DFBA (Dunhill, Fenor, Boatstrand & Annestown) Community Enterprises Ltd.

MISSION
Develop our community socially, economically and culturally by harnessing the talents of our people and the resources available

MOTTO
There is no limit to what can be achieved by a community working together


OBJECTIVES

• Develop a more enterprising and self-reliant community
  
• Create new job opportunities in community and county
  
• Provide a wider menu of education options for southeast region
  
• Enhance the environment and bio-diversity of the Copper Coast area
  
• Collaborate with others locally, regionally, nationally and internationally
  
• Make the Copper Coast area a better place in which to live in work in and visit 
  

OPERATING PRINCIPLES

• Enterprising/ self-reliant: what we do with our own resources?
  
• Innovative / creative: how can we improve what we have?
  
• Inclusive/ actively engaged: how can we involve the greatest number to improve conditions for all?
  
• Added value: our aim is not to compete with existing enterprises/projects nor displace current jobs.  It is to address new opportunities
  
• Collaborative: we can be much stronger and get much more done in collaboration with others.  Recognising there is richness in diversity 
  
• Resilient: by recognising the depth and breadth of our resource base and developing economic and social projects
  
• Outward Looking: thinking global and acting local in building our vision for our communities
  
• Accountable: at all times we must be responsible and accountable for our actions and decisions
  
• Good governance: we must adopt the highest standard in managing our resources and live up to it on a daily basis
  

COMPLETED PROJECTS  

• DFBA Community Enterprises Ltd
  
• Copper Coast Geopark Ltd 
  
• Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd
  
• Dunhill Multi-Education Centre
  
• Communities Creating Jobs Ltd
  
• Croke Park GAA/CCJ Jobs Project
  
• Fenor Bog
  
• Fenor Playpark
  
• Fenor Tidy Towns
  
• Dunhill Country Markets
  
• Dunhill Tidy Towns
  
• Cois Cille Housing
  
• Dunhill Village Wetlands/Nature Park
  
• Newfoundland Emigrant Tree Project
  
• Dunhill Castle
  
• Annestown Boatstrand Group
  
• Boatstrand Safety Centre
  
• Dunhill Businesss Innovation Centre
  
• Dunhill Pre-school
  
• Fenor Pre-school 
  
• Dunhill Community Alert 
  
• Dunhill First Response 
  
• Dunhill Community Hall 
  
• Dunhill Rural Research and Innovation Cell 
  
• Interreg ACTION Project 
  
• Interreg HERCULES Project 
  
• National Jobs Conferences 2010-2012
  
• Dunhill Leadership Academy/Programme 
  

AWARDS WON

• Copper Coast achieved EU and UNESCO accreditation. It has retained the standard through several international audits. 
  
• Fenor Bog has achieved National Nature Reserve status. Businesses in the Dunhill Enterprise Ecopark have won numerous awards for food production (Bridgestone Awards) and for fine furniture. 
  
• DFBA Community Enterprises Ltd won Pride of Place an All-Ireland (under North – South agreement in Good Friday agreement in 2005. 
  
• DFBA won Munster and reached All-Ireland Final in the AIB Millennium Awards in 1999.  
  
• Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd won the FAS sponsored Regional Enterprise Award. 
  
• Dunhill Rural Enterprises Ltd and Dunhill Multi-Education Centre has won many county awards.
  

PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT

• Goats Milk Cheese Project
  
• TEFL School
  
• Rural Resettlement Project
  
• Micro Brewery/ Bakery Project
  
• Inventors Village
  
• Copper Coast Ecolodge
  
• Anne Valley Festival
  
• Dunhill-Macroom E Ecopark Partnership Project
  
• Dunhill Ecolution Project
  

FUTURE PROJECTS & GOALS

• 200 jobs by December 2016
  
• Knockaderry Looped Walkway- Science Field Education Project
  
• Gleann Ealach Housing Project
  
• Looped Walk Dunhill-Annestown- Fenor
  
• Masters in Education &Training Management DCU
  
• Degree in Applied Studies UCC
  
• Anne Valley Walk and Wildlife Sanctuary
  
• Hydroponics Project
  
• Dunhill Cookery School
  
• HSE Healthcare outreach centre
  
• Copper Coast – Ireland Reaching Out Project
  
• Power Clan Gathering 2013
  
• Copper Coast Experiences Guide Book
  
• Dunhill Organic Gardening Project
  
• Dunhill Ecopark as Food Manufacturing Hub
  
• Environmental Science Programme – linked to primary/secondary schools curriculum
  

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