About us
Work West Enterprise Agency, established in 1989 aims ‘to be a commercially viable organisation which seeks to improve the economic and social profile of West Belfast by motivating and enabling enterprising people to establish and expand job creating businesses’.
Furthermore Work West is now recognised as a market leader in the provision of support for those operating within the social economy and has delivered a range of social economy support programmes to groups and individual social entrepreneurs across the Eastern Region for the past 20 years.
Mission Statement
First adopted in 1989 it remains valid today:
“Work West Enterprise Agency aims to be a commercially viable organisation which seeks to improve the economic and social profile of West Belfast by motivating and enabling enterprising people to establish and expand job creating businesses”.
A Company Limited by Guarantee (NI18257), with charitable status (XR79622) Work West is managed and controlled by a Board of Directors with a wide skill base:
- Kevin Delaney, Company Secretary, Law Society
- Paul Mulholland, Partner, Harbinson & Mulholland Accountants.
- Gareth McGleenon, Manager, Price Waterhouse Coopers
- John McMullan, Bryson Charitable Group
Partnership Working
Work West are involved in a number of local networks including Board membership of the following:
• West Belfast Partnership Board
• Employment Services Board
• Lisburn: Castlereagh: Belfast Rural Development Programme Local Action Group
• Social Economy Network
• Sportopps.com
• Footprints Womens Centre Ltd
Work West are also represented on all 5 local Neighbourhood Partnerships in West Belfast, namely; Colin, Upper Springfield/Whiterock, Lenadoon, Andersonstown and Greater Falls.
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