The Balbriggan Loves Learning virtual festival is taking place online from 19th – 30th April 2021. DDLETB is proud to be a part of it.

So what’s it all about and what’s on?

ARE YOU A JOBSEEKER?

Find out about the supports available to you! CV and Interview skills, training and education options, starting a business, job searching and more.

LEARNING IN YOUR COMMUNITY

Find out what your community has to offer ….for all ages! Health and wellbeing, courses for personal development, hobbies, interests, returning to education. See what your local community organisations are up to and much more.

HELPING YOUR BUSINESS FOR UPSKILLING & TALENT

Find out about the supports and provisions available to your business. Live sessions include Dublin Regional Skills, DDLETB / DSP and Balbriggan Chamber of Commerce.

DIGITAL LEARNING AND SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES

Discover the importance of IT skills for learning and employment, including local courses and supports available, tips for online interviews, SMART Balbriggan and much more.

Find out more at balbriggan.ie/loveslearning

In July 2019, the Department of Education and Skills (DES) sought the DDLETB to act as Patron for a new special school in the Dublin 15 area.

Danu Community Special School (Danu CSS) is a community special school that provides an appropriate education for students, aged 4 to 18 years old, whose primary diagnosis is Autism and/or Moderate/or Severe General Learning Disabilities.

On 18th November 2019, Danu Community Special School opened its doors and welcomed its first pupils.

 The Tánaiste, Leo Varadkar, requested a visit to our school. On 12th March 2021 Leo and Emer Currie TD met with all the teachers and pupils in our six classrooms.

Finn in classroom 1 presented Leo with a framed print of a picture of the mythical mother goddess Danu which represents fertility and abundance in the land. The root “dan” in ancient Irish means art, skill, poetry, knowledge, and wisdom.

All the children in the school painted their finger prints around the picture and Adam from classroom 4 wrote ‘Thank you Leo for visiting’.

Leo was very impressed with what we had achieved in a very short space of time and looked forward to visiting again in a non-Covid environment.

Introduction to the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme incorporating the National Quality Standards for Volunteer-led Youth Groups:

The Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS or ‘the Scheme’) supports volunteer-led youth club/group activities at a local level. The Scheme, which provides grant aid towards the costs of running clubs/groups, is part-funded by the proceeds of the National Lottery. Funding for the Scheme is provided by the Department of Children, Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth (DCEDIY) and is administered locally by Education and Training Boards (ETBs) as co-grantor and on behalf of DCEDIY. ETBs advertise the Scheme locally on an annual basis, outlining the purpose of the grant and the eligibility criteria.

Download DDLETB Local Youth Club Grant Scheme Application form 2021

Download 2021 Local Youth Club Group Scheme Guidance Notes

The Scheme supports voluntary youth club/group activities for young people; with priority given to clubs/groups catering for young people aged 10–21. The primary focus of the Scheme is to assist local volunteer-led youth clubs/groups that provide a programme of youth work activities for young people. In addition, other clubs/groups that work with young people, but are not specifically providing youth work, are also entitled to apply for funding under the Scheme.

In 2017, DCEDIY incorporated the National Quality Standards for Volunteer-led Youth Groups (NQSVLYG) into the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme (LYCGS). These national quality standards were developed to support and enhance voluntary work with young people. The three National Quality Standards for Volunteer-led Youth Groups are:
1. Standard 1: Safety and well-being – Programmes, practices, and people ensure and promote the safety, support and well-being of young people.
2. Standard 2: Young person-centred – Programmes, practices, and people ensure and promote the voluntary participation, inclusion and voice of young people.
3. Standard 3: Developmental and educational – Programmes, practices, and people ensure and promote the development, achievement and progression of young people.

Throughout the club/group year, volunteers progress actions relating to the Standards that will improve the running of the club/group and the experience of the young people attending the club/group. Where a club/group requires support with progressing the Standards, it can request this from the National Youth Organisation to which it is affiliated. A youth club/group that is not affiliated to a National Youth Organisation can request support from its local ETB (see contact details in Appendix 1 of the Local Youth Club Grant Scheme Application Form).

The LYCGS Application Form is also the reporting template for the National Quality Standards for Volunteer-led Youth Groups. If you do not wish to apply for the grant, you need only complete Sections 1, 2 and 5 of the form. If you need any help in completing these sections of the form, please contact your National Youth Organisation (see details listed in Appendix 2 of the Form).

Download DDLETB Local Youth Club Grant Scheme Application form 2021

Download 2021 Local Youth Club Group Scheme Guidance Notes

There was some fantastic news for Blanchardstown Youthreach last week.

The Warrior team took the crown for Best Performance at the Youth Kouture competition.

Well with that raw energy and passion showing, @YouthreachB won the “Best Performance Award” @junkkouture ….enjoy the performance again. @ddletbYR @ddletb @SOLASFET @NAYCEXEC @ESF_Ireland pic.twitter.com/H1J337STG7

— BlanchardstownYR (@YouthreachB) February 4, 2021

What Is Junk Kouture ?

Junk Kouture is a global platform to unleash the creative brilliance of young people. One way it does this, is through a fashion competition which challenges the world’s most talented emerging designers, engineers, artists and performers to envision, create and model high-end couture from everyday junk!

We’re so happy to present the DDLETB Newsletter. The focus of this newsletter is on how our schools, centres and colleges have adapted to teaching and learning during the COVID pandemic.

We have contributions from every level, from infants, second-level, Youthreach and further education.

Download the DDLETB COVID Newsletter Dec 2020 Web