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At Abbott, we leverage the skills and passion of our employees to empower local, national and international communities

Abbott is one of the largest healthcare companies in Ireland, with more than 3,000 colleagues working in nine sites across the four provinces. In addition to commercial operations and business service centres in Dublin, we have manufacturing facilities for our diabetes care business in Donegal, for nutrition in Cootehill and Sligo, for diagnostics in Sligo and Longford, and for vascular devices in Clonmel.

Three of our plants have received the prestigious Shingo Prize, which recognises world-class operational excellence. By focusing on the areas where opportunities for Abbott’s business intersect with positive social and environmental impact, we aim to achieve sustainable growth, deliver life-changing technology and create value in communities around the world.

In Ireland and around the world,  we work with organisations and community-focused non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to leverage the skills and passion of our employees.

Over ten years ago, Abbott in Ireland established The Croí an Óir programme, (which means Heart of Gold) to support the commitment of Abbott employees across the country to give back to their local community. Since its inception, Abbott employees have volunteered more than 70,000 hours.

Through Croí an Óir, each Abbott site ensures that a range of local, national and international organisations are supported throughout the year.

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Abbott Family Science engages primary school students, their parents and teachers in learning about science through fun experiments. More than 600 Abbott volunteers have been involved in engaging more than 10,000 students and families in education programmes in Ireland since 2009.

Abbott employees have used their skills and expertise to deliver innovative enterprise and life skills programmes in more than 100 schools since the Junior Achievement Ireland partnership began in 2003.

Ignition is an engineering programme developed by employees at Abbott’s diagnostics facility in Sligo. The aim of the programme is to encourage young students to think about the various disciplines of engineering. Over six weeks, Abbott engineers visit the school and deliver a range of engaging engineering activities. It culminates in a visit to the facility in Sligo.

In 2017, Abbott’s vascular facility in Clonmel formed a charity partnership with a local organisation chosen by site employees. Following a selection and voting process, Scoil Aonghusa Special National School was chosen. The goal is to raise €60,000 to build and furnish a sensory room for the school.

Growing Healthy People is a new programme in Donegal, where a greenhouse has been donated to Killymard National school, with Abbott volunteers teaching the young students about biodiversity, the environment, energy and good nutrition. Modules have been developed with the support of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment.

Employees have been supporting the Abbott Fund programme to modernise healthcare infrastructure in Tanzania. Over the past seven years, our experts have volunteered their time, knowledge and skills to help train and mentor local laboratory teams. Their primary objectives are to implement an integrated IT system for patient registration and lab sample management, and to train local staff to use the system.