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🚨 Have Your Say on the Future of Rural Ireland! 🚨 The Irish government has launched a Public Consultation Survey to shape the next phase of Our Rural Future—a key strategy influencing the future of work, social impact, and economic opportunities in rural Ireland. 🌍🏡 At Grow Remote, we know that remote work plays a vital role in revitalizing rural communities, creating local job opportunities, and supporting sustainable economic growth. Now’s your chance to help ensure remote work remains a core part of Ireland’s rural strategy. 📢 What’s in the survey? ✅ Challenges & opportunities facing rural communities ✅ Key actions to secure a resilient rural future ✅ Insights that will inform government policy 📝 Make your voice heard! The survey is open to everyone and runs until April 2nd, 2025. Your input matters! 🔗 Take the survey now: https://bit.ly/grorf25 #OurRuralFuture #RemoteWork #GrowRemote #FutureOfWork #RuralIreland

A very big thank you to everyone who attended our Grow Remote coffee morning on Friday and also to those who contributed later on. We managed to raise €190 for Irish Cancer Society and catch up with friends 👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks to Noeleen Mc Taggart for bringing the merchandise to us and for arranging all the collections locally here in Longford. Such a worthy cause it was great to be part of it and hear the brave journeys that people have been on.🌼

This annual fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society is happening across communities nationwide. Volunteers, including Grow Remote community members, are out collecting to support vital services, and due to increasing demand, they need to raise €30 million this year. If you have time, pop by a collection point and donate! If you can’t make it in person, you can also donate online here: https://lnkd.in/eRxEAGyQ Every contribution makes a difference! 💛 #DaffodilDay #SupportCancerCare

The Annual Cork Simon Fundraising Ball is one of our most important fundraising events of the year and is an opportunity for people in Cork to work together as a community to raise funds that will help support our life-changing work and the fight against homelessness. The funds raised go towards the services we provide to the vulnerable men and women in our community who are experiencing homelessness and turning to Cork Simon for help. The success of this fundraiser is down to our amazing volunteers and we need your help! 🙌 Cork Simon Annual Ball 2025 Volunteer 🙌 Location: Fota Island Resort 📆 Date: Friday 4th April ⏰ 11 am – 3 pm: Room set up, helping put gifts on tables and set up raffles. Dress code: comfortable clothing. ⏰5:30 pm – 9:30 pm: Cloakroom, greeting guests, helping with information about raffle / auction prizes. Delivering prizes to tables of winners. 🤵 Dress Code: Black clothing. Interested? Please email hannah.mcgovern@corksimon.ie with your contact details and availability. Thank you! We really appreciate the support. 💪

It's happening today! You still have time to sign up ✍ We’re thrilled to be joined by Professor Esther Tippmann, a leading voice in strategy and scaling innovation, alongside Dr. Sarah Kieran Ph.D. Together, they’ll unpack what organisations need to succeed in today’s distributed work environment—from hiring and collaboration to performance and training. Come along for practical insights, backed by research, that will help you futureproof your team. 📌 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eESvRquh

Are you ready for the skills that will shape the future of work? We’ve still got a few spots left for tomorrow’s session at 12:30 pm. Industry expert Sarah Kieran Ph.D. together with Esther Tippmann will join us to explore how organisations can prepare for the evolving demands of remote and hybrid work—from hiring the right talent and fostering collaboration, to aligning goals and designing training that lasts. Don’t miss your chance to gain practical, research-backed insights that will help your team thrive. 📌 Register now: https://lnkd.in/eESvRquh

Paschal Donohoe recently spoke about the threat to 10,000-50,000 jobs in Ireland. The location of those jobs will play a factor in the impact. I recently spoke to Brian O'Donovan on the opportunity Ireland is currently missing. We must take a more international view of remote work and set a target to *win into Ireland* a proportion of the remote careers available across Europe. We can give a conservative estimate of 100k location-agnostic careers open today. Setting a target to win a proportion of those, say 10,000, would mean €130 million for the taxpayer. Emer Currie has been leading this in Leinster House since 2018. Perhaps the tariffs may jolt us into action and finally drive a transformational change. https://lnkd.in/eixFjj-T cc Grow Remote

***Opportunity for SMEs*** Ireland ranks 2nd in the EU for remote work adoption, with 970,000 workers (35% of the workforce) now remote or hybrid. SMEs, making up 99.8% of Irish businesses and employing two-thirds of the workforce, are driving this shift. Our recent research shows SMEs embrace remote work for better well-being, productivity, talent access, and retention. But challenges like communication, culture, and management remain. That’s why I’m excited about The Forward Project, a new initiative by Grow Remote, co-funded by the Irish Government and the EU. This fully funded program helps SMEs future-proof their business and unlock the full potential of a digital workplace. Don’t miss this opportunity! There are limited places on this pilot project so express interest and book a discovery call today: https://lnkd.in/epaQ-dPF #remote #SMEs #consultancy #newproject

Are you a team leader in an Irish SME that has a hybrid team? Join Grow Remote & Erica Hearne next week Wednesday for a chat with future of work experts 👇 Sarah Kieran Ph.D. & Esther Tippmann The data define's that remote & hybrid work is wholesome. No one says that it's easy to manage and implement 📈