Develop Your Business Skills

With the best non-profit SME/SMB trainers

BuildFutureSkills.com enables you to quickly and effectivly develop the leading edge skills necessary to succeed in enterprise and empower communities.

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Developing Smart Villages

Communities collaborating to address rural needs and challenges, is a hallmark of Smart Villages development.

The ultimate purpose for developing Smart Villages is to make rural communities more resilient. In this course, we explore how.

90 days access

€39.99
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Featured Courses

Marketing and Branding in the Age of AI

This programme will take place via Zoom on the following dates in February 11th, 18th, and 25th 2026

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€195.00

Managing Change

This workshop will take place via Zoom on February 26th, 2026 from 10am – 12.15pm.

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€78.80

Canva For Beginners

This workshop will take place via Zoom on March 3rd, 2026 from 10am – 12pm.

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€65.60

Managing Productivity

This programme will take place via Zoom on the following dates in March 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th 2026

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€240.00

Writing Funding Applications

This workshop will take place via Zoom on March 24th, 2026 from 10am – 12pm.

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€76.90

Canva Intermediate Design

This workshop will take place via Zoom on April 14th, 2026 from 10am – 12pm.

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€65.70

Board Roles and Responsibilities

This workshop will take place via Zoom on April 21st, 2026 from 7pm – 9pm.

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€78.50

Regulatory Compliance Health Check

This workshop will take place on May 12th, 2026 from 10am – 12.15pm.

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€75.50

Testimonials

This was an amazing experience. The trainer was so knowledgeable about the topic at hand. I have no hesitation in recommending BFS.

Sam Knowles

Irish Web HQ

Course undertaken

Growing Trading Income (community & Social Enterprise)

A very practical course! Easy to follow. Will definitely be able to put what I've learned into practice.

Sarah

Charity Board Member

Course undertaken

The Role of Company Secretary

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Latest News

Funding: Community Education Dublin City

January 15th 2026

The Reach Fund 2026 is dedicated to supporting those learners facing the greatest educational challenges, enabling them to access and actively engage in community education opportunities throughout Dublin City. Closing date for receipt of applications is 29th January. City of Dublin ETB is holding a Zoom session to discuss the fund on January 15th at […]

Major €5.7M Investment Powers Next Phase of Ireland’s AI Innovation

January 14th 2026

CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for artificial intelligence, is getting €5.675 million in new funding as part of the second phase of the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) Programme. This money will help CeADAR support small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and public sector organisations to use more digital tools and AI. CeADAR offers free or funded […]

New Pension Scheme and Minimum Wage Rise Comes Into Effect

January 13th 2026

Two major changes to employment law take effect today: the introduction of pension auto‑enrolment and an increase in the minimum wage. The new pension auto‑enrolment system is designed to help more than 760,000 workers start saving for retirement. Anyone aged 23 to 60 who earns more than €20,000 a year across all their jobs, and […]

EU publishes guidelines on banned practices under AI Act

February 06th 2025

While not legally binding, the guidelines offer the EU’s interpretations of the banned practices. The first set of obligations as part of the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act kicked in on Sunday (2 February). Now, the Commission has published guidelines on prohibited AI practices. As per the guidelines, companies will not be able to use […]