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New Partnerships in Education
I
n reviewing our Corporate Responsibility
Programme we identified a third key area for
future focus for ESB. In common with many
other Irish companies, we need access to staff
with strong science, technology, maths and
literacy skills and all of these are grounded
in getting our young children off to the best
educational start possible.
We were also conscious that our staff and
our company have been the beneficiaries of
historically high standards of education and
we would like to acknowledge and repay that
investment made in us.
In redeveloping our strategy we have therefore
extended its remit to incorporate a focus on
educational support.
16,000
ADULTS HAVE BENEFITTED AT
THE CENTRE IN JOBSTOWN,
TALLAGHT WEST
TIME TO READ
Our first national educational partnership is
with Business in the Community (BITC) on the
Time to Read programme, a national literacy
support programme, where staff volunteers
commit to one-to-one reading with children in
national schools. Over the next three years it
is our ambition that Time to Read transitions
from being a successful pilot to a significant
national programme, supported by BITC
member companies throughout the country.
For our part we will be encouraging more
of our staff to join the volunteers already
reading and working with BITC to promote the
programme.
AN COSÁN - IRELAND'S VIRTUAL
COMMUNITY UNIVERSITY
Our second national educational partnership
supports learning at the other end of the
spectrum - second chance adult education.
An Cosán is Ireland's leading provider of adult
and community education. The centre has
developed a world-class academic programme
for students that can be rolled out nationwide
through community-based organisations.
ESB is supporting this innovative and exciting
initiative by becoming a national partner for the
project (along with Learnovate, Carlow IT and
Accenture). This initiative has the potential
to transform the educational experience for
students and potential students throughout
the country, both in terms of access and
in terms of the quality of the programmes
available to them.
President Michael D. Higgins speaking at An Cosán,
December 2013.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of EM - ESB Energy for Generations
EM - ESB Energy for Generations
Contents
Message from Chief Executive, Pat O’Doherty
A Focus on Suicide Prevention
A Focus on Homelessness
New Partnerships in Education
Support for Staff Volunteering
BITC Impact Map
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