A “Smarter Travel In Rural Areas” Conference and training workshop will be held in the Tipperary Institute Thurles on 16th and 17th September 2010.
Tipperary Institute Thurles
This Conference and the Training Workshop have been organised by Tipperary Institute, Tipperary Energy Agency, North Tipperary Leader Partnership, Rural Transport Network and Mendes Limited.
All are part of the work programmes in the EU project, Pro.Motion, the Smarter Travel projects, Pro.Motion Plus and Eco-drive and the EU project, Clean Drive.
The event aims to pass on the experience gained in the above projects in order to assist communities and organisations in the planning and implementation of Smarter Travel in rural areas.
Amongst the speakers are:-Graham Lightfoot, (Mendes Limited), Síona Daly, (Tipperary Energy Agency), Cllr. Virginia O’Dowd, (Nenagh Rail Partnership), Damien Tobin (Rural Transport Network), Vincent Sheehan, (Manager Business Development, Bus Éireann).
Information on the various projects and activities will be on display on both days.
North Tipperary Deputy Noel Coonan is urging financially strained families throughout the constituency to avail of a new grant called the STEP UP! Grant for Education, Training and Skills, which is available to people formerly self-employed, jobseekers, people in receipt of social welfare and full time students.
It will assist those most in need and examples of some of the costs eligible under this programme include tuition fees, transport costs, materials costs and accommodation costs. Grants are subject to available funding and selection and will be based soly on the information supplied, supporting documentation and informal meeting.
“The STEP UP” Grant will be an enormous help to the many people who are in financial difficulties and those who feel they are eligible should apply as soon as possible due to funding being limited. While this Government claims that the economy has turned a corner and that its plan for recovery is working, there are still record numbers on the dole throughout North Tipperary. Nationally, 100,000 people have emigrated in the last two years, unemployment rate is the second highest in Europe and one in three men under 30 are now out of work. This means countless families are struggling to make ends meet and any grant that can help allay concerns is warmly welcomed.”
So where do I apply you ask ?
Feel free to contact Noel Coonan office Tel: 0504 32544 for an application form, or you can download same by clicking – Here
Applicants must be resident in the North Tipperary area and completed application forms will be accepted until Friday 19th November 2010 next.
Email applications will not be accepted, as supporting documents are required and forms need to be signed in person. Applicants will be contacted as part of the application process. Decisions on grants will be made on the basis of the evidence supplied.
People who are eligible include those formerly self-employed, who are not eligible for other supports and who can show need, those who are holders of or dependents of persons, with Social Welfare Payments such as Job Seekers Allowance, Job Seeker Benefit or means-tested welfare payment.
Applicants in receipt of the Back to Education Allowance for unemployed people, lone parents and people with disabilities will also be considered. Applicants in receipt of a Local Authority, County Council or V.E.C. maintenance grant (thus establishing level of income and residence) will only be eligible in exceptional circumstances.
With the start of the new school year only days away, and many more late applications expected, the Health Service Executive (HSE) admit that a massive 33,192 crucial back-to-school payment forms currently lie unopened nationally.
Parents are being forced to take out Credit Union loans in their efforts to help meet the costs of required new uniforms and school shoes.
The HSE has confirmed that some families would now not receive payments until after many schools re-open, however some of these affected were parents whose application arrived late.
The North Tipperary region is amongst the countries worst defaulters, where no final decision has been made on almost half of all applications applied for under this grant aid.
Many low-income and lone parents depend on the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance to send their children back to school.
RATES OF PAYMENT
A. €200 in respect of children aged 2 to 11 on the 30th September 2010; B. €305 in respect of children aged 12 to 17 on the 30th September 2010; C. €305 in respect of children aged 18 to 22 on the 30th September 2010 who are in full time education. D. As a special measure introduced in Budget 2009, an additional amount of €215 is payable for children aged 18 ONLY in respect of whom compensatory Child Benefit is in payment.Total payment in respect of eligible children aged 18 is €520.
Irish Leaving Certificate Students got their long awaited results last week.
Helplines were very busy over the past few days as nervous students and their parents called to consult with guidance counsellors manning telephones and offering future hope and assistance.
Per reports approximately 4,000 ordinary level student callers have failed mathamatics. This has left them with very limited college options in 2010.
Another huge issue of concern for many other callers was the level of points needed for all hoped for courses next Monday. Points are set to increase for many courses, particularly in the medical and other related areas. But points are also set to fall for courses linked to the building industry, for architecture and for law.
However for many, an anxious few days lie ahead, as they await the publications of the college place offers from the CAO,expected next Monday morning at six o’clock.
For those of you who are anxious or feeling let down by life take a look at this video.
Sometimes, in life, it is necessary for a man with no shoes to meet a man with no feet.
So if you don’t attain, immediatly, your hoped-for expectations, don’t worry, pick yourself up and give it another go.
You will succeed if you follow that which you hold passionate, so dream big.
Interviews will shortly be held for the post of Head Librarian at St Patrick’s College, Thurles.
St Patrick’s College is a centre of educational excellence, primarily specialising at undergraduate level in preparing students to teach in post-primary schools. The College Library always seeks to provide an outstanding service to staff and students of St. Patrick’s College and to respond creatively to changes in the world of learning.
Applicants must be graduates and hold a recognised qualification in Library and Information Studies. Significant experience is required and a good working knowledge of Irish is desirable.
The appointment will be for an initial period of three years and the salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
An application form and a description of duties can be downloaded here.
The completed form should be returned, accompanied by a CV and cover letter by post or email (including the words “Head Librarian” in the subject line) to: Rev Thomas Fogarty, President, St. Patrick’s College, Cathedral St., Thurles, County Tipperary.
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