Welcome to Dunhill Rural Enterprises Limited (DREL)
Dunhill Rural Enterprises Limited (DREL) is a registered not-for-profit, limited liability Company, with charitable status. We came together in the late 1990's with the mission of developing an entrepreneurial culture and create jobs. We have achieved this through developing Dunhill Ecopark.
Today, our mission remains the same and in many ways is even more crucial. We believe it is at the micro-economic level where the most job potential will be found. We are committed to playing a leading role in establishing a successful micro-economy and our ambition is to become a best practice model for sustainable rural regeneration countrywide.
Objectives:
- Provide a supportive environment in which small enterprises are encouraged to develop and prosper
- Assist entrepreneurs to establish new businesses
- Support and facilitate new job opportunities on an ongoing basis
- Develop enlightened environmental management strategies and practices
- Utilise our environmental, heritage and tourism assets to help consolidate existing enterprises and prime the development of new businesses
- Enhance the social, economic and cultural experience and provide additional ‘quality of life’ opportunities in the community
- Act as a fulcrum for co-operation between community organisations, individuals, the public sector and government agencies, ensuring opportunities for job creation and economic activity are maximised
- Champion an integrated approach to rural regeneration through partnerships, joint ventures and collaboration projects locally, countrywide, regionally, nationally and internationally
- Identify and utilise available dormant assets across a range of sectors and interests including enterprise, education, environment, tourism, social, heritage, culture and recreation
DREL is a member of a wider community network called Dunhill, Fenor, Boatstrand and Annestown (DFBA) Community Enterprises Ltd. a voluntary community based development company founded in 1993. DFBA has pioneered, over two decades a self-reliant enterprise model and has inspired and sustained 22 different projects and the commitment of over 100 highly talented volunteers.
DFBA Motto: "There is no limit to what can be achieved by a community (county and region) working together"
DFBA Mission Statement: "To develop our community socially, economically and culturally by harnessing the talents of our people and the resources available"
This combination of projects forms an integrated approach to developing enterprise, education, environment, ecology, tourism, cultural, social and heritage projects that make the area a better place in which to live, work in and visit.
DFBA Motto: "There is no limit to what can be achieved by a community (county and region) working together"
DFBA Mission Statement: "To develop our community socially, economically and culturally by harnessing the talents of our people and the resources available"
This combination of projects forms an integrated approach to developing enterprise, education, environment, ecology, tourism, cultural, social and heritage projects that make the area a better place in which to live, work in and visit.
