Verona Pentony with fellow Founding member of the Open Doors Initiative Margot Slattery, CEO Sodexo & Breege O’Donoghue, an inspirational speaker after 37 years with Penneys/Primark, now she holds an Ambassadorial role for the brand. 

Nial Ring Lord Major of Dublin with Verona Pentony at Women in the Community

The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Nial Ring, together with Norah Casey and Focus Ireland hosted an event in the Mansion House, Dublin. The Theme was Women in the Community overcoming adversity and realising full potential.  Most appropriately held on International Women’s Day, March 8^th 2019.

Verona Pentony of Momentum Support was delighted to have received an invitation to the event and is pictured in attendance with other guests.

Norah Casey & Verona Pentony

Eilish Hardiman, Group Chief Executive, Children’s Hospital Group & Verona Pentony CSR & Quality Manager

IASI Awards Overall Supreme Healthcare Winner St James Hospital & Runner up Supreme Winner University Hospital Kerry.
Left to right: Innes Guerra IASI President, Alan Blaney, Bunzel Rafferty Hospitality, Momentum Support Sinead Grogan, Healthcare Operations Manager & David Ferguson Operations Director

Momentum Support are proud to report the tremendous acknowledgement received at the IASI Awards, held in the Trump International Hotel, Doonbeg, Co Clare on the 26th January 2019.

Left to Right & front to back: Sinead Grogan, Healthcare Operations Manager, Ian Hyland, Mary O’Shea Moran, David Ferguson, Operations Director, Anna Knysak, Shazad Satter, Elzibiete Przekwas, Ewa Kosser, Luara Whelan, Zahoor Ulhaq, Verona Pentony CSR & Quality Manager, Paul Whelan.

We are proud to announce we were awarded eight Gold for the Healthcare Category and three Silver for the Education Category.

In what can only be described as an Oscar moment for Sinead Grogan, Healthcare Operations Manager, she received the Overall Supreme Award for St James Hospital and Runner up Supreme Award for Kerry International Hospital.

Amazing results, Gold all round!

IASI Award Winner Belvedere College, Silver Award. Left to right: Mary Patterson, Operations Director, Jolanta Urbasiute, Account Manager and Sharon McNally, Operations Manager.

Congratulations to all the Site Management, Supervisors & Operatives and all those in supporting functions. It takes a serious amount of commitment, hard work 365 days a year to deliver the high expectation of Momentum Supports Quality Standards and to achieve success at the Awards.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the Teams who supported the eleven Sites entered throughout the application process including the actual judges visit on site.

All of the Winners

GOLD CATEGORY (94.1-100%)

1. St James Hospital GOLD & Overall Supreme Winner Healthcare
2. Kerry International Hospital GOLD & Runner up Supreme Winner Healthcare
3. The Matter Misericordiae University Hospital GOLD
4. Bloomfield Health Services GOLD
5. Simpson’s Hospital GOLD
6. The Royal Hospital GOLD
7. South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital GOLD
8. Tallaght University Hospital, GOLD

SILVER CATEGORY (88.1-94%)

1. LIT Clonmel Questum Centre SILVER
2. LIT Thurles Sport Lab SILVER
3. Belvedere College SILVER

IASI Award Winner Belvedere College, Silver Award.
Left to Right Verona Pentony Corporate Social Responsibility & Quality Manager, Jolanta Urbasiute, Account Manager, Mary Patterson, Operations Director, Breda O Dwyer, Event & Household Manager.
Left to right: Belvedere College Winning Team :
Mirela Gerbely, Site Superivsor, Ana Closs, Nadezda Ponotsolvnaja, Janina Strych, Simona Stan, Jane Rosa De Oliveira, Alexandrs Boikovs, Svetlana Zukauskiene, Ion Sily.

Verona Pentony from Momentum Supports launching Connect – working better together publication.

Mission Right ‘Let’s make the right choice’

Matthew Houlihan – Momentum Support – meets Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

In 2016 Momentum Support were awarded a new start up building project. Located at the St. James’s Hospital site, the MISA building was considered to be leading edge & one of the first of its kind in Europe.

There was a commitment to recruit the team from within the local community. Momentum Support worked with the Local Employment Services and recruited 30 candidates through the Job Plus Scheme. Some of the candidates were out of work for up to two years and were reliant on one skillset.

Initially they worked alongside the team responsible for the initial builders clean. Matthew Houlihan joined as part of this team on the 11th May 2016. Through Induction & skills training and with Sinead Grogan (Healthcare Operations Manager) as his mentor, Matthew became Main Janitor in the MISA Building.

Matthew Houlihan, is an exceptional person. He is committed in his role as Main Janitor, MISA Building. He works earnestly to deliver the BIC Sc cleaning standards expected in the MISA Building. He is a team player and respected by both peers and management. Matthew takes pride in his Customer Service. He is a people person who enjoys interacting with visitors, hospital staff and his own colleagues.

In 2018 he was recognised by Momentum Support though his nomination for the Irish Contract Cleaning Association Awards, having received letters of recommendation from St. James’s Hospital including visitors and Momentum Support Management. It was a great honour when Matthew received acknowledgement for his role as Main Janitor, through receiving the Overall Winner Cleaning Operative in the Acute Healthcare Category at the Irish Contract Cleaning Association Awards in 2018.

Matthew Houlihan was chosen to represent Momentum Support at the launch of the Open Doors Initiative.

Left to right: Raymond Donnelly, St James Hospital, Dublin. Sinead Grogan, Momentum Support Healthcare Manager & Matthew Houlihan Momentum Support Cleaning Operative, St James Hospital, Misa Building, Dublin.

Left to Right: Momentum Support Alana Dunican, HR Director and Geraldine Monaghan, Account Manager.

On Friday 19th October 2018, the Irish Contract Cleaning Association Awards 2018 was held in the Mansion House, Dublin.  This prestigious event highlighted standards of quality and professionalism within the Cleaning Industry.

We are delighted to announce that all Momentum Support submissions were chosen as Finalists

The Finalist were:

• Hospitality Residential Leisure Buildings: Puregym Bangor, Belfast.
• Educational Buildings: Strathearn School, Belfast.
• Offices Greater than 50,000 sq ft.: Google, Dublin.
• Retail Buildings: Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin
• Retail Buildings Supervisor: Tomasz Ptak, Dundrum Town Centre, Dublin
• Healthcare Acute: St James Hospital, Dublin, MISA Building
• Healthcare Acute Cleaning Operative: Matthew Houlihan, St James Hospital, Dublin, MISA Building
• Training & Innovation Award

Matthew Houlihan, Cleaning Operative, St James Hospital, Misa Building, won overall Cleaning Operative for Healthcare Acute. 

The highlights of the event for Momentum Support was when it was announced firstly that Matthew Houlihan, Cleaning Operative, St James Hospital, Misa Building, won overall Cleaning Operative for Healthcare Acute.

“Congratulations to Matthew Houlihan and all employees who deliver quality standards daily, this is very much appreciated thank you”.

Sinead Woods, Momentum Support Learning & Development Manager

ICCA Training & Innovation Award

We would like to take this opportunity to also extend congratulations to the Human Resources Department. Hats off to Sinead Woods, Learning and Development Manager for presenting the Momentum Support submission to the judge with the support of Geraldine Monaghan, Account Manager.  We are delighted to announce we successfully secured the ICCA Training & Innovation Award for excellence for the Internal Induction Training & Appraisal System. 

“Congratulations to Sinead and all our people who have made this happen. Your contribution is greatly appreciated as this is key to our overall business success”.  

Group photo of company representatives with Leo Varadkar

Momentum Support are proud to be one of the 14 founding member companies of Open Doors.

Open Doors is a cross sector initiative to promote greater inclusion, diversity in the workplace, training and employment opportunities for marginalised groups in Irish Society.

The Open Doors Initiative aims to provide opportunities to some of the marginalised members of our society that face higher barriers to employment than most do.

Today, people with disabilities are only half as likely to be in employment as others of working age. The youth unemployment rate tends to be double the general unemployment rate. And until recently, most refugees and asylum seekers were unable to access the labour market.

Alana Dunican (HR Director) meeting Leo Varadkar from #OpenDoorsLaunch

Together, as 14 Irish Employers, we want to address this and support people who face barriers into employment. The benefits will be two-fold – open up the labour market to some of those who have been unable to access it; and attract and retain our future workforces.

At the event were Momentum Support’s Trevor Carney, BITCI Ready for work,  Alana Dunican (HR Director), Sinead Grogan (Healthcare Manager) and Matthew Houlihan (Jobplus).

Pictured here is Leo Varadkar in attendance for the Open Doors official launch, alongside representatives from the 14 participating companies.

To learn more about the Open Doors Initiative, visit opendoorsinitiative.ie or follow the hashtag #OpenDoorsLaunch