Ulster Community Investment Trust is committed to providing loan finance and free business support to the community enterprise sector.

By providing access to flexible loan finance combined with free support, UCIT can help community enterprises move from grant dependency towards commercial sustainability.

Since becoming operational in January 2001, UCIT has attained a client base of over 80 community enterprises throughout Northern Ireland in both rural and urban settings. UCIT has supported a wide range of projects including locally owned playgroups through to large regeneration projects involving significant capital investment.

As a registered charity, all profits generated by UCIT are recycled for reinvestment into the community enterprise sector.

Free information and advice for your community enterprise.

UCIT has extended its financial support role to provide free information and advice for all community enterprises across Northern Ireland .

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Tuath - Donegal Community and Local Development Centre - www.lyit.ie

"Tuath is an old Irish word for an area or a community where people live and work together"

Set up in 2002, Tuath is based in Letterkenny Institute of Technology and is a partnership between the Institute, the Donegal County Development Board and a number of other key stakeholders in the county.

The core activities of Tuath are:

To initiate animation and capacity building within communities through non-accredited and accredited training (certificate, diploma & degree courses) throughout Co. Donegal; e.g. National Certificate in Community Studies, BA in Community Development, etc.

To carry out research with a community and/or local development focus and where appropriate, and where appropriate make it available to community and other groups and individuals. Tuath can also provide consultancy and mentoring assistance;

To extend the skills and capacity within communities in the county by delivering tailor made courses at an appropriate time and place suitable to groups and individuals.

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Ardee Community Development Council - Ardee Business Park - www.ardeebusinesspark.ie

Ardee Business Park offers professional training in modern and pleasant surroundings. All training rooms are located on the ground floor and are fully equipped with hi-speed internet access on all PCs.

In addition to the full range of courses available, Ardee Business Park provides tailored training to meet the needs of the client. Companies can avail of our free training consultancy service.

Meetings - Fully equipped training and meeting rooms are available to rent on an evening, half-day or daily basis.
Workspace - Industrial and Office/IT workspace is available ranging in size from 25sq metres to 250 square metres with short leases available.
Accessible - Situated close to the N52, N2, and M1 it offers a central location in the North East with ample free parking.