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Dublin Gazette: Dublin-based soap company inspires fresh approach to inclusivity
An innovative Dublin enterprise is working to promote self-care with a progressive business angle, with their products created by those working to conquer addiction or living with disabilities. We Make...
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Irish Examiner: Design for Good: from leaky tea pots to dining pods, design defines our lives
We often understand good design when something looks nice or functions well, and conversely, bad design when something doesn’t — such as a leaky teapot. But how can design be...
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Soap with Soul: the Irish self-care project with inclusivity at its core
Image: Soap with Soul aims to reimagine our approach to inclusivity. If you're looking for some self-care treats with a conscience, a new Irish start-up has launched just in time...
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New Irish brand Soap With Soul is handcrafted by people with disabilities
We love to champion Irish beauty at EVOKE, never more so than now when we share with you the beautiful new brand Soap With Soul that launches today. The new...
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Irish soap crafted by people with disabilities & overcoming addiction
Dublin based Social Enterprise ‘We Make Good’ has partnered with ChildVision and Coolmine Therapeutic Community to develop a range of hand-crafted soaps & self-care products with a progressive business angle;...
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Here are the winners of the Image Interiors & Living 2019 Design Awards
Image Magazine: Best Collaboration - WINNER: We Make Good for facilitating Irish designers and training craftspeople to overcome adversity. Image Interiors, See full article. 17 September 2019
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MASK TO THE FUTURE: WE MAKE GOOD
“Core to the project is the donation of masks to people living in our Direct Provision system, where social distancing is a real challenge” – We Make Good As Covid-19...
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Irish Examiner: Tried and tested: The best face masks to buy now
For each washable cloth mask bought from social design enterprise brand We Make Good, one is donated to someone living in Direct Provision. Coverings are made by present and past employees...
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Face masks for kids: 4 Irish-made options to cover up
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Dublin Face Mask Company Says Demand Is Soaring
A company that makes masks has been gifting one to a direct provision centre with every purchase. We Make Good is a social enterprise that works with people from disadvantaged backgrounds It's...
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How a table can change a life
Caroline Gardner talks about how a collective of Charity & Voluntary organisations, with the support of the Department of Justice, are trying to change the way that people and supported...
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50 people to watch in 2020: the best young talent in Ireland
The Irish Times: Dreamed up by some of Ireland’s most exciting emerging designers, and made by people facing social challenges, We Make Good literally makes things better. Joan Ellison and...
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We Make Good, the social enterprise linking designers and makers
The Irish Times: Festive feelings come tinged with guilty unease. How can we spend so much money, when others have so little? How can we justify buying things when our...
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Dublin.ie: On the hunt for a Christmas gift with a difference?
Dublin has a wealth of markets and independent traders, making it the ideal shopping hub for alternative gifts this Christmas. There are a plethora of options so even if you’re...
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Pop-up shop offers unique Christmas gifts handmade by disadvantaged groups
The Journal: The products are all handmade by people in the probation service, refugee women, members of the Travelling community or people living with disability. The Journal - 19 December...
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