This Working Life: Fiona Descoteaux, chief executive and founder of Innovate Communities, on the importance of getting to know your people
I am the chief executive and founder of Innovate Communities, a Dublin-based social enterprise focused on fostering community-driven innovation in Ireland. I am also a board member of Axis Ballymun, the arts centre
My career and passion have always been in the community development sector, both in Scotland and Ireland. Prior to my current role I was chief executive of the Ballymun Whitehall Area Partnership.
In 2015, I restructured and developed the company, launching Innovate Communities, a social enterprise focused on fostering community-driven solutions. I was extremely driven to find a way of working with others to improve the way our community services work, to simply make communities ...