20-08-2005

• The National Adult Literacy Awareness Week will run from the 26th to the 30th of September. The theme for this week is "Active citizenship and literacy". Click here to find out more.
  

15-08-2005

• The Qualifax website: www.qualifax.ie contains information on full and part-time courses available around Ireland and includes eight Traveller Training Centres; Fealeside, Navan, Ross, Sandy Road, Shannon Bank, St. Fiachra's, St. Basil's and St. Catherine's Carlow. Click on the link to visit the website.
• Shivaun O'Brien (Quality Framework Co-ordinator) will be on leave from July-December '05. Anne Marie Beattie will act as QF Co-ordinator during this period. Contact details for Anne Marie Beattie are as follows: Phone: 045-861340.
  E-mail: annemariebeattie@eircom.net Fax: 041-9844349
• There will be a Showcase of artistic work completed by young people working with professional artists, as part of the pilot Artist in Youth Work Residency Scheme on Saturday 10th September at The Granary Theatre, UCC. Tel: 021 4904275 for further details.
  

06-08-2005

• The 10th Annual Conference of the Irish Association of Suicidology will be held in Armagh in October - click here for more details.
• Click here to access the latest email bulletin of the National Youth Arts Programme at the National Youth Council of Ireland.
• A new National Grant Scheme for Sport and Physical Activity for Older People will be available from mid-September. Click here to read a recent Press Release from Age & Opportunity at the Marino Institute of Education.

28-06-2005

• The first national Adults Continuing Education Awards are being launched by the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) in partnership with EBS - visit the NALA website to find out more and to access nomination forms.

24-06-2005

• Three Quality Framework documents detailing QFI guidelines are now available: click here to access these documents.
• NALA launches the first ever plain English quality mark supported by the Information Commissioner - click here to find out more

14-06-2005

• Read the speech given by Síle de Valera, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science at the launch of the final exhibition stage of the 2005 All-Ireland Traveller Art Competition.

0-5-05

• The report entitled "Developing a Strategy for Crisis Intervention in Youthreach" by Julie Brown is available in PDF format on the Youthreach website - click here to access.

26-5-05

• Shivaun O’Brien, Quality Framework Co-Ordinator has sent three documents detailing QFI guidelines: Quality Standards (360KB), Guidelines ICE (600KB), and Guidelines CDP (800KB). Click on title to view document. Hard copies will be sent to all centres shortly.

23-5-05

• Click here to view the Powerpoint presentations from the Trainers Network Conference held on Thursday, 19th May in Dublin.

19-05-05

• The Drugs Awareness Programme's (DAP) aims to provide quality drug education, training and support services - click here for further information.

13-05-05

• National Traveller MABS aims to address the problems of debt and access to affordable credit among members of the Traveller Community - visit their website at: www.nattravellermabs.org

05-05-05

• Dublin Theatre Festival operates a programme known as Ticket Assistance which offers discounted tickets to selected groups and organisations to festival shows from September 30th to October 15th. Find out more...

25-02-05

• The National Youth Arts Programme will officially launch its redeveloped website on the 9th of March in Dublin - www.youtharts.ie now provides a live, interactive resource for youth ... find out more about the launch ...
• Visit the NCVA Support Service website: "Supporting Providers of Further Education in delivering quality-assured programmes and services to learners".

31-01-05

• The Survey of Guidance, Counselling and Psychological Service Provision in Youthreach, Community and Senior Traveller Centres for Education Report is now available - click here to view (200KB).

28-01-05

• The Quality Framework Initiative Report on the 2003-2004 Pilot Phase for Youthreach & Senior Traveller Training Centres is now available. This report was compiled and written by Shivaun O’Brien (Quality Framework Co-ordinator). Click here to download the report (640KB).

20-01-05

• NALA have sent information on numeracy materials for literacy and numeracy tutors which have been written or compiled by Dr Terry Maguire. Click here to view.

13-01-05

• "Certification Outcomes for STTC's and Youthreach" - read the report written by Sarah Ryan.
• Occupational first aid courses, Irish heart foundation Courses, Child care first aid (based mainly in the Dublin/Kildare/Wicklow area) - to find out more click here. Pat Reid is a registered first aid instructor approved by the health and safety authority to provide occupational first aid courses.
• Safe-T-Trainer provide Courses in First Aid, Occupational First Aid, Manual Handling and Lifesaving. Visit their website at www.safettrainer.com Willie Treacy is a qualified instructor who teaches part-time in St. Joseph's Training Centre in Ennis.

17-12-04

• New website providing immigrants and emigrants with advice: www.emigrantadvice.ie Alternatively, click here for more details.

See our Archived News Pages - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 for Other Items of Interest.

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