Community Education

Our Community Education programme allows learners to identify their own learning needs and learn in an informal setting in their own community. Community Education classes usually run weekly for six to eight weeks.

We provide grants and tuition hour funding to Community Groups across Galway and Roscommon.

We work with many Community Groups including Men’s Sheds, Women’s Groups, Community Development Groups, Active Retired Groups, Migrant, Refugee and Asylum Seeker Groups, Disability Groups, Traveller Groups, Homeless Groups and LGBT Groups.

Our Community Education programme offers a wide range of courses including:

Arts, Crafts and Photography
Community Development and Leadership
Cookery
DIY Skills and Furniture Upcycling
Gardening and Horticulture
Hair and Beauty
Health and Fitness
Mindfulness, Pilates and Yoga
Personal Development and Communication Skills

Galway City and Connemara

Gráinne O’Byrne
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (087) 119 1325

Galway

Sheila Holland-Fox
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (087) 667 5516

Roscommon

Dolores McSharry
Email: [email protected]
Tel: (087) 626 6398

Ciste Reach 2024

An aidhm atá ag an gCiste um Míbhuntáiste Oideachais a Mhaolú ná maoiniú a chur ar fáil d’fhoghlaimeoirí fásta atá faoi mhíbhuntáiste chun tacú leo le rochtain agus rannpháirteachas in oideachas pobail. Féachann sé le rannpháirteachas foghlaimeoirí atá faoi mhíbhuntáiste a mhéadú, go háirithe iad siúd ar chláir litearthachta agus bhunscileanna. Táthar ag féachaint le hinfheistíocht a chur ar fáil chun infreastruchtúr digiteach agus cumas soláthróirí d’oideachas pobail a fhorbairt, lena n-áirítear gléasanna agus bogearraí a chur ar fáil agus méadú ar a gcumas foghlaim a sheachadadh. Dearadh an ciste seo go sonrach chun dul i ngleic le neamhionannais/éagothroime agus tacú le rochtain ar oideachas pobail, chomh maith le díriú isteach ar shainbhearta sa Straitéis Litearthachta Feadh Saoil do Dhaoine Fásta (ALL) agus maoiniú a threorú i dtreo teicneolaíochtaí agus gairis, rochtain pobail ar Wi-Fi agus acmhainní leathanbhanda a leathnú agus aghaidh a thabhairt go díreach ar riachtanais litearthachta neamhchomhlíonta chun rochtain ar oideachas agus oiliúint atá á dtairiscint ag ETBanna agus soláthraithe oideachas pobail.

Tá na deontais seo maoinithe ag an Roinn Oideachais agus SOLAS.

Ciste Reach 2024

REACH Fund 2024

The aim of the Reach fund is to provide funding to support educationally disadvantaged learners in accessing and participating in community education. It aims to increase the participation of disadvantaged learners, particularly those who are undertaking literacy and skills programmes. The fund has a strong focus on building the digital infrastructure of community education providers, including providing devices and software, and increasing their capacity to deliver learning. The fund was specifically designed to tackle inequalities and support access to community education, and also intended to address specific actions in the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) Strategy to target funding on access to technology and devices, expand community access to wi-fi and broadband resources and to directly address unmet literacy needs to access education and training offered by ETBs and community education providers.

These grants are funded by the Department of Education and SOLAS.

GRETB Reach Fund 2024

Community Education