Community Education
Community Education programmes support local Communities & Community based groups with informal learning that contributes to the development of their area & people. These include older people, women experiencing disadvantage, people with disabilities, travellers, ethnic minorities, unemployed, lone parents, men experiencing disadvantage, carers, or where people do not have easy access to part-time education opportunities.
Community Education | Waterford & Wexford Education & Training Board (etb.ie)
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ARC FRC are also involved in the delivery of the MAED Fund (Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage).
This Fund provides funding to support educationally disadvantaged learners in accessing & participating in community education.
This fund places a strong focus on:
- Community Education as a mechanism to continue to support and engage with disadvantaged learners
- Reaching out, encouraging and supporting learners to re-engage with further education and training
- Enticing new learners to engage with further education and training opportunities
- Enabling the investment in building the digital infrastructure of providers, and their capability to ensure that online learning can be delivered in a way that meets the complex needs of learners.
Categories eligible for funding consideration are:
- Digital Technologies – Supply of devices, software and systems, or CPD training, to facilitate high quality learning and delivery.
- Learner Assistance Fund to help, where appropriate, with costs associated with course participation, such as: books and class materials.
- Outreach, Engagement and Mentoring Fund to assist with costs associated with activities such as awareness raising, and services to promote re-engagement
- COVID-19 Recovery Exceptional Circumstances Fund for Community Education to address educationally disadvantaged learners.
