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Local Development Company

Connect Laois (LDC)

Formerly Laois Partnership Company, Connect Laois delivers LEADER, SICAP and the Walks Scheme for Laois and Offaly from its New Road office in Portlaoise.

Operates in Laois · 8 listed services

What they do

Connect Laois, formerly Laois Partnership Company, is the local development company for the whole of County Laois, based at New Road, Portlaoise. It delivers the LEADER Rural Development Programme, SICAP, the Community Employment Scheme, TÚS, the Rural Social Scheme, the Services to the Elderly Programme, National Childcare Schemes, back-to-education initiatives and the Walks Scheme for both Laois and Offaly. Its rural development team supports rural enterprise activation, while SICAP staff work with disadvantaged individuals and communities on personal and enterprise development. Services are free of charge, funded by the Government of Ireland, and open to all Laois residents and to families, individuals and businesses in the county. Contact is by phone on 05786 61900 or email to info@connectlaois.ie.

Connect Laois lists 8 services on Irish Resource Hub in Laois. The listed provision covers service, training, advisory support, mentoring, and network. Its support includes Start a business, Grow and scale, Mentoring and advice, Digital and AI, and Skills and training. 1 distinct eligibility condition is recorded across those services.

Business support information

Where they operate

Recorded coverage for the following areas.

Types of support available

Listed provision includes service, training, advisory support, mentoring, network.

Who the support is for

Business stages
Thinking about starting, Startups, Established
Company sizes
1–9 people, 10–49 people, Sole traders
Sectors
All sectors
Audiences
Startups, SMEs, Community and social enterprises

Taken from this organisation's record and its published services.

Access and eligibility

Services are available free of charge to residents, communities and businesses across the whole of County Laois.

No organisation-wide eligibility rule is recorded. Eligibility is set by each individual service, so conditions vary by service and some support may not be open to every business.

Each distinct eligibility condition recorded for this organisation's services — check the service page for the full conditions.

The same conditions also apply to 7 further services listed below.

Check access with Connect Laois

Support offered (8)

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