PARENT AND TODDLER GROUPS
Minister O’Gorman has this morning announced €250,000 for Parent & Toddler Group Grants as part of the Summer of Play initiative.
The grants will be allocated to Parent and Toddler groups nationwide through local City/County Childcare Committees (CCCs). Parent and Toddler Groups are invited to make an application for funding under this scheme through their local CCC. This funding will be available to all Parent & Toddler Groups that are organised on a not-for-profit basis and who actively involve the participation of parents in the local community.
Further details: https://bit.ly/372Jjgh
Programme Readiness 2021/2022 Remiinder
https://pip.pobal.ie/_layouts/listform.aspx?PageType=4&ListId={0AE0412B-43EA-453A-A356-47DF1E2CAAFA}&ID=930&ContentTypeID=0x0104008B7B4EBDC740CB44AB3EA6271C3CCC1D
Play Outside Grant Closing 31st August
****Reminder Play Outside Grant closing date 31st August 2021****
Please see above link to the Memo from the HSE, which notes some key public health messages to be aware of at present and in the coming weeks.
We would encourage you to share the Memo with your staff and with parents / guardians so that they can assist you with implementing public health measures in your service.
Carlow & Kilkenny Children & Young People’s Services Committees
Some really great upcoming adventure ideas to keep the teenagers for the rest of the Summer
#Carlow #FUNfilled # Adventure
Tusla Portal Available for First Time Since Cyber-Attack on HSE Systems
Tusla – Child and Family Agency is happy to advise that the Portal for referrals (and other useful actions) is now available, marking another major milestone in the recovery from the cyber-attack on HSE systems.
Speaking about the progress made, Bernard Gloster, CEO, Tusla said: “I’m delighted to say that from today, and ahead of time, our referral portal that facilitates child protection and welfare referrals is available for the first time since the cyber-attack, which caused significant damage to our operating systems.
Achieving this step sooner than expected took huge effort, skill, and dedication from our ICT team, the HSE ICT, and partners. We continue at pace in our efforts to get back to normality and this latest achievement, coupled with the recent restoration of the National Childcare Information System sets us well on that path.”
The Tusla Portal also provides for:
- Early Years registrations for early years, school-age care, and childminder services etc.
- Funding applications for providers of child and family related services etc.
- School returns for student absence reports and annual attendance reports etc.
We’d ask anyone with a concern to use the Portal where possible but people can of course still contact their local duty social work office if they don’t wish to use the Portal. The Portal can be accessed at: https://portal.tusla.ie and details of local duty social work offices can be found at: www.tusla.ie
Early Years sectoral e-bulletin June 2021
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/d51c6-early-years-sectoral-e-bulletin-june-2021/
