THE SERVICE THAT CORK CIVIC LIFE PROVIDES TO THE 3,000 VOLUNTARY, SOCIAL, CIVIC, CHARITABLE AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

Cork Civic Life is the not for profit social enterprise that provides a full promotional and support service for every voluntary, social, civic, charitable and not for profit organisation in the Cork region that engages with us so that we can tell their stories, promote their work and support any project or endeavour that they are involved in. Our role is to ensure that we do everything to highlight the important role that these organisations have in the community and in civic society. Everything that Cork Civic Life provides to these organisations is provided on a free of charge basis so that their funds can be solely used to further their work and support the people and communities that they do so much for.

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN MICHAEL MULCAHY

The creation of Cork Civic Life in 2018 to support and promote the great work of the 3,000 voluntary, social, civic, charitable and not for profit organisations in Cork city and county has given us a real sense of the need for support in every village, town and suburb of Cork. Thanks to the generosity of my good friends for over 30 years, Linda and Dan Kiely who immediately said yes to the concept when I approached them originally and who are the Lifetime Patrons of Cork Civic Life. I know from all the years of working with Linda and Dan that their entire business and personal life model is all about supporting people, giving them a helping hand and creating a self supporting model that works for everyone. I am hugely grateful for their support, partnership, mentoring and friendship.

As a social enterprise I believe that Cork Civic Life can really assist so many small, medium and large organisations in the voluntary, social, civic, charitable and not for profit sector in every part of our beautiful city and county, while also connecting the people and organisations with other people and organisations in the corporate sector who can also support their great work. We owe it to the volunteers who give so much of their time to make life better for so many and to give them support, promotion and encouragement and that is what Cork Civic Life is all about and will do for them and all at no cost to them.

I am delighted that Cork Civic Life has the ability to support the amazing organisations and people behind them and help them to maximise their full potential for the benefit of every citizen in Cork. The Pride of Cork Awards that we have created is all about honouring the great people and organisations that do so much for so many in Cork and it is fitting that we should honour these people and organisations because they are without doubt The Pride of Cork.