About Us
Our Community Education programme allows learners to identify their own learning needs and learn in an informal setting in their own community. Community Education classes usually run weekly for six to eight weeks.
We provide grants and tuition hour funding to Community Groups across Galway and Roscommon.
We work with many Community Groups including Men’s Sheds, Women’s Groups, Community Development Groups, Active Retired Groups, Migrant, Refugee and Asylum Seeker Groups, Disability Groups, Traveller Groups, Homeless Groups and LGBT Groups.
Our Community Education programme offers a wide range of courses including:
- Arts, Crafts and Photography
- Community Development and Leadership
- Cookery
- DIY Skills and Furniture Upcycling
- Gardening and Horticulture
- Hair and Beauty
- Health and Fitness
- Mindfulness, Pilates and Yoga
- Personal Development and Communication Skills
REACH Fund 2025
The Reach Fund aims to provide funding to support educationally disadvantaged learners in accessing and participating in community education. It aims to increase the participation of disadvantaged learners, particularly those undertaking literacy and skills programmes. The fund has a strong focus on building the digital infrastructure of community education providers, including providing devices and software and increasing their capacity to deliver learning. The fund was specifically designed to tackle inequalities, support access to community education and to address specific actions in the Adult Literacy for Life (ALL) Strategy to target funding on access to technology and devices, expand community access to wi-fi and broadband resources and to address unmet literacy needs directly.
These grants are funded by the Department of Education and SOLAS.
Closing Date: 25 February at 11:55pm