National Bike Week 2019 (22nd - 30th June) – Workplace Event Applications

National Bike Week is back for 2019 and Cork Sports Partnership is offering workplaces the opportunity to get involved.

Cork Bike Week plays an integral part of National Bike Week with 6,195 people taking part across 72 Cork events in 2018. In 2019, with your help, we hope to exceed this.

Cork City Council & Cork County Council have secured funding from the Department of Transport, Sport and Tourism to support participation cycling events during the week. The fund, administered by Cork Sports Partnership, will provide a limited number of workplaces with the opportunity to get involved by organising a cycling event as part of the celebration.

Funding available

Funding is limited for events in 2019. The following maximum amounts are available:

€400 (This is subject to the quantity and quality of applications received)

Workplace Event Criteria:

• The event MUST be FREE & take place during Bike Week (22nd - 30th June 2019)
• The scale and scope of your National Bike Week event is up to each applicant. However, applications that focus on the following event criteria will be more positively received and prioritised

Sample events can include:

• Cycling to Work day
• Corporate Challenge ie Malin to Mizen/Cork to Moscow on turbo trainers/spin bikes. Inter-agency distance challenge, co-ordinated by Cork Sports Partnership
• Bike Repair and Maintenance Classes
• Lunchtime Cycles (Option available to cycle to Fitzgeralds Park for free lunch on Wed, 26^th June – No funding available for this event as lunch is already being provided for free)
• Bike building and team building techniques for corporate groups
• Road Safety Workshops

For more information on any of these sample ideas or to discuss an idea of your own, please contact James Kirby on 021 4347096 or email here.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm on Friday 7^th June.

For more info click here.

Cork Chamber is coordinating this mission for companies in the region to learn more about initiatives and opportunities for scaling companies in the Midlands region, investing and buying in the UK .

Specifically, Agri-tech, ICT, Cyber, Precision Engineering and Manufacturing companies in the South West region as well as stakeholders are invited to express their interest in participating. 

Engage with:

• The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Coventry -  bridging the gap between academia and industry.
• Harper Adams University – showcasing the Hands Free Hectare (HFHa), the first hectare in the world to plant, tend and harvest a crop with only autonomous vehicles and drones.
• Stakeholders and local government - engaging to build connections around cyber security and smart cities challenges and opportunities.

Companies are invited to avail of this opportunity to build links and new collaborations across business, research and education between Cork and South West Ireland and the UK.

Cork Chamber is coordinating the mission with local stakeholders following the joint ‘Joining the Dots’ report published by the British Embassy in Ireland and Cork Chamber in November 2018.

For more information, contact Margaret Kelly via email or on 021 450 9044

Agri-Tech is a phenomenally high-growth sector with global markets forecast to reach £217bn by 2021.

Cork Chamber and the Enterprise Europe Network is supporting the UK Department for International Trade in its hosting of a 'Scaling in Agritech' breakfast in Cork on Friday 14th June. 

In the ever evolving Agri-Tech industry, it is more important than ever for scaling Agri-Tech companies to innovate and develop partnerships.

At the breakfast: 

• Meet Harper Adams’s leading academics to learn about their pioneering work including 'The Hands Free Hectare' and 'Hands Free Farm' projects.
• Understand opportunities for R&D collaboration with Harper Adams University.
• Learn about opportunities and supports from The UK Department for International Trade.
• Avail of an opportunity to be selected to participate in a South West Ireland delegation in a Trade Mission/StudyTour to Harper Adams University and the UK Manufacturing Technology Centre on 3 & 4 July to include a prestigious International networking reception in the magnificent Coombe Abbey.

This event is by invitation only, to register your interest, please click here.