Welcome To Galway City Partnership Website:
Galway City Partnership Mission Statement:
‘To tackle disadvantage and social exclusion, with particular emphasis on those currently, or in danger of becoming long term unemployed. To enhance their capacity to contribute fully to social and economic development'
- Our role in the development of innovative, flexible programmes to meet the needs of our specific groups and individuals.
- We work strategically with local agencies and groups to ensure that mainstreaming of successful projects becomes a reality while enabling the lessons learned to positively influence policy at all level.
NEWSFLASH!
INCREDIBLE YEARS PROGRAMME - MAKING A DIFFERENCE
The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, on Thursday 10th of May launched an Independent report completed by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway on an exciting and innovative project which has been happening in local community pre-schools. In conjunction with Galway City Partnership and the Society of St Vincent de Paul, six pre-schools in Galway City have been involved in delivering the Incredible Years Programme since 2008. This innovative programme uses puppets to work with children between the ages of 3 and 5 to strengthen their social, emotional and academic competencies. Over 400 children from the Mervue, Ballybane, Westside and Knocknacarra areas of Galway City have participated in the programme.
The NUI Galway report titled 'Making a Difference, An Independent Evaluation of the Incredible Years Programme in Pre-Schools in Galway City' evaluated the impact of the Incredible Years Programme on the children during their period in the pre-school and tracked the children as they entered primary school. The report outlines particularly significant changes in the children behaviour and makes strong recommendations relating to pre-school education in Ireland. The evaluation found there were statistically significant improvements in children's behaviour during the period of the evaluation. In particular, there were improvements in the children's social competence and decreases in conduct disorders problems. The children therefore became better equipped to express themselves, solve problems and make decision. The report has called for recognition of evidence based programmes such as the Incredible Years Programme with the pre-school education sector in Ireland. The long-term benefit of such programmes is the enhanced ability of children to be 'active participants' in education and society throughout their lives.
A copy of the Full Report is available to download here.
A copy of the Summary Report is available to download here.
For further details on the programme and this report please contact and member of the Incredible Years Team
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Galway City Partnership Strategic Plan 2011 – 2013:
Download as a PDF Format or Word Document.
PDF Format Strategic Plan 2011 – 2013:
Word Document Strategic Plan 2011 – 2013:
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New Futures Programme:
Tender Proposals for a) the facilitation of elements of the New
Futures Programme and b) Mentoring support for the New Futures
Programme.
Click to download PDF Format for detail:
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Galway City Partnership: Panel of Tutors -
Contract for Service to deliver Start Your Own Business Course.
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Parenting Alone?
Click here for details
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Calling Community Organisations in Galway City.
Would you like to get involved in TÚS –
the new Community Work Placement Programme?
What is TÚS?
The aim of the programme is to provide unemployed people with a 12 month work placement in a community organisation linking their existing skills to the needs of the community group.
Galway City Partnership will be delivering the programme locally on behalf of the Dept. of Social Protection and will be responsible for placing people with local community organisations.
Organisations that have good quality job placements and wish to avail of this programme should get in touch with us.
The Dept. of Social Protection will randomly select potential participants who will be invited to participate in the programme.
What does your group do next?
Let Galway City Partnership know the requirements of your organisation as soon as possible by specifying the job title, job tasks and specific skills required for the role so that we can match suitable participants with your group's needs.
You can do this by contacting our TÚS Project Officer Charlie Currie at Galway City Partnership, 3 The Plaza Offices, Headford Road, Galway. Email: charlie@gcp.ie Tel: 091 - 773466
Galway City Partnership is an equal opportunities employer
  
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