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ANNIE KELLY EDUCATION BURSARY
The Annie Kelly Education Bursary was established in 2002 in memory of Annie Kelly, a community activist from Drumalee in the North West Inner City who was a member of the North Inner City Drugs Task Force. The bursary is designed to help people from North Inner City communities access further education.
The 2011 application process is now closed. For further information please phone Miriam at 01 8366592 or email admin@nicdtf.ie.
OTHER USEFUL LINKS
www.studentfinance.ie is a website that provides information and application forms on a range of ways to finance your education, including:
Student grants: for students in full-time Post Leaving Certificate Courses (PLCs) and full-time higher education undergraduate/postgraduate courses. You can download the application form or apply online. The application process for 2011/2012 will open in June. Apply as soon as possible, you do not have to wait until you have been offered a place in college.
Student Assistance Fund: provides financial assistance for full-time higher education students who are experiencing financial difficulties whilst attending college.
Back to Education Allowance: allows people in receipt of certain social welfare payments to retain those payments whilst participating in approved full-time courses in further and higher education.
Other Finance: Bursaries & Scholarships: including Credit Union scholarships and area-based scholarships.
Tallaght Drugs Task Force Education/Training Bursary Fund 2011 This bursary is closed for 2011. For further information contact Ms Geraldine Ennis: Ph. 466-4248 / email: geraldine.ennis@doddervalley.ie
Jobcare - based in Pearse St, Dublin 2, Jobcare have developed a range of courses and work programmes to assist long-term unemployed people gain the confidence, skills and knowledge necessary to seek, find and keep meaningful employment.
Dublin Port Scholarship - Since 2001, Dublin Port Company has awarded over 350 education bursaries worth €470,000 to residents from the local community through its Scholarship Programme. The programme has enabled hundreds of local people to progress to third livel education or repeat their Leaving Certificate who otherwise may not have been in a position to do so.
This Scholarship is now closed for 2011. For more information and click here.
Mature Student Access Programme at Dublin Institute of Technology - designed for Mature Students (22 years of age on the 1st of January of the 2010) from areas and communities where there is not a strong tradition of participation in third level education.
The Access Programme is a pre-third level preparatory course aimed at teaching the core skills necessary to succeed in third level education. It is full-time and one academic year long. Participants who successfully complete the programme are guaranteed an offer of a place on an undergraduate programme at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
In light of DIT’s involvement in the Grangegorman project, the Mature Student Access Programme has decided to reserve 40 places for applicants from the Grangegorman development area and the North-west inner city.
This programme is closed for 2011. If you require any further information please call (01 402 7611)
Springboard - new opportunity to upskill
The Higher Education Authority and the Department of Education and Skills launched Springboard in May 2011.
This initiative allows people who have been made redundant or are unemployed to access funded college places to reskill in certain key areas. The Springboard scheme gives an opportunity to gain new skills and a recognised qualification at no cost to the individual student.
For more information on eligibility, available courses, and how it all works click here.
Qualifax is Ireland’s National Learners’ Database website. It is a "one stop shop" which provides comprehensive information on further and higher education and training courses.
It also provides information on Student Finance and Grants, click here.
If you know of any other sources of funding for education, or affordable courses please let us know by emailing Miriam at admin@nicdtf.ie or phoning 01 8366592.
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