Search
21 Jan 2026
Search
21 Jan 2026
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
PICTURED ABOVE: At the launch of the 2024 IDEATOR awards are: Lynn Kelly Carton, Careers Co-Ordinator at NWRC, Erin McFeely, Alchemy, Ryan Williams, The Amp Growth Incubator, Siobhan Faulkner, Student Services Manager at NWRC, and Alastair Cameron, NWRC’s Entrepreneur in Residence.
A competition to reward entrepreneurial thinking among students and recent alumni has been launched by North West Regional College (NWRC).
This is the second year of the NWRC IDEATOR awards, run by Alastair Cameron, NWRC’s entrepreneur-in-residence, giving current students and former students the opportunity to develop their business ideas.
Applications close on March 1 and you can apply at: https://www.nwrc.ac.uk/whats-new/key-events/nwrc-ideator-awards
Alastair Cameron is based at NWRC to help support students and drive entrepreneurship as a career pathway, as well as inspire students to take their first steps into business.
He said: “We are delighted to bring back the IDEATOR awards for a second year. In 2023 we were inundated with entries illustrating a true entrepreneurial spirit in the North West Region.
“We had some fantastic ideas put forward and we hope to emulate that success this year.
“The IDEATOR Awards will serve as a steppingstone for both students and recent NWRC alumni to develop their business ideas further, as well as profile the creativity and innovation of local entrepreneurs.
“We have been very fortunate that alongside NWRC, a number of NI organisations have committed to support and back the awards financially, meaning we currently have a prize pot of £3,000 and 5 awards up for grabs.”
This competition has been kindly supported by NWRC, RealTime IT Recruitment, Alchemy, British Business Bank, and The Amp Growth Incubator.
The prizes are:
£1,000 - Best overall business idea (sponsored by NWRC)
£500 - Best tech / digital idea (sponsored by Alchemy Technology)
£500 - Runner up business idea (sponsored by RealTime Recruitment)
£500 - Runner up business idea (sponsored by The Amp)
£500 - Best vision for business growth / commercialisation (sponsored by British Business Bank).
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
