Coiste Gairmoideachais Dhún Laoghaire
Dún Laoghaire Vocational Education Committee
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Educating for Life
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Community Education Service
Who are we?
The Community Education Service supports a wide range of learning and education opportunities for community-based groups throughout the Dún Laoghaire area.
Programmes offered are flexible, accessible and developed in response to identified needs acknowledging the benefit of lifelong learning both to the individual and their community. Working in partnership with a range of community, voluntary and interagency groups is integral to the delivery of the Community Education Service
The aim of the Service is to offer learning opportunities that
- Build and develop skills and talents for individuals, families and communities
- Respond to the needs of local groups and their communities
- Value all learners
- Take place in familiar, friendly and local settings
- Offer an informal, flexible learning environment and the opportunity to meet new people that share a common purpose
- Integrate with other strands of the service such as guidance, literacy and BTEI
Who is our Service for?
We work with a range of target groups in the Dún Laoghaire area including:
- Community Development Projects (CDPs)
- Homeless Service Users
- Men's Groups
- Older People
- Parents of DEIS Schools
- People with Disability
- People in Recovery from Addiction
- Women's Groups
- Women from the Traveller Community
How do we work?
The Community Education Service supports the delivery of programmes in a number of ways including:
- Allocating tuition hours to groups
- Helping groups with planning, organising and evaluating courses
- Assisting with sourcing resources and funding
- Representing community education on local and national fora
- Developing links to progression into Further Education, training and employment
- Ensuring quality
- Working in partnership with groups and agencies
New Course, Starting September 2010: Introduction to Community Development, click here to follow link
Further Information
Barbara Hammond
Community Education Facilitator
Tel +353 (0)1 214 7227
Email bhammond@dlvec.ie
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Vocational Education Committee
Administrative Offices
Century Court
100 Upper George's Street
Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin
Dhún Laoghaire
Oifigí Riaracháin
Phone: +353 (0)1 214 7200
Fax: +353 (0)1 214 7234
Email: info@dlvec.ie
