Just Received Your Leaving Certificate Results?

Are You Considering Your Options - College, a PLC Course or A Job?

FREE one-to-one career and course advice / information.

Wednesday 25th - Thursday 26th August 2010
10.00am - 4.30pm
Blanchardfstown Area Partnership, Unit 106, Coolmine Business Park, (beside Power City).

Ring for appointment or just drop in.
Parents & Mature Students enquiries welcome.

Phone Noelene or Veronica on (01) 820 9550 to make an appointment.

Small Business Seminars

Blanchardstown Area Partnership is conducting a series of individual business seminars in it's offices. These workshops are open to anyone interested in starting a business, or for those who have recently commenced.

NEW schedule now available . . . . .

Click here to view details of the comprehensive range of seminars >>

'start UP'
'start UP' is a 1 day business seminar.
Next seminar on: 15 September, 10am to 2pm.

There is no charge for this session

The objective of this seminar is to introduce to people what is involved in running your own business – no matter how big or small. It aims to answer the major questions that most have about starting or running a business . . . click here for more details >>

SUCCEED

Enterprise Training for Ethnic Entrepreneurs

New Programme Starting 8 November . . . Now Enrolling Participants

SUCCEED is aimed at those considering self employment, or who have recently started running their own business. The programme will contain business modules, combined with communication modules.

To enroll or for more details, contact Niall Comber, Enterprise Officer, at 01 820 9550 / 824 7819 or e-mail enterprise@bap.ie.

Click here for more details >>

Healthy Food Made Easy (HFME)

Learn how to cook healthy meals simply and inexpensively.
In just 6 WEEKS our trainers will have you excited about healthy food.
We are currently looking for community groups (Max 12) to participate in HFME courses in September 2010.

For more on this Course . . . click here >>

You Are What You Eat

Minister for Finance, Mr. Brian Lenihan presents certificates to recent Helath Food Made Easy graduates. Healthy Food Made Easy (HFME), continues to grow and recently another group of successful participants received their certificates at a ceremony . . . read more >>

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown Open Day

ITB will be conducting an Open Evening to take place on Thursday, 8th January 2009 from 4.00 p.m-7.30 p.m. All welcome.
If you would like to find out more information please contact a member of our marketing team at 01-885 1023 or email info@itb.ie.

Career Exhibition Helps Students AIM Higher

Once again this year’s annual "Aiming Higher" exhibition for local second level students, proved an even bigger success than usual with students from local schools turning up in large numbers at the Institute of Technology in Blanchardstown (ITB) for the all day event. . . . more

Are You Unemployed?

Let "Where2nxt4u" help you plan your next steps to success. CV Clinics, Interview Skills, Make Over and much, much more. It all happens on Wed., Dec 3rd from 11am to 4pm. If you are under 25 years old and are signing on Social Welfare, then
. . . click for more info >>>

AIM HIGHER Your Life . . . Your Choice

Opportunities for further and higher education for leavers and adults Workshops, information, advice.

Sports Hall, Blanchardstown Institute of Technology, Tues 25th Nov 2008 . . . read on >>

Now looking for new participants

Learing @ Work is training for anyone who wants to up skill in training or education to progress in work and in life.

Interested? . . . ring Sandra on 01 820 9550.

Or click here for more details >>

Millennium Fund 2008 - now accepting applications

In today’s world we need education and qualifications to benefit from the many job opportunities out there. If you are a student at College, you might well wonder how can the partnership help you. Well, through the Millennium Partnership Fund, we have funding to assist students through college.

The Partnership is now accepting applications. If you are interested in applying,
click here fore details >>

Two full time courses have available places in ITB
You do not have to have applied through CAO

These are

National Youth Project Summer Programme 2008

7th July – 22 August €40 per week for children aged 2 years 10 months up to 6 years book for morning or afternoon session.
9.15-12.00pm & 1.15-4.00p.m running every week in July and August Blakestown & Mountview NYP.

Shelerin Road, Clonsilla, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
Phone Susan at 01 820 5253 or 087 778 3729.
Also enrolling now for Crèche places in September.

The Youth Information Centre in Blanchardstown Youth Service is now open to young people aged 15-24. The Centre provides FREE internet access, amongst other things.

. . . click here to read more >>

A Profile Of The Needs Of The Tyrrelstown Community

This interagency report was commissioned by Tyrrelstown Development Group who wanted to profile the area, identify the needs of and challenges facing the area, engage the community with the process and chart a strategy for their work in Tyrrelstown
. . . click for a summary of the recommendations and view / download the report >>

Blanchardstown Young And Not So Young Go The Computer Route

The Castleknock Hotel and Country Club was the scene for a very well attended awards ceremony on Monday the 7th April. What was unusual about the event was the age range of those receiving awards. - from teens to 80s. All with an interest in technology.
. . . click here for more info and photos >>

Intercultural and Anti Racism Week 2008
7th-14th of April

The NCCRI officially launched Intercultural and Anti Racism Week 2008 (7th-14th of April) to mark the UN International Day Against Racism (March 21).

The Focus of Intercultural and Anti-Racism Week 2008 will be Education.

. . . click here to find out more >>

Challenges facing Primary Schools in Dublin 15

Major new report highlights Dublin 15 as a ‘unique case’

The report shows in considerable detail demographic changes have occurred in recent years, ‘changing utterly’ the face of primary schooling in the Dublin 15 area. Presenting statistical evidence and the voices of teachers, parents, principals, children and community activists to show the full scale of the multi-cultural challenges facing schools . . . Click here to view / download the report >>

The LEARNING @ WORK Programme

Who is eligible?

Are you a young adult aged 17-25, who is working but left school after the Junior Certificate?

Courses on offer

If your employer agrees you can attend for 2-4 hours per week, during the working day courses on computers, communication skills, and short taster courses on first aid, fitness, safe driving. We hope to offer Leaving Certificate English in the autumn.

This programme is running in 3 areas of Dublin and in Kildare and Wicklow. The Dublin Employment Pact developed the idea and the Department of Education and Science and FAS are the main funders.