1. Speedpak Ltd
A Social Enterprise Making a Real Difference on Dublin’s Northside

2. Speedpak Story…………
• Social need
• Real commercial business
• Employ, Train, Support
“We don’t employ people to contract pack
and make rosettes, we contract pack and
make rosettes to employ people”
“We don’t employ people to contract pack
and make rosettes, we contract pack and
make rosettes to employ people”

3. Primary Objective
Employability
• Workplace skills and competencies
• Attitudes and behaviours
• Accreditation

4. Spin Off………….
 Confidence and self esteem
 Lifelong learning
 Positive Citizenship

5. Barrier Cycle

6. Breaking the Cycle!
• Work Routine; Team Work;
Problem Solving & Taking
Instruction
• SOPs; Plant & Equipment;
Quality Assurance & Health &
Safety
• Reflective Practice; Formalising
Learning & Qualification
Can do…..and know I can do!

7. Workplace Accreditation
Model (WAM©)
Convert to FETAC
Capture existing workplace
learning
Using current systems
Training relevant to workplace

8. Deirdre’s Story………
• Rebelled!
• Company Support
• Local VEC College
• Major FETAC Award
• Transformed……(but
how do we know?)

9. Distance Travelled
….the journey to employability
• Measuring success
• Based on ‘Barrier Cycle’
• New Profiling & Rating system informs
interventions
• Captures progress and milestones

10. This couldn’t happen without….
www.speedpak.ie www.shamrockrosettes.com