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Programme Support Payments – Reminder

Providers are reminded that the Programme Support Payments (PSP) 2021 will close for applications this coming Friday, 25th June at 5pm.  The PSP application is completed on the Programmes page of the Early Years Hive.A ‘Quick Guide’ including screen shots explaining how to apply through the Hive can be found

DCEDIY Playing Outdoor Grant 2021

Playing Outside Grant 2021 The Department of Children Equality Diversity Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is pleased to announce that applications will open for the Playing Outside 2021 tomorrow the 18th of June. Applications will be open from June 18th – August 31st 2021.  Applications cannot be submitted outside this application

DCEDIY Establish a Capacity Building Grant and Hub na nÓg Training

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has established a fund to support implementation of the National Participation Framework for Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision Making [the Framework] (2021) within everyday spaces and settings where practitioners work directly with children and young people. The Framework

The Annual Years Service Sector Profile 2019/20

The Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2019/2020 is available to read in full here. This annual report – the eighteenth in the series – provides a detailed overview of the Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) sector in Ireland, including the  numbers of children in receipt of

Outdoor Play: Getting it right ….in all weathers

With the much anticipated Outdoor Classroom Day scheduled for May 20th 2021, Early Learning and Care and School Aged educators across the country were disappointed to wake up to a rainy and windy morning with a poor outlook for the whole day. The gloomy, grey and wet day highlighted the

Little Library Bag – First 5 Initiative

It’s Childhood Services Week and in the spirit of the week we’d like to let you know about a new initiative currently running in South Dublin Libraries called the First 5 Little Library Bag. Each of our libraries is getting in touch with local Early Learning and Care Centres and

Notice for the Closure of the TEC Saver Programme

The TEC Saver Programme will merge with the CCSP Saver Programme at the end of the 2020/2021 programme year. The remaining eligible TEC participants will be registered as CCSP (TEC Final Year) Savers under the 2021/2022 CCSP Saver Programme (16th August 2021 – 12th August 2022).  The eligibility criteria for

Programme Support Payments – Reminder

Providers are reminded that the Programme Support Payments (PSP) 2021 will close for applications this coming Friday, 25th June at 5pm.  The PSP application is completed on the Programmes page of the Early Years Hive.A ‘Quick Guide’ including screen shots explaining how to apply through the Hive can be found

DCEDIY Playing Outdoor Grant 2021

Playing Outside Grant 2021 The Department of Children Equality Diversity Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is pleased to announce that applications will open for the Playing Outside 2021 tomorrow the 18th of June. Applications will be open from June 18th – August 31st 2021.  Applications cannot be submitted outside this application

DCEDIY Establish a Capacity Building Grant and Hub na nÓg Training

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has established a fund to support implementation of the National Participation Framework for Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision Making [the Framework] (2021) within everyday spaces and settings where practitioners work directly with children and young people. The Framework

The Annual Years Service Sector Profile 2019/20

The Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2019/2020 is available to read in full here. This annual report – the eighteenth in the series – provides a detailed overview of the Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) sector in Ireland, including the  numbers of children in receipt of

Outdoor Play: Getting it right ….in all weathers

With the much anticipated Outdoor Classroom Day scheduled for May 20th 2021, Early Learning and Care and School Aged educators across the country were disappointed to wake up to a rainy and windy morning with a poor outlook for the whole day. The gloomy, grey and wet day highlighted the

Little Library Bag – First 5 Initiative

It’s Childhood Services Week and in the spirit of the week we’d like to let you know about a new initiative currently running in South Dublin Libraries called the First 5 Little Library Bag. Each of our libraries is getting in touch with local Early Learning and Care Centres and

Notice for the Closure of the TEC Saver Programme

The TEC Saver Programme will merge with the CCSP Saver Programme at the end of the 2020/2021 programme year. The remaining eligible TEC participants will be registered as CCSP (TEC Final Year) Savers under the 2021/2022 CCSP Saver Programme (16th August 2021 – 12th August 2022).  The eligibility criteria for

Programme Support Payments – Reminder

Providers are reminded that the Programme Support Payments (PSP) 2021 will close for applications this coming Friday, 25th June at 5pm.  The PSP application is completed on the Programmes page of the Early Years Hive.A ‘Quick Guide’ including screen shots explaining how to apply through the Hive can be found

DCEDIY Playing Outdoor Grant 2021

Playing Outside Grant 2021 The Department of Children Equality Diversity Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is pleased to announce that applications will open for the Playing Outside 2021 tomorrow the 18th of June. Applications will be open from June 18th – August 31st 2021.  Applications cannot be submitted outside this application

DCEDIY Establish a Capacity Building Grant and Hub na nÓg Training

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has established a fund to support implementation of the National Participation Framework for Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision Making [the Framework] (2021) within everyday spaces and settings where practitioners work directly with children and young people. The Framework

The Annual Years Service Sector Profile 2019/20

The Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2019/2020 is available to read in full here. This annual report – the eighteenth in the series – provides a detailed overview of the Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) sector in Ireland, including the  numbers of children in receipt of

Outdoor Play: Getting it right ….in all weathers

With the much anticipated Outdoor Classroom Day scheduled for May 20th 2021, Early Learning and Care and School Aged educators across the country were disappointed to wake up to a rainy and windy morning with a poor outlook for the whole day. The gloomy, grey and wet day highlighted the

Little Library Bag – First 5 Initiative

It’s Childhood Services Week and in the spirit of the week we’d like to let you know about a new initiative currently running in South Dublin Libraries called the First 5 Little Library Bag. Each of our libraries is getting in touch with local Early Learning and Care Centres and

Notice for the Closure of the TEC Saver Programme

The TEC Saver Programme will merge with the CCSP Saver Programme at the end of the 2020/2021 programme year. The remaining eligible TEC participants will be registered as CCSP (TEC Final Year) Savers under the 2021/2022 CCSP Saver Programme (16th August 2021 – 12th August 2022).  The eligibility criteria for

Programme Support Payments – Reminder

Providers are reminded that the Programme Support Payments (PSP) 2021 will close for applications this coming Friday, 25th June at 5pm.  The PSP application is completed on the Programmes page of the Early Years Hive.A ‘Quick Guide’ including screen shots explaining how to apply through the Hive can be found

DCEDIY Playing Outdoor Grant 2021

Playing Outside Grant 2021 The Department of Children Equality Diversity Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is pleased to announce that applications will open for the Playing Outside 2021 tomorrow the 18th of June. Applications will be open from June 18th – August 31st 2021.  Applications cannot be submitted outside this application

DCEDIY Establish a Capacity Building Grant and Hub na nÓg Training

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has established a fund to support implementation of the National Participation Framework for Children and Young People’s Participation in Decision Making [the Framework] (2021) within everyday spaces and settings where practitioners work directly with children and young people. The Framework

The Annual Years Service Sector Profile 2019/20

The Annual Early Years Sector Profile 2019/2020 is available to read in full here. This annual report – the eighteenth in the series – provides a detailed overview of the Early Learning and Care (ELC) and School-Age Childcare (SAC) sector in Ireland, including the  numbers of children in receipt of

Outdoor Play: Getting it right ….in all weathers

With the much anticipated Outdoor Classroom Day scheduled for May 20th 2021, Early Learning and Care and School Aged educators across the country were disappointed to wake up to a rainy and windy morning with a poor outlook for the whole day. The gloomy, grey and wet day highlighted the

Little Library Bag – First 5 Initiative

It’s Childhood Services Week and in the spirit of the week we’d like to let you know about a new initiative currently running in South Dublin Libraries called the First 5 Little Library Bag. Each of our libraries is getting in touch with local Early Learning and Care Centres and

Notice for the Closure of the TEC Saver Programme

The TEC Saver Programme will merge with the CCSP Saver Programme at the end of the 2020/2021 programme year. The remaining eligible TEC participants will be registered as CCSP (TEC Final Year) Savers under the 2021/2022 CCSP Saver Programme (16th August 2021 – 12th August 2022).  The eligibility criteria for

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