Bank of Ireland's Learning Exchange programme is returning on 16 October, offering subsidised full-day training courses to Irish charities, NGOs and community groups. The scheme, running since 2012, gives non-profit staff access to professional development normally reserved for corporate training budgets, at a nominal cost of €35 per place.

Details of the programme, confirmed by BITC, show four full-day courses running at Bank of Ireland's training centre in Cabinteely, Dublin, covering presentation skills, people management fundamentals, influencing and negotiation, and storytelling for non-profit communications staff.

Bank of Ireland Group, headquartered in Dublin and listed on Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange, reported profit before tax of €960 million for the first half of 2026, up 33% year on year, on total income of €2.18 billion. Business in the Community Ireland, the non-profit that coordinates registration for Learning Exchange, delivers the courses in partnership with training provider Accenture.

The structural driver behind Learning Exchange is Bank of Ireland's use of corporate training capacity as a direct-delivery channel for the non-profit sector, giving charities access to the same trainers and facilities used for its own staff development rather than funding a separate, standalone programme.

Each course caps attendance at between eight and 20 participants depending on format, with a maximum of two attendees per organisation to preserve access across the wider non-profit sector, and a waiting list opens automatically once a course fills.

Bank of Ireland's Financial Wellbeing Team will also be available on the day at the Cabinteely training centre to answer financial queries from attending organisations, extending the bank's non-profit outreach beyond the training courses themselves.

For the sector, the return of Learning Exchange confirms that corporate training partnerships remain one of the few routes through which small Irish charities and NGOs can access structured management development without diverting scarce operational budgets.

Source: wheel.ie / rte.ie