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Calling all primary school teachers!

Enter our competition to have Ryan Tubridy visit your school and read a Christmas story to your class!

To be in with a chance of winning, all your class has to do is tell us what your school does to be sustainable and help the environment. Your entry can be a short story, illustrations, pictures, or videos (max. 3 min duration).

Simply email your entry to [email protected].

Please clearly state your name, class, school, email address and a mobile phone number.

Entries must be received no later than noon on Wednesday, 4 December.

WillowWarm Competition Terms and Conditions

Introduction

By entering the WillowWarm Competition, participants agree to comply with the following terms and conditions. The competition is organised by WillowWarm.

Eligibility to Enter

• The competition is open to primary school classes in the Republic of Ireland.
• Entries must be submitted by teachers on behalf of their primary school classes.
• Teachers must confirm their eligibility to enter and receive any awarded prizes.
• Each class is limited to one entry, and entry is free of charge.
• Entries must be submitted by Wednesday, December 4th before 12pm to be included in competition.

The Prize

• The winning prize includes a visit from Ryan Tubridy to the winning school on Monday 9th December.
• Additionally, the winning school will receive a €1,000 contribution to their green initiative.
• The winning teacher will be awarded 1 tonne of WillowWarm.
• Prizes are non-transferable, non-exchangeable, and there are no cash alternatives.
• WillowWarm reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value if unforeseen circumstances arise.
• WillowWarm’s decision on all aspects of the competition is final and binding.

Winner Announcement

• The winner will be chosen based on creativity, originality, and adherence to the theme.
• The winning class will be notified by Thursday 5th December via the contact information provided during submission. Please include a mobile number.
• WillowWarm will contact the winning teacher via email and/or mobile number provided.
• Failure to respond to the winner notification within 12 hours forfeits the prize.
• WillowWarm reserves the right to select a new winner in such cases.

Delivery of the Prize

The winning school visit will take place on Monday 9th December – Any school entering the competition must be available on this date for the class visit with Ryan Tubridy.

Data Protection and Publicity

• Personal information provided during entry will be used for competition administration and as specified in WillowWarm’s Privacy Policy.
• Entrants can request confirmation of competition outcome (winner) by emailing [email protected].
• Winners agree to the release of their school’s name and location for promotional purposes.
• The winning school agrees to photos been taken for promotional purposes.
• The winning school is responsible for ensuring parental consent is obtained for pupil attendance in advance of the event.
• The winning school’s name and location will be announced on WillowWarm’s website and social media channels.

Limitation of Liability

WillowWarm accepts no liability for any damage, loss, injury, or disappointment suffered by any entrants during or after the competition.

General

WillowWarm reserves the right to cancel the competition or modify these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.

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In advance of the upcoming Leinster Minor Hurling Championship Shamrock Renewable Products, under the WillowWarm Briquettes brand name, is delighted to announce a two-year sponsorship deal of the Minor Hurling panel.

Based in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Balrath, Kells, carbon neutral WillowWarm Briquettes are grown and produced in Ireland and are an environmentally-friendly, value for money alternative to traditional fuel briquettes, giving off more heat with a long, clean burn.

Shamrock Renewable Products were represented at the sponsorship launch by Founder Alan Fox and business partner John Breslin. “With our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility based in Balrath, Kells currently employing over 60 people we’re delighted to be investing in our local sporting talent. We wish Ger and the team the very best for the season ahead and we look forward to a long partnership with Meath GAA.”

Meath Minor Committee Chairman Ray Finnegan: “On behalf of Coiste na Mí I am delighted to welcome Shamrock Renewable Products on board as sponsor of our Minor Hurlers and we are delighted that our Minor Hurlers jerseys will carry the WillowWarm Briquettes logo for the next two years. The fact that the Meath Minor Hurlers can attract such a high-profile local business is testament to the great strides being made in Meath hurling and with this sponsorship we hope to invest further in the improvement in our county underage hurling teams. We hope that this is the beginning of a lasting relationship between Shamrock Renewable Products and Meath GAA”.

Meath Minor Hurling Manager Ger O’Neill: “On behalf of the Meath Minor Hurling team I would like to take this opportunity of thanking John Breslin and Alan Fox of Shamrock Renewable Products for their sponsorship for the 2023 and 2024 seasons. It is a huge boost to these young hurlers in Meath that they can avail of everything that is required of the modern game, and we as management team and players will do all we can on the pitch to repay them for their generous sponsorship”.

Photo: Players Mark Leavy & Tom Condon with Alan Fox and John Breslin of WillowWarm Briquettes

As our WillowWarm Briquettes are one of the most heavy and dense fuel types in the market, they are ideal for maintaining your fire.

Because they contain less moisture, WillowWarm Briquettes offer a cleaner burn with high heat efficiency, meaning that when dried a higher percentage of the heat goes directly towards the heat output, rather than the drying of the fuel first. As no energy is needed to first evaporate water in the fuel, dried fuel provides the most consistent operating cost. With its low moisture content, WillowWarm products therefore give off more heat per unit burned and a higher heat efficiency, resulting in a long, clean burn.

Steps to ensure you are using your WillowWarm Briquettes efficiently

1. Establish your fire as normal e.g., with kindling etc.

2. Use no more than two to three WillowWarm Briquettes initially. Any more may cause the fire to choke or go out due to the weight/density of the briquettes. The briquettes are purposely heavy and dense which guarantees a long burn time with the structure lasting for much longer than many other wood fuels.

3. Pitch two briquettes up against the kindling which has just been lit. This increases the surface area of the briquette and helps the fire to catch.

4. Once the two briquettes have caught fire, place one more on top horizontally. This traps the fire more, contains the fire in the combustion chamber for longer (as opposed to having more fire and heat lost by escaping up the chimney flue).

5. Allow all fuel to burn. Once established in a fire setting, one briquette should last for well over an hour then add one or two more briquettes to re-charge the fire. However, we all have our how levels of comfort when it comes to how cosy we like a room to be and it’s worth bearing in mind that houses can very much differ as to how they retain heat. Judge for yourself as to when you need to add more fuel.

6. Lastly, sit back and enjoy a WillowWarm Briquette fire.

Added benefits

One of the added benefits of WillowWarm Briquettes are they produce less than 3% ash and no sulphur meaning you have less cleaning to do of your chimney and surrounding areas. Let’s face it, no one enjoys the prospect of getting up each morning to clean a fire!

As WillowWarm Briquettes are 100% natural, any ash produced can be disposed of in the garden with no adverse effect to plant life, making them clean for both your home and the environment. How can you go wrong?

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Remember!! Store your WillowWarm Briquettes indoors ideally, but if not, in a rainproof container positioned off the ground. The product is hydroscopic as it is dried to less than 10% moisture – and water is it’s enemy so keep it DRY.

Safety tips!

• Always store WillowWarm Briquettes in a dry location away from a stove or open fire
• Never leave an open fire without a spark guard
• Always ensure that a stove or fireplace has adequate ventilation for safe combustion.
• Regularly maintain your chimney and have it cleaned by a proper chimney sweep.
• Use WillowWarm Briquettes with high efficiency air regulated stoves and open fires fitted with a flue damper.
• Always have your stove or fireplace maintained by a qualified technician.

WillowWarm Briquettes is delighted to announce Architect and TV broadcaster Dermot Bannon as their new Brand Ambassador.

Dermot says, “I’m delighted to be partnering with the WillowWarm team – an Irish company which is going from strength to strength producing a carbon neutral, sustainably grown briquette which is harvested and produced in Meath and is available nationwide.

At a time when we’re all having to be so aware of the impact of climate change, not only can we make necessary changes to our homes such as heat pumps, solar panels and insulation, we can benefit hugely from using a product on a day-to-day basis which is good for the environment!

I’m looking forward to supporting the team and am excited to be part of the further expansion of their product range in the coming months.”