REACH Fund 2023
To: All Community
Education providers/groups in Cork City and County
Cork
ETB Further Education and Training (FET) Service has launched an open call for
funding aimed at providing support for local Community Education
Providers/Groups.
The
REACH Fund 2023 builds on the success of the funding proposals received under
the 2022 funding scheme, and the Mitigating Against Educational Disadvantage
Fund (MAEDF) in 2020 and 2021. The
purpose of the REACH fund is to go towards addressing educational disadvantage
which may be experienced by learners, with a focus on supporting the engagement
and reengagement of learners in the community. This funding call aims to reduce
barriers to participation in FET, under an expanded range of project themes or
headings.
For
details and an application form www.corketb.ie
An
online information and briefing session for all prospective applicant groups
will be held on Friday 31st March at 14:30. To register your
interest in the scheme and information session, please go to the following
link: Register Interest in the 2023 Scheme
The
briefing session can be accessed by clicking the following link:
REACH
2023 Information session
Please note the closing date for submission of applications to Cork
ETB is 5:00 on Friday 21st April 2023.
Minister
Simon Harris Announces Adult Literacy for Life Collaboration & Innovation
Fund
On
the 20th March, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research,
Innovation and Science Simon Harris announced the opening of a €1 million
funding call for new projects to help address unmet literacy needs.
What is the Adult Literacy for
Life Collaboration & Innovation Fund?
The
ALL Collaboration and Innovation Fund is a €1 million funding call to support
collaborative and innovative activities that address unmet literacy, numeracy,
or digital literacy needs, develops literacy awareness, and work towards
creating a more literacy-friendly society for everyone.
Aim of the Fund:
The
ALL Collaboration and Innovation Fund aims to bring regional and community
partners all over Ireland together in working towards creating a more
literacy-aware society, and achieving the targets set out in the Adult Literacy
for Life 10-Year Strategy:
·
Increasing
the number of learners engaging with literacy and language support by 20,000
over the first half of the strategy’s lifetime;
·
Reduce
the number of adults in Ireland with unmet literacy needs, from 18% to 7%;
·
Reduce
the number of adults in Ireland with unmet numeracy needs from 25% to 12%;
·
Reduce
the share of adults in Ireland without basic digital skills from 47% to 20%.
The
aim of the fund is to encourage fresh and sustainable partnerships between
diverse members of our literacy support landscape. That landscape includes
those working in education, health, community development, local government,
literacy advocacy, and NGOs, to name but a few.
Who Can Apply?
Applications
to the ALL Collaboration and Innovation Fund are invited from public,
non-profit, community and voluntary organisations across Ireland. A minimum of
two organisations working in partnership is required to apply for the fund,
with one organisation taking the lead.
Partnerships
may include anyone working across Ireland’s diverse and wide-ranging support
landscape, including those working in education, health, community development,
literacy advocacy, NGOs, local government, civil society organisations and
literacy-friendly services.
The
maximum grant available is €50,000. There is no minimum amount that may be
applied for. Successful projects will showcase collaboration, partnership, and
meaningful literacy-awareness and learner-focused outcomes.
Closing date for application
to the fund is 5pm on Friday, 14th April.
Links
Terms and Conditions of the Scheme
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