{"id":1337,"date":"2024-11-11T09:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T09:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/further-education-and-training-fet-service\/apprenticeships-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T13:01:08","slug":"community-education-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/ga\/further-education-and-training-fet-service\/community-education-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Seirbh\u00eds Oideachais Pobail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1337\" class=\"elementor elementor-1337\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac42367 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ac42367\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a20a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a20a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Seirbh\u00eds Oideachais Pobail<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c50a033 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c50a033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53466b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"53466b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46a1524 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46a1524\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">C\u00e9 d\u00f3 a bhfuil an tSeirbh\u00eds Oideachais Pobail lonnaithe?<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1a205 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0f1a205\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-898fed2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"898fed2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gr\u00fapa\u00ed Pobail agus Deonacha neamhbhrab\u00fais inch\u00e1ilithe ar fud Laoise agus U\u00edbh Fhail\u00ed. Mar gheall ar l\u00edon na n-iarratas, tugtar tosa\u00edocht do na nithe seo a leanas:<\/p><p>Gr\u00fapa\u00ed a eagra\u00edonn cl\u00e1ir oideachais pobail do dhaoine a bhfuil dianbhacainn orthu p\u00e1irt a ghlacadh san oideachas: Daoine scothaosta, daoine faoi mh\u00edbhunt\u00e1iste, daoine faoi mh\u00edchumas, gr\u00fapa\u00ed mionlaigh eitneacha, daoine d\u00edfhostaithe, c\u00faram\u00f3ir\u00ed agus gr\u00fapa\u00ed a chuireann oideachas pobail ar f\u00e1il i gceantair nach bhfuil rochtain \u00e9asca ag daoine f\u00e1sta ar dheiseanna oideachais iontu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2992ea5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2992ea5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b43e197 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b43e197\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52ddef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e52ddef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"447\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4311\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_.png 447w, https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_-9x12.png 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc55ed6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dc55ed6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe2c783 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fe2c783\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">T\u00e1 s\u00e9 mar aidhm ag C\u00farsa Oideachais Pobail:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7961cd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7961cd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2022 Rannph\u00e1irt\u00edocht an phobail a choth\u00fa<br \/>\u2022 Aghaidh a thabhairt ar leithlisi\u00fa s\u00f3isialta<br \/>\u2022 P\u00e1irt a thabhairt d\u2019aosaigh leochaileacha<br \/>\u2022 Saor\u00e1nacht ghn\u00edomhach a fhorbairt<br \/>\u2022 Aghaidh a thabhairt ar riachtanais oideachais<\/p><p>Cuirimid c\u00farsa\u00ed ar f\u00e1il sa Phobal agus in\u00e1r mBreisoideachas agus<br \/>Ionaid Oili\u00fana ar fud Laoise agus U\u00edbh Fhail\u00ed<\/p><p>C\u00farsa\u00ed Samplacha<\/p><p>R\u00edomhair\u00ed . F\u00f3in P\u00f3ca \u00b7 Mindfulness Yoga \u00b7 Eala\u00edn \u00b7 Ceirmeacht \u00b7 Fu\u00e1la \u00b7 CFR<br \/>\u00b7 C\u00faram Gruaige Garchabhrach \u00b7 \u00c1illeacht &amp; Tairn\u00ed \u00b7 C\u00f3caireacht \u00b7 Cearda\u00edocht -Oibr\u00edocht \u00b7 Up-cycling<br \/>do chuid \u00e9ada\u00ed -Farm-to-fork \u00b7 Make-up artistry<\/p><p>Fad an Ch\u00farsa<\/p><p>6 seachtaine (le 10 duine ar a laghad)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96783d0 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96783d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1649\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_.png 940w, https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Community_Education_Funding_-_Facebook_-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fef14f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fef14f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8deed0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8deed0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sula nd\u00e9anfaidh t\u00fa iarratas, l\u00e9igh an m\u00e9id seo a leanas le do thoil:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43e91ac elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"43e91ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d15f81c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d15f81c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/contentfiles\/2022\/Community_Education_Information_Leaflet_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bileog eolais<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/contentfiles\/2022\/LOETB_Community_Education_Guidelines_2022.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treoirl\u00ednte<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loetb.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/contentfiles\/2022\/LOETB_Community_Education_Terms_and_Conditions_2022.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T\u00e9arma\u00ed agus coinn\u00edollacha<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c581451 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c581451\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a275e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73a275e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cur i bhfeidhm<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc9b4e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3fc9b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e26cd8b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e26cd8b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f5c7ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f5c7ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chun iarratas a dh\u00e9anamh ar mhaoini\u00fa, comhl\u00e1naigh \u00e1r n-iarratas ar l\u00edne le do thoil<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa159ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fa159ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/fpF1eeBQNs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Foirm Iarratais<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dacab2f table-grid elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dacab2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Seirbh\u00eds<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><strong>Seirbh\u00eds Oideachais Pobail\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Teagmh\u00e1il<\/th>\n<td><strong>Gillian Cunningham <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Teileaf\u00f3n<\/th>\n<td>0578630099<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>R\u00edomhphost<\/th>\n<td><a href=\"mailto:communityed@loetb.ie\">communityed@loetb.ie<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Seoladh<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\">Mol Faisn\u00e9ise LOETB, Aonad 1, Cearn\u00f3g Lyster, Port Laoise, Co. Laoise R32D268<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Facebook<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Laois-and-Offaly-ETB-Community-Education-100349704747179\/\">www.facebook.com\/Laois-and-Offaly-ETB-Community-Education<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<tr>\n<th>Instagram<\/th>\n<td colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\"><a href=\"\/ga\/www.instagram.com\/laoisandoffalyetbcommunityed\/?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/laoisandoffalyetbcommunityed<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community Education Service Who is the community education service for? Eligible not-for-profit Community and Voluntary Groups across Laois and Offaly. 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