Month: July 2016
Basis.point announces new board members
We’re pleased to announce that Paul McNaughton and Pat Wall have been newly appointed to our board. These appointments reflect the importance that the charity places on future expansion and growth. Commenting on the appointment, Eimear Cowhey, Head of Marketing and Communications for basis.point said: “We welcome Paul and Pat as new Board members. They…
Hear from our Patrons: Paul Fawsitt
We speak to Paul Fawsitt from the MoneyMate Group. Paul is CEO of MoneyMate which joined as a corporate patron of basis.point from the start. Paul talks about why they decided to became a patron and we provide information on how you can become one too.
Hear from our volunteers: Fiona Mulcahy
Our volunteers are essential to the success of basis.point. Fiona Mulcahy, INED and volunteer with basis.point, talks about her involvement with basis.point and we provide information on how you can also get involved.
ELI/NCI basis.point July 2016 Progress Report
basis.point’s Families 25 families began their PCHP journey with basis.point this year. There are two Chinese Home Visitors visiting eight families, delivering the first year of PCHP through their native language and the second year through English. This will ensure the children have the English language skills needed to start school. In addition, there were…
Archways basis.point Incredible Years Programme July 2016 Progress Report
Archways basis.point Initiative training sessions As part of the Archways basis.point Initiative, Archways have run three Incredible Years (IY) training sessions in total, two IY Teacher Classroom Management (TCM) sessions for 33 school staff to attend 6 full day workshops and one IY basic parent group leader session. Incredible Years Parent Group Leader Training and…
July 2016 basis.point bulletin
Welcome to the July edition of the basis.point bulletin where you will be first to hear about what we’ve been up to here at basis.point.
Patron sign-up grows
We are delighted to announce that we have almost doubled our number of patrons this year. As of May 31st, we have around 115 patrons, 70 individuals and 45 corporates (coming from industry companies and fund promoters). Our generous patrons will enable us to commit in excess of €170,000 per annum to the charities that…