A Parent’s Guide to the National Childcare Funding Programmes 2016/2017
A Parent's Guide to the National Childcare Funding Programmes 2016-2017 lists and explains all the subsidised childcare programmes that are available.
Childcare Management Development Programme
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 session, plus one mentor site visit. [...]
Subsidised Childcare
More information on CCS and CCSP is available here.
Learner Fund 4 (August 2016) available for level 6 childcare courses.
Learner Fund 4 (August 2016) opened on 4th August for online applications. More details here.
Early Years Capital Announced
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.
Leadership for Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC)
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) within the ECCE sector in [...]