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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. 6 ESB Energy for Generations If you are interested in becoming a volunteer reader, please send an email to esbenergyforgenerations@esb.ie.

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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