A Parent’s Guide to the National Childcare Funding Programmes 2017/2018
This publication, produced by Dublin City Childcare Committee, is now available to download from our Parents page.
More Affordable Childcare starts now!
From September 2017, EVERY FAMILY will be eligible for financial childcare support for ANY child aged between 6 – 36 months, in full or part-time Tusla-registered childcare. And thousands more can receive further support for children up to age 15 years. Here are the main changes to the current subsidised scheme: Universal subsidy (not means-tested) There is a new universal [...]
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 [...]
Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Training Programme.
Training to support early years educators engage with “Diversity, Equality and Inclusion Charter and Guidelines for Early Childhood Care and Education” is being delivered in Limerick in August. Further details on our Training page.
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 [...]
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 [...]