CREW, Cluain Mhuire, Wellpark, Galway (2026)

05/06/2026

Deadline Extended: Apply by Tuesday 9 June

There’s still time to apply for CREW’s latest CLIMB course: Resilience & Diversification in the Digital Creative Industries.

Taking place on Friday 12 June at CREW Galway, this one-day course is for growing creative businesses who want to manage risk, protect margins and plan for sustainable growth.

You’ll explore how to identify key risks, protect profit, assess new income streams, customers and markets, and build a practical resilience and growth plan for the next 12–18 months.

Cost: €160
Apply by: Tuesday 9 June
More info & apply: Link in bio

02/06/2026

Meet the facilitator behind CREW’s CLIMB Course, Resilience and Diversification in the Digital Creative Industries.

Declan Droney is an experienced entrepreneur, business consultant and business mentor.

Declan is the founder of one of Ireland’s most distinctive artisan food companies, Kinvara Smoked Salmon. He also works as a business mentor with Galway LEO, Mayo LEO, SCCUL and Enterprise Ireland, and lectures with UCD Innovation Academy and on the New Frontiers programme at ATU.

Through this course, Declan will support participants to think practically and strategically about risk, resilience, margin protection and sustainable growth.

Key Details
📍 In person at CREW
📅 Friday, June 12
⏰ 9am–4pm
🗓 Deadline: Friday, June 5
👉 More info & apply: Link in bio

29/05/2026

CREW’s CLIMB Course, Resilience and Diversification in the Digital Creative Industries, is designed for growing creative businesses who want to manage risk, protect profit and plan for sustainable growth.

This course is ideal for businesses that want to:

✅ understand where their business is most exposed
✅ protect margins and reduce profit leakage
✅ plan for uncertainty with more confidence
✅ assess new income streams, customers or markets
✅ reduce dependency on one product, client or market

Across the day, you’ll work through practical tools to help stress-test your business model, understand risk, and make more confident decisions about diversification and growth.

Apply now via the link in bio!

The course is being offered at 20% of the market rate, with the full programme valued at €800 and the remaining 80% supported by Enterprise Ireland Smart Region scheme. In order to avail of this discounted rate, all applicants are asked to confirm that they have the appropriate De Minimis balance to accept the support.

18/05/2026

Build resilience, protect profit and plan for growth with CREW’s latest CLIMB Course.

Resilience and Diversification in the Digital Creative Industries is a one-day course for creative businesses who want to navigate uncertainty while making confident decisions about future growth.

Participants will learn how to:

✅ Use scenario planning to understand impacts on revenue, costs and cashflow
✅ Understand break-even and where profit leaks occur
✅ Protect margins as the business grows
✅ Assess new income streams, customers or markets
✅ Build a practical 12 month resilience & growth plan

This course is designed to support creative businesses to grow in a more controlled, sustainable way.

👉 More info & apply: Link in bio

The course is being offered at 20% of the market rate, with the full programme valued at €800 and the remaining 80% supported by Enterprise Ireland Smart Region scheme. In order to avail of this discounted rate, all applicants are asked to confirm that they have the appropriate De Minimis balance to accept the support.

12/05/2026

CREW’s CLIMB Course, Resilience and Diversification in the Digital Creative Industries, is now open for applications. This one-day course is designed for creative businesses who want to manage risk, protect margins, and build a clearer plan for sustainable growth.

Led by business coach & mentor Declan Droney, the course will help participants understand where their business is most exposed, how to respond to uncertainty, and how to assess new opportunities without damaging profitability.

📅 Deadline: Friday, June 5
📍 Course: Friday, June 12, 9am–4pm
💶 Cost: €160
📍 Location: CREW Galway, ATU Wellpark Road
👉 More info & apply: Link in bio

This course is being offered at 20% of the market rate, with the full programme valued at €800 and the remaining 80% supported by Enterprise Ireland Smart Region scheme. In order to avail of this discounted rate, all applicants are asked to confirm that they have the appropriate De Minimis balance to accept the support.

21/04/2026

Happy World Creativity & Innovation Day.

Today is a global celebration of the ideas, ingenuity, and creative thinking shaping our world, and a reminder of the power of creativity to drive meaningful economic and social impact.

At CREW, we see that impact every day through the creatives and innovators across our community who are building businesses, redefining industries, and pushing boundaries. Through initiatives like Design Mingle, CLIMB, and our upcoming national summit EDGE26, we are proud to support and accelerate this momentum.

But days like today are also a call to action.

Creativity and innovation must be recognised, invested in, and championed as essential drivers of our future. Join us in backing the people and ideas that are shaping what comes next.

20/04/2026

We were so pleased to have host our April Design Mingle last Friday. Oisin led us through an open exploration of how he creates, collaborates, and questions his creative process.

Oisin shared his experience in co-creating public spaces, and when he learned how it moved beyond design practice, and into inclusive dialogue. He spoke about motion design as a language for translating complex data into something people can actually feel, going beyond merely understanding.

It was great to hear Oisin's emphasis on 'trusting the process': on building relationships with clients that allow for exploration, and on recognising creative opportunity where it’s not immediately obvious.

The conversation moved fluidly across music, festivals, sound, and motion; how creative direction can shape culture, and how style often emerges organically when you pay attention to what’s already there.

One of the questions that really stood out was when he asked himself - "Who inspired the people who inspire me?" A generational chain of influence, identity, and authenticity is something we look forward to hearing more about.

Thank you to Oisin for sharing his creative journey, and for all of those in attendance.

We will be announcing upcoming Design Mingle events in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

15/04/2026

𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥

We are just days away from the next "Design Mingle: Digital Experiences in Motion" at CREW this Friday and this is your final chance to register!

Oisín Kelly is a graphic and motion designer working across music, branding, and digital experiences. His work spans collaborations with artists, agencies, and global brands, creating distinctive visual identities and creative systems rooted in culture and built for long-term impact.

Additionally, Oisín is a lecturer on the Communications & Media course at ATU where he supports students in developing practical, mobile-first content and real-world brand-building skills.

This is a fantastic opportunity to hear from one of Ireland’s leading creative voices and connect with the wider design and digital community.

📌 CREW, H91 8K85
⏰ 11:30am – 1:30pm
📅 Friday, April 17th
🔗 Last chance to register: Link in our bio

14/04/2026

⏰𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴

There’s still time to apply for CREW’s CLIMB Course, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗣𝗥 & 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵.

This course is designed for creative entrepreneurs and businesses who want to sharpen how they talk about what they do, strengthen their visibility and build a more strategic approach to marketing.

Across two connected workshops, participants will:
• refine their message and positioning
• develop stronger PR angles and outreach ideas
• build a focused marketing strategy
• create a practical roadmap for growth

You’ll leave with tools, templates and plans you can use straight away, plus a follow-up 1:1 mentorship session tailored to your messaging and publicity approach.

📍CREW
📅Workshops: 23 & 24 April
💸Cost: €200
🗓 Apply by: Friday 17 April

If you’re ready to move beyond just posting and promotion and build a clearer strategy for growth, apply now via the link in our bio.

The course is being offered at 20% of the market rate (the full programme is valued at €1000) with the remaining 80% supported by Enterprise Ireland Smart Region scheme. In order to avail of this discounted rate, all applicants are asked to confirm that they have the appropriate De Minimis balance to accept the support.

07/04/2026

Meet the facilitators behind CREW’s CLIMB Course, 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲: 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗣𝗥 & 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵. This two-part course is led by Cróna Esler and Jane Manzor, bringing together deep expertise in communications, PR, brand positioning and strategic marketing.

Crona Esler is the Owner and Managing Director of Cróna Esler PR & Communications. With more than 20 years’ experience across journalism, public relations and communications, she helps clients shape compelling messaging, build awareness and credibility, foster trust, protect reputation and tell their story in a way that resonates.

Jane Manzor is an award-winning marketer with over 25 years of industry experience working with national and international brands. Through Manzor Marketing, she helps SMEs grow sales through strategic and digital marketing, with a strong focus on commercial clarity and practical ex*****on.

With Cróna and Jane, you’ll work on your own business in real time, refining your message and PR approach, and then turning that clarity into a focused marketing strategy and plan.

There’s also a 30-minute 1:1 online mentorship session with Cróna Esler on brand messaging and publicity approach for every participant.

📍CREW
📅23 & 24 April
💻Mentorship: 5 May
🗓 Deadline: Friday 17 April

𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗼.

CLIMB Courses are delivered by CREW as part of the CLIMB programme and are co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Northern and Western Regional Programme 2021–27.

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