-Micro.html

      The aim of the Green for Micro programme is to help you examine and identify cost savings and market opportunities within your business. This is achieved by looking at your business from an environmental perspective. Improving environmental performance through greater resource efficiency, can help your business achieve competitive advantage.

       

      Advanced Manufacturing Centre, Dundalk 

      https://amtce.ie/

      Deliver advanced manufacturing courses to up/reskill employees in technology-based occupations and to support enhanced productivity in Irish SMEs.

       

      View Training Catalogue

      Skills to Advance

      http://www.solas.ie/SkillsToAdvance

      1.  Autumn Course Offering.  Level 5 Courses are funded at 100% and Level 6 Courses at 70%. Skillstodavance@lmetb.ie 
      2. Within this there is selection of courses to support the Hospitality Industry to include
        1. City & Guilds Level 5 Diploma in Hospitality Supervision and Leadership
        2. Culinary Skills in DIFE
        3. Pastry, Baking & Dessert Skills
        4. Meal Service with Barista
      3. We also offer a programme called Explore which is ran in collaboration with Ray Murphy Regional Skills Forum – this is a Digital Upskilling Course which is 100% funded, participants on this course are given either a tablet/laptop to use for the training and then get to keep it at the end of their training.  Training takes 3.5 days. email raymurphy@regionalskills.ie

      Courses are commencing from August 30th onwards.

      Skills to Advance

      http://www.solas.ie/SkillsToAdvance

      Skills to Advance is a SOLAS nationwide initiative, delivered through the ETB’s offering Employers & Employees up/reskilling opportunities. A selection of course are available day time an evening time and courses can be created to suit your business needs.

      For more information Contact:

      Business in Meath Aoife McDaid amcdaid@lmetb.ie 

      Business in Louth Linda Ennis lennis@lmetb.ie

    • Louth Meath Education Training Board (LMETB)

      https://www.lmetb.ie/further-education-and-training-fet/services-business/

       

      Apprenticeships – The Regional Skills and Training Centre, Dundalk provide services relating to apprenticeships across all registered trades.

       

      Skills for Work - Contact Nolette Dolan noelettedolan@cmetb.ie

      SOLAS - Skills to Compete (https://www.solas.ie/programmes/skills-to-compete/)

       

      Regional Skills Fora (https://www.regionalskills.ie/explore/) It is an innovative fully funded flexible initiative, offering an opportunity to boost employee’s digital skills, adaptability, workplace wellness and productivity.

      Contact: Business in Meath Siobhan Keogh siobhankeogh@regionalskills.ie

      Business in Louth Ray Murphy raymurphy@regionalskills.ie

       

      Springboard Plus (https://springboardcourses.ie/) - The Springboard+ Initiative offer free or subsidised places on 332 courses leading to awards at certificate, degree and post-graduate level. Most courses are part-time for a maximum of 12 months and are open to all applicants; Employed, Unemployed, and Returners who meet the eligibility criteria at the time of course commencement.

       

      Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT) (https://www.dkit.ie/postgraduate/funded-modular-and-postgraduate-opportunities.html) - The Institute is offering a wide range of programmes, including a number of funded courses under the July Stimulus. Fees do not apply for those seeking employment and applicants in receipt of relevant social welfare payments will retain their benefits under the July Stimulus, applicants currently employed and seeking to upskill can qualify for up to 90% of their fees.

       

      Work Placement

      LMETB can provide candidates trained from Level 2 to Level 6 and DKIT can provide 3rd Year College Graduates with a wide variety of skills and knowledge who can be matched to the skills needs of a company.

      DKIT Contact Joyce O’Hara joyce.ohara@dkit.ie

      Drogheda Institute of Further Education (DIFE) dife@lmetb.ie

      O’Fiaich College (OFI) Dundalk info@ofi.ie

      Dunboyne College of Further Education dunboynecollege@lmetb.ie

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    PRIVACY POLICY
    DROGHEDA & DISTRICT CHAMBER
    
    INTRODUCTION
    This Privacy Policy details the privacy practices of Drogheda & District Chamber of Commerce. We have focused on implementing the practices of Fairness, Transparency and Accountability to protect the privacy of our customers, clients and all who visit our website www.droghedachamber.ie
    In accordance with The General Data Protection Regulation (EU2016/679) and The Data Protection Act 2018, Drogheda & District Chamber of Commerce is identified as a Data Controller of your personal information. There may be occasions when we are also identified as a Data Processor.  As an Organization data protection and privacy is of the utmost importance to us and we respect your trust in us, to use, store and share your personal information.  In this Privacy Policy we explain how we collect personal information about you, how we use it and how you can communicate with us, regarding the use of your data.  All personal information we collect about you will be processed in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) and The Irish Data Protection Act 2018. This Privacy policy relates to personal information which is collected through the website of Drogheda & District Chamber of Commerce and does not extend to personal information which is collected on a manual basis or to non-automated records.
    
    WHO ARE WE?
     We are Drogheda & District Chamber, located in Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland.  As the leading business organisation in Drogheda, our mission is simple, to promote, engage, support, and ultimately make business better for our members and the wider community.  We are a volunteer led organisation and for over 125 years Drogheda & District Chamber has been the beating heart of the business community.
    
    How we collect information about you
    When you browse our website www.droghedachamber.ie, we may ask for personal information such as your name, email address. We may also collect information about you when you are on the internet such as the website you came from, IP address, domain types, i.e., .co.uk and.com), your browser type the country  where your internet service provider is located, the pages of  our site that were viewed during your visit and search terms that you used.  This information is only used for our own research and to improve our service to you. We will only collect your personal information when you provide 
    
    it to us, when you email us, send an enquiry through our “Contact Us” page  and when you subscribe to any of our services. Drogheda & District Chamber use the social media platforms of Facebook, and Twitter to keep our members informed of events and services which we consider may be of interest..
    Our website uses “Cookie” technology.  A cookie is a little piece of text that the server places on your device when you visit our website.  They help us make the site work better for you. For further information on our use of Cookies, please refer to the Cookie Policy on www.droghedachamber.ie
    
    What Personal Information Do We Collect?
    When you visit our website,  we collect particular information related to your device, such as the IP address, referring website, details of the pages your device visited and the time that your device visited our website.
    Drogheda & District Chamber respect your right to privacy, and we will only collect personal information when you provide this to us.  When you submit an  email enquiry, subscribe to our mailing list or newsletter or register for an event, or complete any of our on line forms we will process your personal information for specific purposes which allow us to provide and deliver our services to you. The categories of personal information that we collect from you include, names, email addresses, postal addresses and phone numbers, transactional information (including invoices due and paid).
    
    How We Use Your Personal Information
    Drogheda & District Chamber will process your personal information for a variety of legal purposes, including but not limited to the following:
    •	To provide services to members and potential members
    •	Networking opportunities
    •	To respond to any communications, you might send to us
    •	To send you email alerts and newsletters that you have opted in to receive
    •	Educational events
    •	Promoting members
    •	Lobbying
    •	Start Up Business Assistance
    •	Collaboration
    •	Process membership transactions (including transaction confirmations and invoices
    •	Send members industry updates, event/news/notifications, and administrative communications
    •	Manage members use of our services and to respond to enquiries and comments and provide membership services and support
    
    Use of Non-Personal Information
    We gather statistical and analytical information collected on an aggregate basis of all visitors to our website www.droghedachamber.ie.  This non-personal information encompasses data that cannot be used to identify you.
    Google Analytics
     We use Google Analytics to analyse the performance of www.m1skillnet@droghedachamber.com. The information Google Analytics gathers using our website’s cookies, generate generic reports about the use of our website. Further information regarding our use of Google Analytics is detailed in our Cookie Policy
    
    Our Legal Bases to Process Your Personal Information
    We detail below our identified legal bases which allow is to process your personal information:
    •	Processing is necessary for the performance of a Contract to which the Data Subject is party or to take steps at the request of the Data Subject prior to entering. The Contract
    •	Consent
    •	Legal Obligation
    •	Legitimate Interest of the Data Controller
    •	Public Interest
    If we process personal information based on your Consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.  This does not affect the lawfulness of processing which took place prior to its withdrawal.
    
    Sharing of Personal Information
    There may be occasions when it is necessary for us to share your personal information with our external working Partners and Stakeholders for the purposes of providing our services to you. We detail below some of our external Third Partners; however, this is information is not an exhaustive list.
    •	Web Hosting Company
    •	Consultants
    •	Saas Providers 
    •	Email Platform
    •	Payroll Provider
    There may also be occasions when in accordance with Independent Statutory Legislation we are obligated to share personal information.  Under certain circumstances, we may be required to disclose your personal information in response to valid requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
    
    Is Personal Data Transferred outside the EEA?
    We do not knowingly transfer personal information outside the EEA, however our CRM system is Hub Spot and is hosted in Europe.
    
    
    
    How we keep your Personal information Safe
    Drogheda & District Chamber are committed to the protection and security of your personal information.  We use a variety of technologies and procedures to protect your personal information from, “unauthorised use, and access, accidental loss, unlawful destruction, alteration, unlawful disclosure. As effective as security practices are, no physical or electronic system is entirely secure.  We cannot guarantee the complete security of our data base or can we guarantee that information that you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted to us over the internet.  We have implemented strict internal guidelines to ensure that your privacy is safeguarded at every level of our organisation.  We will continue to revise policies and procedures and review our systems and we will implement additional security features as new technologies become available.  Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.  When we receive your personal information, we use appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being compromised in any way.  When you contact us to ask about your personal information, we may ask you to identify yourself, this is to help protect your personal information.
    
    How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Information?
    We process and retain personal information to meet our legal and regulatory requirements and for as long as necessary to enable Drogheda & District Chamber to provide our services to our members.  It is not our practice to retain personal information for longer than is considered necessary.
    
    Third-Party Sites
    Our website may contain links to other Third-Party sites.  When you click on one of these links you are visiting a website operated by someone other than  Drogheda & District Chamber and the operator of that website may have a different privacy policy.  We are not responsible for their individual privacy practices; we encourage you to investigate the privacy policies of such Third-Party Operators.
    
    Children
    We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, do not access, use, or provide any personal information on www.droghedachamber.ie or through any of its features. If we learn that we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13, without parental consent, we will delete that information.
    
    Do We Use Cookies
    Yes, we use a variety of Cookies. A Cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your system. Our website uses these Cookies to collect information which enables us to improve our service.  You have the option to either accept or refuse these Cookies and know when a Cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our Cookies you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. Full details of our use of Cookies will be found in our separate Cookie Policy.
    
    Your Personal information Rights
    
    In accordance with The EU General Data Protection Regulation and The Data Protection Act 2018 you are afforded the following rights in certain circumstances. However, not all “Rights” are absolute, and exemptions may apply.
    Right of Access:  You have the right to obtain confirmation from us whether or not we process personal information about you and where that is the case, access to the personal data, including the purposes of the processing and the categories of personal data concerned.  The recipients or categories or recipients to whom the personal information have been or will be disclosed.
    You may also submit a written request for a copy of personal information you believe we may be processing about you.  Upon such a written request, Drogheda & District Chamber will verify the validity of the request for security purposes.  Your subject access request will be responded to within thirty days, However, where the request is unreasonable, or onerous such requests will be responded to within a two-month time period.
    Right to Rectification: You have the right to the rectification of inaccurate personal information about you without undue delay.
    Right to Erasure: You may ask us to delete your personal information, however this is not an absolute right and any such request will be considered in connection with our legal obligations and under the legal framework of the EU GDPR
    Right to Restricting and Objecting: You have the right to restrict or object to us using your personal information.
    Right to Data Portability: Upon your written request, where possible we can share a digital copy of your personal information with you or another organisation.
    
    How to contact us
    Should you have any questions regarding how we process your personal information please send an email to brenda@droghedachamber.ie
    You can also address your correspondence The Data Protection Compliance Officer, Drogheda & District Chamber, Dublin Road, Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland.
     The Data Commissioners Office can be contacted at www.dataprotection.ie
    
    Changes to this Privacy Policy
    We will make changes to this Privacy Policy from time to time, particularly when we make changes regarding how we process your personal information and expand our services.   Details of any changes made will be posted here so that you can see what information we gather, how we might use that information and in what circumstances we may disclose it.  By continuing to use our site after we post any such changes, you accept and agree to the privacy policy as modified.
    Updated - December 2020
    
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