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Early Years & School Age Capital Funding

DCYA has today announced the list of school age childcare providers who have been approved the final strand of capital grants under SAC2017.  €291,647 has been allocated to Limerick services.  Earlier in the summer grants amounting to €494,395 were approved for Early Years services.  See the list of Grants-Approved for Limerick's Early Years childcare services and the list of Grants-Approved SAC for school [...]

August 17th, 2017|Categories: News|

School Aged Childcare Capital 2017

Application details are now available for School Aged Childcare Capital Funding 2017. Applications may be made online via the PIP system commencing on Friday 7th April up to the closing date of 3 p.m. on Wednesday 17th May 2017. €3m is available for allocation in 2017 across three strands.   Any funding received must be spent and reported by 30th November 2017. Please [...]

April 6th, 2017|Categories: News|

Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC)

Applications are now being taken for this course:  Leadership for Inclusion  in the Early Years (LINC) is a Level 6 Special Purpose Award required for staff in ECCE settings to complete if they wish to take on the new role of Inclusion Coordinator.   The programme seeks to address the need for continuing professional development (CPD) within the ECCE sector in [...]

March 29th, 2017|Categories: News|

Limerick Childcare Committee supports Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival

This festival runs across Limerick City and County from Saturday 1st April to Friday 7th April.  To support the event, Limerick Childcare Committee is presenting ‘Early Childhood’ - pondering how young children think about the world, and what parents can do to support their child’s understanding, both at home and in the early years setting. This informal event is open to parents/grandparents/guardians.  See Life [...]

March 24th, 2017|Categories: News|

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