Community Training Centres are co-funded by the Irish Government, the European Social Fund and the Youth Employment Initiative as part of the ESF Programme for Employability Inclusion and Learning 2014-2020.
Community Training Programmes
Kilkenny and Carlow ETB offer supported training provision across a range of Community Training programmes.
Community Training Centres
The Community Training Centres (CTCs) provide training to early school leavers aged between 16 and 21 years, who are most in need of vocational training. The training provision is divided between ‘in-centre learning’ and ‘linked work experience learning’. Courses lead to major awards at level 3 and 4 on the National Framework of Qualifications. For more information, please refer to the below list of CTCs
Kilkenny Employment for Youth, Garden Row, High Street, Kilkenny
Contact Details: Wally Piggott (Manager)
Tel: 056 7762774
Email: info@keyctc.ie
Web: www.keyctc.ie
Carlow Youth Training, Unit 5, Askea Business Park, O’Brien Road, Co. Carlow
Contact Details: Avril Lynch (Manager)
Tel: 059 9132245
Email: info@carlowyouthtraining.org
Web: www.carlowyouthtraining.org
Specialist Training Programme
A Specialist Training Programme (STP) delivers training courses to people with disabilities who require more intensive support than would be available in non-specialist training provision. The National Learning Network (NLN) provides such programmes at its Training Centres in Kilkenny and Carlow. In order to secure a place in a National Learning Network, the learner must be referred by their GP and/or the Department of Social Protection
National Learning Network Kilkenny
Contact Details: Vivienne Brady
Tel: 056 7797500
Email: Vivenne.brady@nln.ie
Web: www.nln.ie
National Learning Network Kilkenny
Contact Details: Lisa Haugh
Tel: 059 9164257
Email: lisa.haugh@nln.ie
Web: www.nln.ie
Local Training Initiatives
The Local Training Initiative (LTI) programme provides a range of person centred services to assist individuals to enter/re-enter the labour market. Initiatives are firmly rooted in the community and encourage people, primarily 35 years of age or under, who otherwise might not avail of mainstream training to develop their existing skills and learn new skills in an environment that is tailored to their particular local needs. The LTI’s provide a range of training programmes which lead to Major QQI awards between levels 3, 4 and 5 and as such durations vary based on programme requirements.
| Programme title | Venue | Contact details |
| Making Connections | St Catherine’s Community Services Centre, St Joseph’s Road, Carlow. | Maureen Egerton Tel: 085 8053316 / 059 9138799 Email: maureene@catherines.ie Web: www.catherines.ie |
| Moving On Carlow | St Catherine’s Community Services Centre, St Joseph’s Road, Carlow. | Orlaith McHugh Tel: 0851628570 / 059 9138700 Email: orlaithm@catherines.ie Web: www.catherines.ie |
| Pharmacy and Beauty Retail Sales | Newpark Close Family Resource Centre, Newpark Close, Kilkenny |
Mary Donnelly Tel: 0567723309 Email: marydonnelly@newparkclosefrc.ie Web: www.newparkclosefrc.com |
| Young Irish Film Makers Multimedia Production | Young Irish Film Makers St. Josephs Studios Waterford Road Kilkenny |
Gareth Hanlon Tel: 056 7764677/ 0833948774 Email: gareth@yifm.com Web: yifm.com |
| Pathway to Employment Urlingford | The Mill Family Resource Centre, Urlingford, Kilkenny | Kevin Burrows Tel: 087 2144516 / 056 8838466 Email: coordinator.mfrclti@gmail.com Web: www.millfrcurlingford.com |
| Moving On Ferrybank | Cairdeas Training Centre Belmont Ferrybank Waterford |
Denise Wall Tel: 086 7942442 Email: movingonproject@wap.ie Web: www. wap.ie |
| The Grow Project | Cairdeas Training Centre Belmont Ferrybank Waterford |
Gerard Mullen Tel: 085 8597784 Email: gmullen@wap.ie Web: www. wap.ie |
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