Rosemary Steen, CEO, @DCCIreland announced the positive results achieved during the first year of the 2022 - 2026 strategy at Design & Crafts Council Ireland AGM which took place in @TCDTangent this week. Pictured at the AGM was Gavan Drohan, Head of Entrepreneurship at Tangent, Trinity’s Ideas Workspace; Rosemary Steen; Mary Blanchfield, Head of Operations, DCCI; Carl McAteer, Techincal Manager, @CreativeSparkie, previous Design Lead at @farrellfurnitur, IBDC medium category winners 2023; and Andrew Bradley, Chair, DCCI Board. Thank you to @DeptEnterprise, @Entirl, our programme partners for all the support throughout the year. And to everyone in the design and crafts community, we look forward to continuing to support you into the future. In case you’ve missed it, we launched a new website this week. Take a look by visiting: dcci.ie

Today @DCCIreland held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at @TCDTangent , Trinity's Ideas Workspace, Dublin, where we looked back at 2022 and what was achieved in the design & craft sector. What a year 2022 has been for Design & Crafts Council Ireland! A huge thank you to the @DeptEnterprise ,@Entirl , our programme partners and everyone in the design and crafts community. @rsteenireland , CEO, announced that 59,000 people are directly employed in the craft & design sector, an increase of 5,000 people since the previous report. In addition, the Council achieved the following during 2022: -Showcase 2022 generated orders of over €20 million -Design Week delivered 72 events attended by 2,350 people -August Craft Month delivered 265 events across all 32 counties -Made Local Campaign participants stood at 1,589 Rosemary also announced how investments in digital platforms are accelerating DCCI’s future proofing. Over the past number of months the DCCI team have been busy creating a brand new website, which is now live! Visit dcci.ie We look forward to continuing working hard over the coming year and reporting on positive figures in year two of the 2022 – 2026 strategy.