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JOB INITIATIVES & TRAINING
Date - 31-01-2012RTE/LOCAL HEROS
Over eight thousand people unemployed, industries shut down and many of its high-street shops boarded up - Drogheda had seen happier days. That was until, a few short months ago, its people decided they'd had enough and traders and townsfolk came together to create their own hope.
Working together with RTÉ Local Heroes and mentored by Feargal Quinn and his team of experts, Drogheda's citizens united to jump-start their local economy and create jobs. And in the RTÉ TV series 'Local Heroes - A Town Fights Back' you may have see what was possible when a community came together with a common purpose.
There are almost 450,000 people unemployed in Ireland. This is what sparked the Local Heroes campaign, working together to keep people in jobs and get others back to work.
Log onto http://www.rte.ie/localheroes/ for more information including a jobseekers directory and jobseekers top tips. (See Helpful Links)
Perhaps Drogheda’s imaginative solutions to tackle unemployment, guided by experts, may ignite the spark in our area. Every community needs its Local Heroes.
Free basic computer training on offer at NUI Galway
30.01.2012
Free basic computer training on offer at NUI Galway
Place are still available for a computer training initiative at NUI Galway aimed at teaching people with little or no technological experience basic computer skills.
The Click and Connect initiative will see tutors teach students the basics of computers, showing them how to surf the web, set up and use email, download photographs and how to access government information online. Classes will be small and will be carried out in local, informal learning settings.
Professor Gerry Lyons, dean of the College of Engineering and Informatics at NUI Galway, said that there are thousands of people living in Ireland today who have been left behind when it comes to the internet.
“Older people will particularly benefit (from the initiative), as will unemployed people and disadvantaged groups in the Galway region,” said Professor Lyons.
“These people miss out on opportunities most people take for granted. For example, those not yet online cannot send emails, do internet searches for products or information, or conduct government transactions online,” he said.
The free training is part of a partnership between Limerick Community Connect, DCU, Age Action Ireland and NUI Galway, which aims to teach 400 people basic computer skills between now and May 2012. It’s funded by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
For more information or to register for classes, applicants can contact Trish in the Discipline of Information Technology by phone at 091493913 or by email at clickandconnect@nuigalway.ie.
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Downtown Centre – For Adult Learning – Limerick has issued its 2012 Training Brochure. Please see attached link:
http://www.downtowncentre.ie/dtc/assets/File/2011-12%20RTL%20brochure,%20Final(1).pdf
(See helpful links)
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