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Read the latest news and updates from Sligo County Childcare Committee below.
NCS – Submit NCS Service Calendars for 2019 and 2020
Submit NCS Service Calendars for 2019 and 2020 Please be aware that all service providers contracted to the National Childcare Scheme should have two active service calendars on their Early Years Hive; one for the current programme year and one for the following...
Early Years Provider Centre – Email Queries
As many Services are currently performing NCS Program Readiness Activities we are receiving high volumes of email queries. To assist in the speedy resolution of these queries please ensure that you include the following details in every email you send...
Be Winter Ready
The Government recently launched the 'Be Winter Ready' 2019-2020 Information Campaign focusing this year on the different colour coding associated with Met Éireann weather warning. We would encourage everyone to visit www.winterready.ie to enable us all, as...
Compliance Announcement 2019/2020 Programme cycle:
Unannounced compliance visits are commencing on ECCE and the Transitional targeted childcare programmes. Visits will continue for the duration of the programme cycles. Note: Services operating ECCE only sessions will not be visited outside of the ECCE programme cycle....
Early Years Hive – Is your service parent ready?
Almost all early years service providers have now received an invitation to the Early Years Hive to complete a series of readiness steps. All steps must be completed on the new Early Years Hive so that services will be Parent Ready on November 20th when the National...
NCS announcement
In preparation for the arrival of the National Childcare Scheme, Service Provider training sessions have been conducted since the 11th of March. Several hundred training sessions have taken place with thousands of Service Providers, numerous Supporting Organisations...
NCS Capital Grant Announcement
The application window for NCS Capital 2019 will close on the 1st of November 2019. There is now only one full day remaining to submit applications. For any services who wish to apply at this stage, please check your grant allocation and make an application in...
NCS Applicant CHICs
A number of NCS applicants have been offered and accepted the opportunity to apply for NCS prior to the 20/11/19. This application process provides the applicant (on a successful completed application) with an actual CHICK which can be used to register when the scheme...
AIM End of Year One Review now available on aim.gov.ie
The AIM End of Year One Review is now available to read on the AIM website. This independent review was commissioned by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and undertaken by consultants RSM and researchers in Trinity Haus (Trinity College Dublin). The...