YOUTHREACH CENTRE
Ballaghaderreen and Roscommon
Coordinator: John Moore
Old
Vocational
School,
Ballaghaderreen,
Co. Roscommon
Tel.
E-mail:
and
Cormac
O'Hanlan
C/O Precision Engineering,
Racecourse Rd,
Co. Roscommon
Tel: (090) 66 30497
Youthreach provides education and training programmes to young people who have left school without adequate qualifications. Normally trainees are between 15 and 20 and have left school without 5 D's in their Junior Certificate. Education and Training courses are provided in a small group, informal, workshop settings.
Subjects include: Woodwork, Metalwork, Art, English, Maths, Hairdressing, Childcare, Computers, Cooking, Outdoor Pursuits, Personal Development, Work Experience and preparation for Work. Courses are certified using the following certification methods: F.E.T.A.C. foundation certificate, F.E.T.A.C. Level 1 Certificate, F.E.T.A.C. Level 2 Certificate in Childcare and Hairdressing, Leaving Certificate Applied and Junior Certificate.
Transport (free) is provided from Castlerea, Elphin, Boyle and places in between.
Childcare payments are made to childminders.
Youthreach is funded and supported by the European Social Fund and the Department of Education and Science.
Ireland’s EU Structural Funds Programmes 2007-2013 co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Union
“Investing in your future”
http://www.esf.ie/en/homepage.aspx
Youthreach National Website - www.youthreach.ie