ElectricAid’s 2017 AGM is taking place on Tuesday, 1st May, in the Gateway Three Conference Room, ESB Head Office, East Wall Road, Dublin 3. The meeting is at 3.30 pm; we will be serving tea, coffee and light refreshments from 3.00 pm. We will be electing a new Committee, and new Officers; there promises toContinue reading “You are all invited to our AGM!”
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A thank-you card from United Purpose … to you.
ElectricAid minds its manners with friends, members and supporters – we feel that we can all go a long way with “please” and “thank-you”, the crucial foundation stones for any relationship. That’s partly why we were so pleased to receive a simple thank-you card from United Purpose (formerly Concern Universal), an excellent and trusted implementingContinue reading “A thank-you card from United Purpose … to you.”
Getting involved – it can be about so much more than money!
ElectricAid loves your money! Members’ subscriptions are the bedrock and foundation of all we do. In one way or another, members contributed €0.7 million out of our total revenue of €1.2 million in 2017. We are eternally grateful, and we never take your generosity for granted. However, money is not everything; many of our membersContinue reading “Getting involved – it can be about so much more than money!”
2017- ElectricAid delivers another solid year of achievement.
2017 turned out to be a weirdly fascinating year. We seemed totally obsessed with Donald Trump, Brexit, Donald Trump, North Korea – and Donald Trump. The world seemed incapable of focusing on so much that mattered, such as the Sustainable Development Goals, the East Africa Food tragedy, or the devastating monsoon flooding in South Asia.Continue reading “2017- ElectricAid delivers another solid year of achievement.”
Christmas Greetings from ElectricAid
ElectricAid wishes you all – members, friends, supporters, partners and beneficiaries – a very happy Christmas and a prosperous and fulfilling New Year. We particularly thank our members and supporters, who have made 2017 another successful year. The steadfast support of ESB and EirGrid has also been key to this success, and speaks volumes ofContinue reading “Christmas Greetings from ElectricAid”
ElectricAid’s Water (refund) Bucket !
Many of you in Ireland will be getting water charge refund cheques this month. Whatever we may think of the whole water charges issue (and ElectricAid has no opinion here!), to many this feels like “free” money for “free” water. Many are actually uncomfortable in receiving a refund they did not want or ask for.Continue reading “ElectricAid’s Water (refund) Bucket !”
EvalCo and The Funding Funnel
ElectricAid’s Evaluation Group (EvalCo) meets 6 times yearly to consider, evaluate and make funding recommendations on the project applications on hand. EvalCo invariably considers far more applications, for far more money than we can realistically fund. EvalCo members are there to say “yes”, but will have to say “no” far more often than they wouldContinue reading “EvalCo and The Funding Funnel”
A Fruitful September
The “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” has certainly been fruitful and productive in terms of new members for ElectricAid. September is recruitment season in ESB and in EirGrid. We estimate that about 50 new staff members have also signed up with ElectricAid. They may be apprentices, new NTs, graduate engineers, general recruits – theyContinue reading “A Fruitful September”
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