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Education, Youth and Childcare Programme

Team Members:

Aileen O'Brien, Education Coordinator
Vivienne McCann, Education &Youth Development Worker
Angela Stenson, Childcare Development Worker
Pheena Kenny, Healthy Food Made Easy Project Co-ordinator
Daniela Naab, SAVE (Southside Addressing Violence Effectively) Development Worker

AIMS

The aim of the Programme is to ensure that the needs of those most at risk are met through specific and targeted responses. Wherever appropriate and feasible, the Programme is innovative in developing new ideas and practices in relation to current gaps, as well as influencing policy formation locally and nationally.

ACTIONS

1. To add value to the effective delivery of mainstream policies and programmes through the provision and co-ordination of networks and working groups, and work with relevant agencies and groups to develop more coordinated and integrated responses, structures and policies for tackling educational disadvantage in the area.

2. To involve parents, young people, schools and community/voluntary groups in a range of strategies designed to prevent educational under-achievement among young people at risk.

3. To identify the barriers to third level access among the partnership's target groups and work to improve take-up among these groups to higher education programmes.
 
4. To enhance the educational, training, and development opportunities for young people who have left school early, or are at risk of early school leaving, through the development  and support of coordinated initiatives in the area.

5. To work with relevant organisations to enhance the quality and availability of community-based childcare provision in the Southside Partnership DLR area

Education, Youth and Childcare Strategy (Please click on the links below to access the information on activity in this programme)

Forum, Networks, Working Groups	Parent and Family Support	In-school/ After-school Supports	Out-of -School Supports/Youth Access Programmes	Third Level Access	Childcare Network

Forum, Networks, Working Groups Parent and Family Support In-school / After-school Supports Out-of-School Supports / Youth Access Programmes Third Level Access Childcare Network