This course, facilitated by Limerick's Local Enterprise Office, comprises 4 modules: Owner Manager Development - Monday 10th & Monday 17th October. Financial Management - Monday 24th October & Monday 7th November. Marketing and Promotion - Monday 14th November. Human Resource Management - Monday 21st & Monday 28th November. Marketing and Promotion consists of 1 x 3 hour [...]
More information on CCS and CCSP is available here.
Learner Fund 4 (August 2016) opened on 4th August for online applications. More details here.
DCYA has today announced the list of childcare providers who have been approved capital grants under EYC2016. €281,524 has been allocated to Limerick services. See the list of Grants Approved for Limerick childcare providers. The full list of allocations nationally can be found here.
Applications now being taken for this new 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) [...]
Minister Zappone has launched the Better Start Access and Inclusion Model (AIM) which will ensure that children with disabilities can access the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme. Further details.
Our Summer Newsletter 2016 has now been distributed to all childcare services and primary schools across Limerick City and County. We have included articles of interest to parents and Early Years practitioners alike –Healthy Ireland Awards, Childcare Regulations, Childcare Schemes, Visit to ReCreate, and lots more! You may download a copy here.
To assist childcare providers' understanding of the new revised regulations, Tusla are undertaking briefings on the new regulations throughout the country. There will be 2 sessions in Limerick on Wednesday 1st June in the South Court Hotel with attendance by ticket only. Bookings for the briefing sessions can now be made here. At the briefings, [...]
On the 4th May 2016 Dr. James Reilly, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, signed new Child Care Regulations (the Child Care Act 1991 (Early Years Services) Regulations 2016) which will come into effect on a phased basis from 30th June 2016. The new Regulations provide for pre-school services, that is, those services catering for children [...]
Our Summer Training Calendar has been posted to all childcare services in Limerick. Workshops are being provided in city and county locations for early years professionals working in Limerick childcare services. See here for full details.